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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery

… and newly launched software updates have made it even easier and faster to navigate. Improvements to the … Red Cloud promotional items, Yost’s collection documents every part of Red Cloud through both images and handwritten …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Collections Access & Policies

… Access & Policies The National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Willa Cather museum collections and … For home video format, add $100 per image Translations:  Contact the WCF for pricing. Microforms and Facsimiles:  Contact the WCF for pricing.  Request for Collections Access …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist October 16 is Ask-An-Archivist Day! October 16, 2025 October is American Archives Month, a time when archivists across the country … In my particular job, I also care for the museum and art collections, create exhibitions, and lead the team that …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… out Cather’s inspirations from her girlhood.   Often, however, archives are presented in popular culture as … make the most of their Cather readings.   First, we offer several different ways to access primary source materials for … experience in using archival resources, lets them begin evaluating and citing sources, and encourages them to …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe

… Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the … trips to New Mexico, sometimes staying for weeks as she visited friends and relatives, traveling both for pleasure … lost, never a place that she had left behind. Her work to experience both the ancient and colonial history of the …
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

… of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts January 6, 2025 January 6, … around to liking her. Though the film itself is lost, the archives at the National Willa Cather Center houses a copy … related to Cather's movies, please contact director of collections Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org. …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … of Ladies' Home Journal is just one such example from our collections. In One of Ours, Cather wrote: "It was curious . … 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

… from the Leader was contacted right away, because many images had Red Cloud or Bladen interest, and several were … Moon Block studio and expand our collection of their images. Teresa Young, director of the WCHM, received a file folder of images from her museum's opening, as well as photos of Red …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… the railroad's expansion across the state, as well as several items that Bush used in his work life .  Image Nelson … where N.B. was the station master A great many books—from several collections—speak to the technical knowledge required … Guide for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Illustrated , however, was a more concise "how-to" type of manual, meant for …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

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