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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures … spot to pause and refresh or entirely regroup away from it all. Red Cloud is an oasis on the prairie — yet only a short … National Willa Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923   My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather  1918 1st printing Elsie … of "Spanish Johnny" and "The Swedish Monther" pasted in My Ántonia BK-50-320 Willa Cather` 1918 association copy "To …  Toho University Goichi Fukui 1979 Article Tx-50-4000-F32 "Remembering Willa Cather" in  Woman's Press Lorna R. R. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … changing art installations in our galleries Enjoy scenic country roads or take a Cather Country Tour  of rural …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… work doesn’t stop here. With your help, we will expand the reach of this program through continued:  Traveling exhibits …
Posted: 11/06/2024
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the … Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … all winter. I want them to feel that and not to just think about it as some out-there story. History doesn’t mean much …
Posted: 09/08/2023
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … three, her father and aunt Kay Jones Smith shared stories about summers in Nebraska at the J.L. Miner House. Jaydene’s …
Posted: 03/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The Professor’s House and My Ántonia will share the spotlight at the forthcoming Willa Cather Spring Conference. My Ántonia will complete its run as part of the NEA’s Big … . She is also the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

Nothing But Land: Willa Cather and Indigenous Writers

… in writing exercises that incorporate selections from My Ántonia as well as work by Thomas C. Gannon and … 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, and will include: Complimentary books for participating organizations and communities Book … saturn devouring his daughter is forthcoming from Game Over Books.  …
Posted: 05/05/2025
Last Updated: 05/13/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit Thrift Style , a … contributions of Great Plains communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… for entertainment with a growing movement across the Great Plains "to standardize moving picture films"—a movement that … you can get a very high price for the film rights of "The Song of the Lark" I'll consent to the sale," she wrote to …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

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