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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery

… New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery April 2, 2026 Image Thousands of new images have been digitized from the Yost Leak Postcard … readers numerous ways to explore our collections, and newly launched software updates have made it even easier and …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Collections Access & Policies

… Collections Access & Policies The National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Willa Cather museum collections and archives, and we continue to make new collection materials …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … maintains the historic sites. On any given day, I might be writing an exhibit panel or a book chapter, cleaning a glass …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played a … to collections, we recognize that there's something special about a personal visit to the archives, where the documents …
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 … Cather in Santa Fe November 7, 2023 In the 1910s and 1920s, Willa Cather made several trips to New Mexico, sometimes … of   My Mortal Enemy  and at the same time, finishing the writing of  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the novel was …
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

… 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 … of Ladies' Home Journal is just one such example from our collections. In One of Ours, Cather wrote: "It was curious . …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

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

… local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … to reason, since Cather's personal activities and even her writing were featured in the Chief , that she was also a …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… and  Locomotive Engineering Magazine  were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's … Historic Places both for its significance to Willa Cather's writing and its architectural uniqueness. If you would like …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

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