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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… true. Every so often, this quote makes the rounds on social media, and no matter how much I wish Cather had said it, I … O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the Willa Cather … 2013 Harris has been a regular attendee at the Willa Cather Spring Conference since 1987, and he’s traveled across the …
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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 … immigrants, laborers, and others on the fringe of Cather's world. Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image …
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Annotations from the Archive: Cather's Address Book
… the Archive: Cather's Address Book May 2, 2023 Archival intern Chris Wolak took a deep dive into Willa Cather’s …
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Short Stories
… at liberty to address a girl. She was just one of them." Henrietta Solway Production and Zine …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. More About the Project One of Red Cloud’s most arresting … Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for Captain and Mrs. Forrester in A …
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The Opus 76 Quartet
… Opera House Friday, Sep 5, 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … swiftly emerged as a leading force in the classical music world, earning acclaim in prestigious international music …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School
… reveries and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end of … of the author: a fifteen year old girl, caught between the worlds of adults and children, her own earnest and curious …
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School Field Trips
… School Field Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … history for the first time, or taking a deep dive into the world of My Ántonia or O Pioneers! , students and educators …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!
… story “Neighbor Rosicky” in a Women’s Literature college class, I realized her writing is not as bad as I convinced … with majors in English and ethnic studies and minors in classics and digital humanities. Although her family is not …
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