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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 2.1  Spring 1958  Editor: Mildred R. Bennett  Officers and Board … Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip … 50.3  Winter 2007  Issue Editor: Merrill M. Skaggs  Managing Editor: …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… research phase Image Township maps, circa 1930, Blanche Cather Ray Collection Image 1880 federal census enumerated … available online through both paid and free services, like Newspapers.com, ChroniclingAmerica.gov, Ancestry.com, … no. We'll have a map, and it will show similar information about immigrant communities. The data is more granular, even …
Posted: 03/31/2026
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923   My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather  1918 1st printing Elsie …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… archives is foundational to American ideas—after being ushered in by our revolutionary partners, the French. As we … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan … a handful of people with direct connections to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

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 …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Press Room

… universal themes—and elevated them to a national and international readership (while also elevating Nebraska in … Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather  Spring Conferences  and biennial  International Cather Seminars , which aim to foster appreciation and scholarship …
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 … of her future brilliant fiction. You can read more about her views on magazine writing, her years as editor, … them up etc. You know what I want, personal matter that the newspapers dont give. Of course I will keep your name out of …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Remembering Our Fallen

… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … met him just on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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