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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter winters; … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

…    –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather … Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic … To speak with us about your tour, please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered … to inspire you to make a donation this year. To qualify for the challenge, your gift must be received by December … you help ensure that her work is ever present—and that future generations continue to learn, reflect, and be …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source.  The closest … Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… after book after book,” Harris said. Harris, now 80 years old, is a Professor and Director of Humanities at the Webb … presentation ceremony honoring them with a Congressional Gold Medal in the Emancipation Room of the Capitol building.  …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber

… Please consider supporting the project with a charitable gift. All gifts of $1,000 or more will be recognized on a donor wall, … pledge through payments by check, direct deposit, or credit card. GIFT OF SECURITIES: Gifts of appreciated assets, such …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was  My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing … Spring Conference , an event she first attended in 2013.  “I love the fact that it’s just scholarly enough to …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … in A Lost Lady . The bank is used in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy …
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