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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… Welcome to the home of Willa Cather Willa Cather Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… This Committee is not swayed by hundreds or even thousands of form letters that all say the same thing. Nor is … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of … has been established. Under the presidency of Mrs. Mildred R. Bennett, the foundation has moved a long way …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … access to specific articles and special features of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. … 1964  Editor: Miriam Mountford  Aim and Interpretation of Catherland p. 1  Plow is a Symbol of Cather Museum p. 1  … p. 3  Cather Garden Dedicated p. 3  New Signs Placed on Country Roads p. 4  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… I don't think she did. I find it variously attributed to "old sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa … collection, housing them in preservation-quality boxes and folders, and ensuring a proper storage environment and … (and can quote from Cather's letters!), Woodress remains a gold standard for many. Webster County: Visions of the Past , …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/02/2025

Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… before the Yellow Pages or Google—of providers of goods and services in a country where goods and services were hard to come by.  Image Red Cloud …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Press Room

… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, … Dr. Gilbert McKeeby House Pavelka Farmstead  (part of our “ Country Tour ”) Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Programs and services include regular guided  historic site tours , conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Remembering Our Fallen

… Museum near Ashland will be on display at the Red Cloud Opera House September 19-25. The exhibit includes photos of the … Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud Opera House stage, was very affected by World War I and the …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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