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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … Belle Barclay chooses Yellowstone Park. Designated a national park in 1872 — the first in the United States — …
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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… are accompanied by a video featuring nostalgic archival images from America's past, as well as stunning photography …
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Visions of the Prairie

… and it includes chapters about local history, including the National Willa Cather Center. Join us to welcome Scott to the Red Cloud …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… true. Every so often, this quote makes the rounds on social media, and no matter how much I wish Cather had said it, I … O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good …
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For Readers

… Willa Cather Review Willa Cather Review Willa Cather Review Index Willa Cather Review Index …
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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 …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!

… of their professors and didn't entirely believe they were chosen when Rachel Olsen called with the good news! Since …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… for overnight stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the …
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Press Room

… Moving to Red Cloud exposed Cather to new ethnic groups and childhood experiences. Through her lifelong learning and … her life. A self-made woman, Cather wrote about the homestead experience; the settlement and growth of middle … McKeeby House Pavelka Farmstead  (part of our “ Country Tour ”) Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Programs and services …
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