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Finding Aids
… for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range: 1762-1973 Bulk dates: 1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015 Copyright: National Willa Cather Center Extent: Two … Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2008, deposited by James and Angela Southwick. Access …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening of … remarks, a ribbon-cutting, open house, and self-guided tours. The occasion bookended more than eight years of …
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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 …
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… & Operations Manager are unavailable Provide up to date information about opera house events, exhibits, and other relevant local services and …
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Historic Sites
… tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went away from it for good, she would leave something that she … church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal Church is used for private services. A homily is delivered here annually in … Catholic Church was dedicated in 1907, St. Juliana became a private residence until it was donated to the National Willa …
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Willa Cather Biography
… in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, Morrison.” Yes, though Cather deserves to precede Hemingway on this list. Concluding her fine study of Willa … Cather. On April 24, 1947, Cather died from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service …
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Collections Policies
… the Willa Cather Spring Conference and the Willa Cather International Seminar. Advance notice of your visit is requested. Access …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History
… Fortune Forum Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center The Amos Fortune Forum • FREE Special … Olson and Cather sculptor Littleton Alston will speak on “Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a …
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Virtual Author Series: Ladette Randolph
… Image Image Opera House Thursday, Feb 16, 2023 | 7pm Join us for an evening …
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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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