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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Organization History
… the history of the Foundation came in 1978, when its Cather collections and historic sites were transferred to the State … Collection — comprised of approximately 8,000 documents and artifacts related to the life, times, and works of Cather. … Garber. The campaign also aims to support the addition of collections and program staff, conservation of artifacts, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive
… Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of … Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's home town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, contain memorabilia, artifacts, historic photographs, art and decorative arts, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
National Willa Cather Center
… Image National Willa Cather Center Walk in Her Footsteps. Stay in Her Town. Let … point for all aspects of your day trip or a more extended visit to Red Cloud, Nebraska . Historic Red Cloud is home … Red Cloud also offers cultural amenities, comfortable lodging (including where Cather herself once slept), …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Ask an Archivist Day
… does, or how they care for old, sometimes priceless artifacts and documents? Have you ever thought about what … all that archival work entails, as well as how archival collections enrich all there is to learn about history, …
Posted: 10/07/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
… trying to preserve and restore Willa Cather’s country and artifacts.” The organizations aims were: To perpetuate an … and housing of permanent art, literary, and historical collections relating to the life, times, and work of Willa …
Posted: 03/06/2023
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Hundreds Attend National Willa Cather Center Groundbreaking
… of rare books, archival papers, photographs, textiles, and artifacts that belonged to Cather and the Cather family. … focus will be a museum, archive, and exhibition space for collections, the restoration will also provide a classroom, …
Posted: 02/01/2015
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 1 Service by Volunteers p. 1 Restoration Attracts National Attention p. 1 Notable Comments p. 2 WCPM … Displays p. 1 New Equipment Renovation p. 2 Research Center p. 2 Interest in Cather p. 2 Willa Cather Merit …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future
… ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 artifacts to the Willa Cather Foundation. The state had … periods in American history.” She continued, “The sites and collections that make up the National Willa Cather Center in …
Posted: 11/22/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022