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Serena's Album

… earnest, or in jest,” but this separate document has been lost. The list of questions posed in Mental Portraits is … traveling companion, Adella Hurlbutt specifies “A Cultured Lady.” She is the soul of practicality in her desire if … owners, Sir William Vestey, the first Baron Vestey. Lady Vestey died in 1941 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… circa 1928 Photograph PHO-62-020 Havelock basketball team unknown 1903 Photograph PHO-62-021 Unknown woman …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… 1.  In addition to program notes on selections related to Cather’s works, this recent interview reveals more about Red … the farm in 1871 and the family were among the first settlers in Red Cloud. She recalls that she rode her pony to … Thank you! We look forward to your homecoming and to your gift of classic opera on the Red Cloud Opera House stage in …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in … . The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a $250,000 gift to the Foundation’s endowment. Annual net income from … to Cather by his mother, Ardis, who gifted him a full set of Cather’s novels for Christmas when he was sixteen. He …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Ardis Yost’s Chocolate Sheet Cake & Frosting

… we are featuring this recipe from our cookbook, At Willa Cather's Tables: The Cather Foundation Cookbook [2010: … much as eating it! At Willa Cather's Tables makes a great gift for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or any occasion and … the flour and sugar into a sifter, in alternation; sift and set aside. Lightly stir together the buttermilk, eggs, and …
Posted: 01/27/2021
Last Updated: 02/17/2021

"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

… XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses the Cather Spring Conference. "It would not be an exaggeration … again, that her characters and their responses to what life set before them, touched something deep within me, and … : "Miss Cather found it difficult to believe. 'Faith is a gift,' she said; and she admitted that even her Catholic …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014

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