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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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Finding Aids

… available for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by … Stephen, 1906-1987 Then or Tien? c/o Todd, Frank L. Trowbridge, Augustus Tyrrell, William Undset, Sigrid Van … and Triumphs n/d n/a Cushing, Mary Watkins The Rainbow Bridge 1954 Elsie M. Cather, contains Fremstad clipping …
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Marian Fey

… Image Marian Fey Omaha, Nebraska Marian Fey has been serving children and families through nonprofit and education work … time as Board President. 'I developed an appreciation for Willa Cather's literature when connecting places I've been, …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions December 10, 2025 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s … of Red Cloud, held an annual supper and dance on Christmas night. The Red Cloud volunteer fire department also gave a … forget and cease to love, but her childhood is eternal. (December 17, 1893) Later, this memory would fuel the ending …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… for Larger Rural Topics Rural life improvements (REA, mail, phones) Rural life struggles (farm finance, drought & …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … Ántonia that she revisits every few years.  “Once I found Willa Cather, and as I got older, I realized wow, she wrote … for her 1918 novel, My Ántonia. “You can see it now, the children flying out of the cellar, and that’s just such a …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … family legacy, which is why she has decided to include the Willa Cather Foundation in her estate plan. “After seeing … history is something Jaydene has prioritized with her own children. In 2016, she traveled to Red Cloud with her …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School

… the blue hour deepens to black. During these afternoons, summer seems endless, but it is then that children are … dollars. Lord Byron, one of our greatest poets wrote a beautiful elegy on a dog, who ever wrote any thing on a cat. … Written while at the University of Nebraska, it was printed in the student publication The Hesperian , and …
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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own transportation and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 2 …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… with no silver remaining on the glass at all. Archivist Tracy Tucker has made some careful experiments on more intensive … consider donating them to a repository. Archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker would be happy to talk with you about your …
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