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Finding Aids

… materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud … days at Red Cloud High School and during his time as a country school teacher in Webster County; photos of Meta … unknown 1895 Photograph PHO-62-007 Roscoe Cather teaching country school unknown ca. 1896 Photograph PHO-62-008 Roscoe …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… Christmas toys, mufflers, handkerchiefs, pens, whistles, books, and more. Santa Claus distributed the presents to … reproductions of these as part of an ongoing series in our bookstore. Several are still available! ) Though she sent a …
Posted: 12/10/2024
Last Updated: 12/17/2025

Visit

… a not-for-profit organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center and the nation's … and numerous short stories. Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red Cloud Opera House …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … a shared half bathroom. Named after the Nebraska town in  O Pioneers! , the room is above the former kitchen with its …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… Willa Cather Center today, has worked to preserve the historic fabric of the town that Willa Cather immortalized … on the exhibit credit panel. * 11x17 print of a painting of historic Red Cloud. Signed copy of Lyra and Silas Garber: A … Bank is as richly and fully explored as local history sites as it is as a Willa Cather historic site. The …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Image Rationing Poster, United State Office of War Information, 1943 … Cather wrote to her family, “The new Swedish edition of “O Pioneers” is one of the handsomest books I have ever seen. I … (December 6, 1919). Image 1919 Swedish translation of O Pioneers! Later on, perhaps when no longer useful for …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… Interested in planning a trip? Browse our website, and the links below, or contact Nick Powers, Visitor Services …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

"Books Old and New"

… by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other books, too. Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old … the earth over again, we turn instinctively to our very old friends, those that have been tested and tried." Books Old …
Posted: 08/09/2024
Last Updated: 08/09/2024

69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … APP DOWNLOAD THE SPRING CONFERENCE PROGRAM Our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference will celebrate  Willa Cather … Willa Cather , on view at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery, and Travis Hencey's new exhibit, The Field, The …
Posted: 09/21/2023
Last Updated: 06/06/2024

Historic Sites

… author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … Carrie, Mary, and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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