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Visions of the Prairie

… & Sunset II | Scott Kirby Paintings by Scott Kirby Art Gallery Friday, Mar 20 - Saturday, May 16, 2026 | All day … chapters about local history, including the National Willa Cather Center. Join us to welcome Scott to the Red Cloud … House is made possible with the support of the Baldwin Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, and Nebraska Cultural …
Posted: 01/13/2026
Last Updated: 03/18/2026

Finding Aids

… or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted … article The Nation 1923 Cosmetics OBJ-50-1000-058 Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     … or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … That came from Louis Toothman in 1961 and was printed in a National Wildlife Federation report , though they don't …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

For Readers

… For Readers For Readers Three times a year, the  Willa Cather Review  offers a unique combination of original … organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center and the nation's largest …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 06/13/2025

Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!

… Sarah Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … Interns! June 12, 2024   The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning …
Posted: 06/12/2024
Last Updated: 06/14/2024

Collections Policies

… the Willa Cather Spring Conference and the Willa Cather International Seminar. Advance notice of your visit is requested. Access …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/02/2024

Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the buildings will become a mixed-use facility, including gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours … and Red Cloud Community Fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation. The Heritage Tourism Development Office was …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Press Room

… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, and the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact … all a creator: of her own career, of her persona, and of literary worlds. Since 1955, Cather’s legacy has been shared …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… the stenographer is an exceptionally good one and knows how to spell. The responsibility is something awful. I dream … with an intensely nervous manner. When all those people began at him I thought it was simply no use to try and was … affairs are going much better than they were this winter and I am doing my work better. That is I am learning …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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