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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played a critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters to photos to …
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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

… Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or confession albums, … was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … two more would be born in the next several years. The tiny settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her …
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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 Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … photographs, art and decorative arts, journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather … c/o Todd, Frank L. Trowbridge, Augustus Tyrrell, William Undset, Sigrid Van Vechten, Carl Vermorcken [see Moorhead] …
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Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg

… A World Above the World: Willa Cather at Mesa Verde in 1915 Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 5, 2025 | 1 - 1:45pm CT National … , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Kick off the 70th Annual Willa Cather …
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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 published … helped early Cather researchers to identify some of her writing that was published under a pseudonym. These …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Helicotylenchus, the "spiral" nematode, collected at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art Gallery Monday, Mar 17 - Saturday, May 17, 2025 | All day …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater

… Native traditions into designs as 49 Minutes of Fame featured artist. From a young age, Dustin Mater has had a passion … of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, he displayed his ledger drawings and a …
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The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey

… featured collaged paper and graphite drawings that drew on Cather's featured novels in those years. Simultaneously … exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … Statement My art is a reflection on being born, raised, living, and working in one place. The place of my parents, …
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