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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … items and welcomes authors for book talks and signings. LEARN MORE Hotel Garber Now Open! A Boutique Hotel in Red … rooms, a sizeable two-bedroom loft, two spacious multi-use workshop and meeting spaces, Forrester's Restaurant, and a …
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Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants
… partners at the National Willa Cather Center are excited to welcome scholars to Nebraska to engage directly with the … materials. The NWCC archive in Red Cloud, located about two and a half hours from Lincoln, includes letters, … of UNL and NWCC materials to the work For more information about the research grants or the Cather Project, please …
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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! …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome visitors of all ages to explore the sights and … the railway as a vehicle for the settlement of the West. About the Depot The original two-story section of the depot, … use of non-artifact tactile tools, props, and papers. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the inspiration for … Family & Homestead as Prototype/Setting for Cather's Works My Ántonia primarly but also "Neighbor Rosicky" This …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… exhibit, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , about the history of the community and its intersections with Willa Cather’s life and art. The facility will help … Brick is overlayed on the reconstructed third floor More About Hotel Garber This project aligns with our mission to …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… follows. Banquet & Readers Theater Tickets To learn more about the recent restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood … Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason will read an original poem about Willa Cather and the house that brings so many of her … Mason Miranda Davis Featured Speaker We are delighted to welcome Miranda Davis, the 2024-2025 Nebraska Youth Poet …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… Red Cloud’s founder, Silas Garber, who went on to serve two terms as Nebraska’s governor. Cather became acquainted with …
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Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
… Oct 16, 2025 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Help us welcome three writers from our first Willa Cather Residency … penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held local … senior editor at Harper’s Magazine and her book of essays about women writers, A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women …
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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie
… any time with our director of collections and curation, Tracy Sanford Tucker, who shares her beautiful images and informative …
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