Search Results
11 results found
Red Cloud Opera House
… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl and The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real … old operas sung by people who were doing their best: The Bohemian Girl, The Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024
Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the … The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … family still lived in the stockade. The school began June 3rd, 1871. She was paid $12.00 a month. …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Cather Legacy Society
… your philanthropic needs. If you have questions, please contact your financial advisors or Ashley Olson, Executive …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Willa Cather Residency for Writers
… eventually artists of all media—to reside and create in Red Cloud, Nebraska for two weeks. A new initiative of the … National Willa Cather Center, the program reflects the life-long reverence that world-renowned author Willa Cather had … the communities in half of her novels. In a nod to the long road that Willa Cather traveled before she became free to …
Posted: 10/06/2023
Last Updated: 03/21/2024
The Potter Family
… Potter The Potter Family Five Potter brothers came to Red Cloud to settle the county. John Quincy Potter (1835–1923) came to Red Cloud in 1873 and along with his brother Jacob, began operating the Red Cloud … home in Iowa on August 31st in 1875 and were 5 weeks on the road. We had three covered wagons - two large lumber wagons …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
Finding Aids
… Jr., Private Library No. 22 Alcott, Louisa M. Old-Fashioned Girl 1887 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 24 Alcott, … 1901 n/a Cummins, Maria S. The Lamplighter: Or An Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs n/d n/a Cushing, Mary Watkins … Cather March 1912 Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F60 "The Bohemian Girl" Original Publication in McClures Magazine …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Coverage p. 3 Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4 Mailing of Newsletter p. 4 … 16.1 Winter 1972 Editor: Miriam Mountford Cather Horne Named … at Work p. 3 Aims of the WCPM p. 3 Spring Conference 1974 p. 4 … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr
… pursue a music career. While playing in Los Angeles coffeehouses, Starr released her first independent CD, “Meet the … #8” along with several other comic pieces at the Red Cloud Opera House’s 49 Minutes of Fame exhibit. Since creating … of Native Pop Art which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • For …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live … Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you hear about us? We are big fans of Willa Cather. Having spent our … share your story with the Willa Cather Foundation, please contact: Catherine Pond, Marketing Coordinator, at …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019
Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, … crossing them where they were wide and shallow. And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; … When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in My Ántonia , he remembers the …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019