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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 Collection Have you visited our online collections portal recently? With …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Collections Access & Policies

… Aids or search for individual items in our Collection Gallery . Conducting Research Researchers are encouraged to make … . The archives are staffed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Publishing, Exhibiting, and Broadcasting Collection …
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

… 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

… 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

… with film adaptations effectively ended any discussion of another film until both Cather and her partner and … and "eliminating the undesirable" ( Webster County Argus , September 13, 1923 ). The local Sunday School … or donating materials related to Cather's movies, please contact director of collections Tracy Tucker at …
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

… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's … N.B. was the station master A great many books—from several collections—speak to the technical knowledge required of the … Technical bulletins and manuals are also represented in our collections. In addition to the important role these …
Posted: 06/28/2024
Last Updated: 07/02/2024

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