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Echoes of the Archbishop

… Image Willa Cather at Mesa Verde Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of … Lewis’s Tall Tales of the Southwest,” by David Harrell. In Vol. 33 of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. pp. 4-8.  …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 04/03/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

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 …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

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

… gathered for celebratory remarks, a ribbon-cutting, open house, and self-guided tours. The occasion bookended more … $230,000 of reaching its goal.  In the first ten years of operation, Hotel Garber is projected to add up to ten new … Nebraska Passport program.  MAKE A DONATION Learn more about the Hotel Garber project —All gallery images, below, …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… much of my growing up years"  —Karen Thurlow Tell us a bit about your relationship to Webster County and your family … My dad was a farmer who rented land.  We lived in whatever house was provided with the farmland, sometimes not the best … and affordably priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Historic Sites

… to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather in Webster County,” Mildred Bennett said in an … with Cather's life. Today, our organization owns and operates the nation's largest collection of … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather: A Literary Life  had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather critic, the … southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny … to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Collections Policies

… may not be reproducible in all formats.  Archival Access Policy The National Willa Cather Center (NWCC) is committed … to our collections as far as possible within the limits of privacy, confidentiality, and preservation. Although many … Archivists’ Code of Ethics for Archivists. To ensure that privacy and confidentiality are maintained—particularly for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/02/2024

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

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, …
Posted: 06/02/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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