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Visions of the Prairie

… Mar 20 - Saturday, May 16, 2026 | All day Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … highlighted in this presentation, and it includes chapters about local history, including the National Willa Cather … Nebraska Arts Council, and Nebraska Cultural Endowment.   About the Music A native of Ohio, Scott Kirby began his …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you … fast and twice as far as something real. Did Willa Cather know Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her … job, I also care for the museum and art collections, create exhibitions, and lead the team that maintains the historic …
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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 …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … collections at the Webster County Historical Museum and the National Willa Cather Center, while others were simply …
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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 … which inspired them to move to Florida. Yet after living in Florida for 4.5 years they found themselves back …
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Collections Policies

… Materials Any publication of images from the National Willa Cather Center materials must be approved in writing and may … who uncover sensitive personal information of living persons in any collection agree to make no notes or …
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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 …
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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 Information … Programs and services include regular guided  historic site tours , conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection in the Special Collections and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center that relate specifically to … out of life. At first I rebelled at some things, I had to learn that every editor is not a Mr. Gere or a Mr. Jones. …
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