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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… to collections, we recognize that there's something special about a personal visit to the archives, where the documents … Cather writes to her friend Carrie Miner Sherwood about her novel One of Ours , which she refers to as … the twentieth century. The zine also features archival images of Cather, words to the original music written for …
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Whispers of Home

… a solo show featuring the abstract collage and mixed media works of Nebraska artist Susan Hart.  Previously, Hart's … free and open to the public. Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made … throughout the state. Recently, she has been involved in teaching and making art with her four grandchildren. Hart is …
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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 … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… Image Image A Celebration of Classic Americana Opera House Friday, Apr 3, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT … are accompanied by a video featuring nostalgic archival images from America's past, as well as stunning photography …
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Finding Aids

… association with them are available on microfilm: The Index of Pittsburg Life , The Library , The Home Monthly , … 10/3/1968 The Red Cloud Chief 10/1/1873 to 11/22/1923 The Index of Pittsburg Life 10/6/1900 to 1/4/1902 The Library … Book Inventory Box 11 Research Materials Full box of index cards and notes for Mildred Bennett's book,  The World …
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Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg

… Image Ann Lundberg In A World Above the World: Willa Cather at Mesa Verde in 1915 Spring Conference … nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and how it works to define national identity. She's presented and … Casa Grande in Arizona, "The Ruin of Expectations." Her teaching resume includes both environmental literature and …
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Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights

… from the Archive: April Twilights April 8, 2025 Though Willa Cather is known worldwide as a novelist, her first … the time April Twilights was published in 1903, Cather was teaching high school in Pittsburgh. Though she had initially … hold a number of poetry typescripts, including unpublished works like “The Easter Rabbit” and “I Cannot Say, Forget.” …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art Gallery Monday, Mar 17 - Saturday, May 17, 2025 | All day The … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater

… of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, … perspective. “It feels awesome.” Mater says. “We’re a living, breathing people. We’re all alive and it’s the song …
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The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey

… in those years. Simultaneously familiar and fresh, these works featured aged paper and book components in new … exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … to his studies at Chadron State College in 2014 to explore teaching and to refocus on visual arts. Travis is currently …
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