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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 … the railway as a vehicle for the settlement of the West. About the Depot The original two-story section of the depot, …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… is an invaluable resource for Cather nuggets. You can find it online but I use it so frequently that I keep a hard … much I wish Cather had said it, I don't think she did. I find it variously attributed to "old sodbusters" or "early … , by Mildred Bennett, our founder and one of a handful of people with direct connections to Cather's Red Cloud family …
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Jamie Adam
… of Ravenna, Jamie recently graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with dual degrees in English and …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk An Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the … story, as it represents their migration. Like the character she inspired in My Ántonia , Emily Caroline Smith … fictionalized as Emmaline Burden, is an important character in My Ántonia as the grandmother of the novel's …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… County, near Bladen, Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek … was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Set of notecards featuring illustrations by …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… exhibit, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , about the history of the community and its intersections with Willa Cather’s life and art. The facility will help achieve …
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2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced
… writers of the Willa Cather Writers Residency in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The cohort of five women writers will gather … of FarmGirl Press. Her poetry has been published in Nebraska Life and in a chapbook, Fencelines (2022). Her … for identity. She draws strength and tenacity from the Nebraska landscape and finds healing among cottonwoods and …
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Willa Cather Review
… Willa Cather Review A Leading Source for Cather Features & Scholarship … Joseph Urgo, University of Akron Browse All Issues Vol. 67.1 ● Spring 2026 Vol. 67.1 ● Spring 2026 Vol. 66.3 • …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Guided Tours to Follow Special Events Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | 1:30 - … Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, Nebraska State … ribbon-cutting, and dedication 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. — Tour the Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
… efforts, please contact development coordinator Ashley Olson at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. You may also donate …
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