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New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery
… New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery April 2, 2026 … to readers and to college students who are after hands-on archives and collections experience. Digitization of the … collection, available is a primary objective. To learn more about our online offerings or to support our …
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Collections Access & Policies
… collections in Red Cloud. We are always happy to receive news of your publications and presentations. Approved …
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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 … to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith Lewis, Cather's partner. Willa Cather: A …
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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 critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters to photos to …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe
… Cather's circa 1924 map of Santa Fe Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe November 7, 2023 In the 1910s … in a story for the ages. You can explore more of our collections digitally on our website, which is constantly … at the National Willa Cather Center Southwick Family Collections at the National Willa Cather Center Kathleen …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… to the Depression-era practice of reusing flour, sugar, and feed sacks to create clothing, quilts, and other … challenging time of economic hardship and war. The reuse of feed, flour, and sugar sacks was a cost-saving and …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… Image A Lost Lady Ad Image Pearl Keating Speaks in Des Moines Image Dorothy Farnum, screenwriter of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: …
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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 …
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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 …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's historic Burlington Depot, in service for more … We hope the new interpretation at the Depot will give visitors a glimpse of daily life at the station. Nelson … and Locomotive Engineering Magazine were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's …
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