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Collections Access & Policies

… NWCC collections; Fees may be charged for research work done to meet requests; the amount shall be determined by … several boxes or folders but will be permitted to use them one at a time. Please maintain the existing order of … are subject to fees. If a request covers more than one form of publication, the fees are cumulative. Books: …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Echoes of the Archbishop

… San Miguel Church Santa Fe Through Cather's Eyes Special Events Tuesday, Nov 10 - Friday, Nov 13, 2026 | All day MT … herself in the rich history of the region.  For more information about the Inn of the Governors, please consult …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 04/03/2026

Finding Aids

… Stephen, 1906-1987 Then or Tien? c/o Todd, Frank L. Trowbridge, Augustus Tyrrell, William Undset, Sigrid Van … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … her family. Some pre-publication copies of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… feast day was originated by a private individual, and a woman at that. Above all her other interests and duties, the … people, how invaluable would be its associations. That man of mighty proclamations first proclaimed "Thanksgiving … with her family. In a letter to Elizabeth Wolfe Huffmann, on June 13, 1945, Cather recalled her last holidays in …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

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

… and apartments was desirable to continue downtown revitalization efforts that spanned the last twenty plus years. An …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

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 … priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our mission to …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Historic Sites

… town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass was about to begin. Anna Sadilek and John Pavelka, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but there are a succession of … she offered this description, Cather had just published  O Pioneers! , her first and far more literary novel focused on … year in Nebraska. As she made clear repeatedly after  O Pioneers!  was published, she had been afforded a rare …
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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