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Echoes of the Archbishop

… Center on the morning of November 10th before making our way to Santa Fe. If you can get to Acoma, we've got the rest … their website. If you are registered for a shared or private room and plan to arrive early or leave late and want … registration options. Rates shown are per person.   Private Room: $1999 Shared Room: $1299 For the optional …
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 of materials related … Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, historic photographs, art and decorative arts, journals, and rare … Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal purse     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-2 …
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

… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening … 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 …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… but ,as a child, I was not aware of the hardships.  We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown … do art when I grew up. I was able to take some lessons from private teachers and workshops. I studied art books and did … In the 1990s, I did a lot of mural work in businesses and private homes. This gave me the opportunity to paint BIG. I …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the … nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather … hardware store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait … 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first … matriculation requirements.) Having just arrived from a small town, she took full advantage of the capital's …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/02/2024

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 … 15 Laban Ainsworth Way Jaffrey , NH 42544 United States Learn More As part of Cather’s 150th commemoration and … arts center, ten historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally …
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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