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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

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… Institute.” His appearances include a segment on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood and the Smithsonian …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Visions of the Prairie

… Boulder, Colorado. His appearances include a segment on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood and the Smithsonian …
Posted: 01/13/2026
Last Updated: 03/18/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Bennett Book Inventory Box 17—Mementos, Photos, Gifts, Notes, including: Map of Grand Manan Drawings … Family correspondence also includes photos of Elsie Cather, baby picture of Roscoe, Charles F. Cather, Mary Virginia …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source.  The closest … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan …
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!

… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … 12, 2024   The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity … She particularly looks forward to giving guests guided tours throughout the various Cather sites and completing an …
Posted: 06/12/2024
Last Updated: 06/14/2024

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 … gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours that will highlight connections to Red Cloud’s history and Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Press Room

… We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the public to visit our virtual Press Room often for the latest newsworthy … links to our social media, and the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact Information Catherine Pond, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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