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Echoes of the Archbishop

… — Death Comes for the Archbishop We hope you'll join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a 3-day, 3-night excursion, … while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop … to change rooms. For questions about the program, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen at …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 09/15/2026

Collections Access & Policies

… collections in Red Cloud. We are always happy to receive news of your publications and presentations. Approved …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Finding Aids

… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather for gifts are included in this …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… . . . But our great National feast day was originated by a private individual, and a woman at that. Above all her other … in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always think of the old house just as it was then—exactly as … personal artifacts or dig into Red Cloud history in a new way!     …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … models for Captain and Mrs. Forrester in Willa Cather’s 1923 novel A Lost Lady . Silas was a founder of Red Cloud and a …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… at coloring; I just could not stay in the lines and always added my own touches that did not please my teachers. In … both? I do both. Sometimes a photo is involved but I may add some remembered things which could be just imagined. … to see paint run and make interesting patterns. I also will add some stamping and maybe some collage or stenciling with …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History

… 11, 2023 | 8 - 9pm Jaffrey Meetinghouse 15 Laban Ainsworth Way Jaffrey , NH 42544 United States Learn More As part of … stainless steel. His works are included in many public and private collections and have been exhibited nationally and …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 08/03/2023

Virtual Author Series: Ladette Randolph

… with writer Ladette Randolph as she discusses her novel Private Way . Set in 2015, protagonist Vivi Marx winds up off the …
Posted: 11/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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