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Red Cloud Opera House

… which were the most necessary to us, there was always the question of how far we could prevail upon our parents. Would … Renovation Image The Red Cloud Opera House, which closed its doors as such by 1920, was owned by the Morhart family … visitors' center, bookstore, art gallery and exhibition space, and the Willa Cather Foundation offices. The exterior …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/16/2026

Serena's Album

… Serena's Album Loading Serena's Album Rediscovering Serena’s Album In … consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … This, too, may have been meant seriously; early aviation pioneers such as John Joseph Montgomery made headlines …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… Nebraska classrooms; from letters, to lectures, to this gallery. He is now “over the Rainbow.” His joy in this … is very swift. How any one could sit in such a peaceful place and plan such wars, I can’t figure out… Image …
Posted: 10/15/2024
Last Updated: 10/22/2024

"Books Old and New"

… Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" … Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New England Primer [The editor of this … us who have read over and over the books we possess and are far from circulating libraries often drop out of the way of …
Posted: 08/09/2024
Last Updated: 08/09/2024

The Potter Family

… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts … from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance space of the National Willa Cather Center, was built in 1885 …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years  Cather's essay for the Nation still resonates September 5, … than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.”   [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Waller … and is the sort of thing that we may be proud to have others read of us. Willa Cather grew from girlhood to …
Posted: 09/05/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

The Art Connection

… Cloud Opera House is pleased to welcome The Art Connection show, created by a group of artists located in South Central … Connie McHenry View the digital gallery here! Walt Thomas  began his photographic career when, as art director of … of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC) and has a watercolor, "Winter Cuttings," in the permanent collection at the Museum …
Posted: 01/06/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… Center. “We’re grateful to the Lingua Franca team for supporting our mission through this unique partnership.” "It … Franca highlight Willa Cather's work. What a stylish way to support writing and reading!" The collection aims to … you to give back to nonprofits like the Willa Cather Foundation? I love that Lingua Franca has been able to give …
Posted: 03/24/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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