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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… and the results can take many forms! "FAQ Sheets," one such output, are single-page answers to student-generated …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

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 …
Posted: 02/20/2026
Last Updated: 05/12/2026

Serena's Album

… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… program will feature Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the … Breakfast for two on Saturday morning. Space is limited!  Book the package This show is generously sponsored by Glenda … Prairies. These, together with new musical compositions, set the groundwork for his multi-media project “Main Street …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Finding Aids

…   1893   Document TEX-250-391-062 Plat of B&M Railroad Lands Burlington & Missouri River Railroad co. 1880   … and journals, Union College, Western Literature, Prairie Schooner, etc   Box 46 Cassettes and Recordings … 1968   Book April Twilights Willa Cather 1968   Magazine Prairie Schooner : Emily Dickinson Edition (vol. 51 no. 4)   …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg

… Image Ann Lundberg In A World Above the World: Willa Cather at Mesa Verde in 1915 Spring Conference Thursday, Jun …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/22/2025

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 published … published seven of her poems in the Home Monthly , and sold others to national publications like Lippincott’s , Harper’s …
Posted: 04/03/2023
Last Updated: 04/08/2025

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 …
Posted: 03/16/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater

… Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, he displayed his ledger drawings … of Native Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

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 …
Posted: 03/22/2024
Last Updated: 08/28/2024

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