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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

"Greatness Returning to Simplicity":

… Image Death Comes for the Archbishop first edition Image Cather Postcard from Arizona (1912) Image Cather's annotated … a high point of Willa Cather's literary career. Her novel, set in frontier New Mexico, focuses on the lives of two … today.  Pieces: 8 double-sided pull up banners (24"x60") To book: Fill out the booking form on the previous page. …
Posted: 01/29/2026
Last Updated: 01/30/2026

Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour

… again this fall, we journey to Santa Fe to explore one of Cather's favorite cities. Our tour guide, Garrett Peck, will … characters in the novel that Cather called her "best book," such as Kit Carson, Padre Antonio José Martinez, and … We will learn about Sister Blandina Segale who helped to set up a hospital in Lamy's house, and visit the last …
Posted: 10/30/2025
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

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 …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Guided Seasonal Tour

… Image Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book, with an aim to broaden our understanding of our world, …
Posted: 08/23/2024
Last Updated: 01/03/2025

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book, with an aim to broaden our understanding of our world, … embodies the NEA’s "Where We Live" theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour - SOLD OUT!

Image Cather wrote to decline a lecture request in 1925, using this La Fonda postcard Join us on the Plaza! Special Events Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024 | 1 - 3:30pm Santa Fe Trail End Marker on the Plaza Intersection of East San Francisco Street and Old Santa …
Posted: 09/18/2023
Last Updated: 10/15/2024

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

Image Image Kick-Off Event Special Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Tour Ticket Reservations Most events taking place throughout the day are FREE and open to the …
Posted: 08/20/2024
Last Updated: 10/07/2024

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… reveals more about Red Cloud’s own special artist's musical interests, highlights of her career, and the origins … on a Fulbright and then to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel,  The Song of the Lark .  “That is when … else that you’d like to add? Kate Quinn, a popular historic fiction writer, was my student at Boston University from her …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Youth and the Bright Medusa

… Image Youth and the Bright Medusa Book Club Resources Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920) is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The stories also take a hard glance at youth and time. Set largely in urban areas, this collection has a distinctly …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023

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