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Great Plains Mini Film Festival and Panel Discussion

… Image Image Image Image Opera House Saturday, Mar 12, 2022 | 12am Red Cloud Opera House 413 … Funding has also been provided to the Willa Cather Foundation from the National Endowment for the Humanities … Endowment, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. About the Panel, "Telling Our Stories": Diana Martinez, …
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The Song of the Lark Gala Dinner and Performance

… Image Saturday, Aug 15, 2015 | 5 - 8pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Willa Cather Foundation’s Gala Dinner and Performance will take place … Music Series, will be present to introduce the program. About the Performers Michelle Dean (soprano) is currently a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman

… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to … window, for example, portrays the shepherd, significant because he had raised sheep himself in his native Virginia. The … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty original oil … Resurrection”), Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, … writing and connected it to her own life. “When she writes about her childhood, you can’t help but think about yours . …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… of July, the most characteristic and most patriotic of all American gala days, its origin is seldom referred to and its … left in almost total obscurity. We have come to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because … a little house in Canada, and I have lived in a good many places in the world, but no one place is as dear to me as …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather

… , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us a chance to reflect on the life—and death—of Willa … of the American infantry’s defining battles—details about the death of Lieutenant Cather were relayed to his … enthusiasts, and others curious about our Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National WIlla …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates

… recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family … Cather Center in Red Cloud. The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Vol. 45, Summer 2001 . The Blue Book of Nebraska …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Photo Collections Continue to Grow

… received this month by archivist Tracy Tucker aptly illustrate the range of donors to our Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives. Since our … been mounted to a cardboard backer, no other clues exist about the photographer, the studio, or the occasion. The …
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Career Opportunity for Heritage Tourism Development Director

… community of Red Cloud, including the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund, the Willa Cather Foundation, the area … position and the job description is available for download using the link that follows. The Heritage Tourism … North Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970 by May 4, 2015. About Us Red Cloud is a community of just over 1,000 …
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