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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general sentiment and through a general … but entirely unfussy, the Cather Second Home offers a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the holidays. While you're in town, you're welcome to make an appointment to visit the archives and see …
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Join Our Team
… of the National Willa Cather Center, grow museum and event attendance, and increase occupancy and restaurant … graphics and video, to promote exhibits, collections, events, lodging, dining, and educational programs Maintain … filled. To apply, send a cover letter, résumé, and contact information for three professional references to …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa … made possible by gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … I really wanted to do that but it did not stop me from learning and doing art. There really was no art in grade …
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Historic Sites
… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … with the best in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, … Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis (2021) . Debates among close readers of Cather …
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Collections Policies
… to the fee schedule , and these are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research use and may not be … made; Copies may not be used “for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research” according to United … Copyright Law, Title 17; Reproduction by the NWCC in no way transfers either copyright or property rights, nor does …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History
… Forum Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol Image Ashley Olson, Executive … efforts to advance her legacy. Guests will also learn about the research and creativity that was essential in … arts center, ten historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally …
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Willa Cather and Her Illustrators
… a path for artists to achieve nationwide recognition, in a way that gallery exhibition and private collection could not. Cather and the artists who … art, and that it is worth caring about, than in any other way.” This exhibit explores eight of Cather’s illustrators, …
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