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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery

… been digitized from the Yost Leak Postcard Collection New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery April 2, 2026 Have you visited our online collections portal recently? With more than 2,000 objects … collection, available is a primary objective.  To learn more about our online offerings or to support our …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… country focus on educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the … the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our museum's collections rotate through our historic sites, … Likewise, individual objects and records can be located using any word, date, or subject by clicking on Objects, … for your class to take part in these activities; you can contact her at rolsen@willacather.org.   Image Area 4th …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe

… iteration differs slightly in the details. A collector’s dated 1925 version has many of the same details as Cather’s undated map. Differences become more noticeable when comparing … for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1931. Though we tentatively dated Cather’s map to 1924 or earlier based on its inclusion …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, 2025 Use it up, Wear it out, … of thrifty living in the 1880s are easy to find, and in our collections, nearly every collection contains an example of … utilizing scraps and fabric from sugar and flour sacks. Our collections boast several quilts that were handmade by Anna …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… Movie." Warner Bros., in answer to this concern over the content of films, sent several executives on a nationwide … to Red Cloud characters rather than artistic merit or moral content. The Grand Island Independent noted, " From a … meet the newly adopted Hayes Code that governed the moral content of Hollywood productions. In 1977, Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… Roll of Honor for Grosvenor P. Cather Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day November 5, 2024 On November 11, … day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… known beyond the names of the subjects of the photos, they add to our knowledge of the Bradbrook & Wegmann Moon Block …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… in 2020-2021 through the National Willa Cather Center's Campaign for the Future. It is listed on the National Register of Historic …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… Reynard's "Mike's Blacksmith Shop" Image Grant Reynard's "Nebraska" Image Grant Reynard's "Old Farm" Image Grant … drawings were made directly on the spot in my home state Nebraska. . . . I feel there is a great deal of Willa Cather … greatly disturbed in her writing because she had heard voices declaiming in the woods near her studio. Mrs. …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

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