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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… of July, the most characteristic and most patriotic of all American gala days, its origin is seldom referred to and its … left in almost total obscurity. We have come to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because … a little house in Canada, and I have lived in a good many places in the world, but no one place is as dear to me as …
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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program
… Image The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program April … Travelers will have from May 1 through September 30 to visit the attractions and get their stamps. The summer … and its people—from the things we make to our unique history,” said Passport Program Coordinator Amanda Barker. …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … visiting south-central Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… are explored through the inclusion of people of color, immigrants, laborers, and others on the fringes of Cather's … Image Support for this project is also made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. … museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. IMLS …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… "foremost citizen" and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia and One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour … Farmstead, the famed setting at the end of Willa Cather's My Ántonia Shop at the National Willa Cather Center …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… country focus on educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the … 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 …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have … a few. Guests are invited to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, and …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… for her 1918 novel. The floor plan of house was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation … questions: Why is this site/object/person important to Red Cloud? Why is this site/object/person important to the life … organization in our local community, as well as attract new visitors to our sites—those who may be interested in …
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