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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… bedroom, called Black Hawk for the town in Cather's novel, My Ántonia . The room has its own ADA- accessible entrance …
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The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home
… Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Join us for an … in the Unmade Place which is on display in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through August 1. Nathan Tye Professor of …
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From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co.
… Image From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co. August 1, 2014 One can't overstate the importance of the Red Cloud Opera House to a young Willa Cather. In a 1929 letter to friend and journalist Harvey Newbranch, she wrote about the Opera House and the Andrews Opera Company: "How …
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Serena's Album
Serena's Album Loading Serena's Album Rediscovering Serena’s Album In February 1887, Serena White of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, received a friendship album entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph …
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… or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Pavelka Farmstead … or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Preserve the … and conservation before it can be exhibited. Learn More and Support Collections Conservation …
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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs
… Image Image A Celebration of Classic Americana Opera House Friday, Apr 3, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT Red Cloud Opera … is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. About the Performer A native of Urbana, Ohio, Scott Kirby …
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Visions of the Prairie
… Friday, Mar 20 - Saturday, May 16, 2026 | All day Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … highlighted in this presentation, and it includes chapters about local history, including the National Willa Cather …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains
… Nebraska historian Bill Hayes discusses the issue of slavery in the U.S. during the 1850s and the controversy … their journey north to freedom. Willa Cather's final novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) depicts a similarly harrowing journey, basing …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School
… entitled “Dogs,” available on microfilm at the NWCC (and housed within History Nebraska’s Gere Family Collection). Image Cather's essay about cats and dogs can be found in the Gere Collection at … “Superstition Vs. Investigation,” given from the Red Cloud Opera House stage nearly a year before she would first see …
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