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Historic Sites

… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl  and The Mikado .  The Red Cloud Opera House hosts …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… , NY 10011 United States "Bright and Beautiful and Alive": Willa Cather's New York Intersections We hope you will make plans … experience. Willa Cather lived most of her professional writing life in New York (1906-1947), first in Greenwich …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … Ludlow, a retired minister, purchased our old home north of town where Herb Lambrecht now lives. . . . Having a large …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… that were designed for the Holy Family Church in Watertown, New York, won the grand prize at the St. Louis World's … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows … a tribute to her parents and old friends, and a gift to the town that inspired her so. To learn about the 2021 …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… thirty original oil paintings by John Blake Bergers (1931-2011), a professional artist who dedicated his life to … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … the growth of commerce and the evolution of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not from nothing, but from a place that was …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of Contents This … this issue:  John Bergers' paintings available as Christmas cards p. 41  From the Guest Editor, John J. Murphy p. 42  … 34  Photographs of guests at the Second Cather Home p. 35  Holiday gift listing p. 37  Summary of International Cather …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … of the pyramidal roof. The new stones replace the original tourelles that were damaged to the point of instability, … utilized as one of many attractions on the guided town tour of Red Cloud, owing to its connection to Silas and …
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