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Virtual Author Series: Garrett Peck
… Featured Author Garrett Peck is an author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe, specializing in adventure travel and … interpretation. He leads the Willa Cather’s Santa Fe tour, teaches stargazing, and leads many other tours. The … George Washington University and is a U.S. Army veteran. Learn more about Garrett Peck …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View
… Village, by Lew Ney (born Luther Emanuel Widen, 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New … demolished for subway construction. The five-story brick building is now commemorated with a plaque noting Cather's … neighborhood of Red Cloud, you can always book an archives tour or make an appointment for research by visiting our …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions
… Image Cather Family Christmas Decorations Annotations From the … Traditions December 10, 2025 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s childhood, Christmas traditions differed from … both celebration and reflection. When she was in college, writing for the Nebraska State Journal , she wrote: It is …
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Ashley Olson Receives Mildred Bennett Award
… The Nebraska Center of the Book recently honored National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson with the 2025 … two permanent exhibits, American Bittersweet: the Life and Writing of Willa Cather and Making a Place: A Long History …
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Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants
… Research Grants Call for applications November 5, 2025 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s … Department of English, in partnership with the Willa Cather Archive of the UNL Libraries and the National … research that deepens our understanding of Cather’s writing and legacy.” In addition to access to primary …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," … and editor of a popular ladies’ magazine. In addition to writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Hale is perhaps best known …
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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 on the American … changing art installations in our galleries Enjoy scenic country roads or take a Cather Country Tour of rural …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose. Our work doesn’t stop here. With your … a gift today to sustain and grow these vital programs? Willa Cather believed that great novels were often taken for …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… Month, a time when archivists across the country focus on educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the … on my reference shelf: The World of Willa Cather , by Mildred Bennett, our founder and one of a handful of people …
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