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Annotations from the Archive: Our Photo Collections Continue to Grow

… Tucker aptly illustrate the range of donors to our Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives. Since our … days, the strength of our collections has drawn from Cather family materials. The first portrait we received, an early … much-loved youngest brother, was taken at the J.H. Wegmann gallery, in the Moon Block. The cabinet card, circa 1896, …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… is identifying processes that we can adopt to make our work loads easier to manage, as well as developing more … cooking. If I can swing a book or two outside of my reading load for work, so much the better. …
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Remembering Our Fallen

… began. I drove over the Campbell one day, and G. P. took a load of wheat over. I was coming back and met him just on …
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World-renowned Opera Soprano, Sarah Arneson, to perform in Red Cloud

… Sarborough, whose work is currently on display in the Art Gallery. After viewing the awe-inspiring paintings and … concert features many composers who were alive during Willa Cather’s lifetime, including one of her favorite composers, … made possible with the support of Aleck & Frances Arneson Family Farms, Rick and Barb Kudrna, Heritage Bank, the …
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Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

… noted artist and scholar Lynn R. Wolfe was raised on his family’s Webster County dairy farm near Red Cloud, along … some of it to Red Cloud. “He was a big fan of the Willa Cather Foundation,” she added, “so I am pleased that we … exhibition, click HERE . You can also view a virtual gallery HERE . Learn more about Lynn R. Wolfe’s prolific and …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour … website. Efforts will focus on digitization and online gallery creation featuring approximately 1,200 historic photos of Willa Cather, her friends and family, and early Red Cloud. Documents related to Red …
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Lynn R. Wolfe: A Retrospective

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021 | 12am - Wednesday, Sep 1, … Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center is honored to remember the legacy of Red … acrylic sculpture. Thanks to the generosity of the Wolfe family, several of Wolfe's pieces are part of the permanent …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… Cloud Opera House, 413 North Webster Street. The exhibit includes visual art in many mediums and a selection of work … novel. Though its libretto at every point draws on Cather's text, it adapts the words of her novel freely and creatively …
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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

… of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House, I came across one image that I liked very much. In it, Willa Cather is holding a small baby, her niece Helen Louise … here was a scene that understood Cather as part of a family, as an aunt playing with a baby, and not just as an …
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2014 Spring Conference Highlights

… opened Thursday with a day of scholarly presentations on Cather, her contemporaries, and the literary environment. We … treasures, including quilts belonging to the Cather family, books and notes from the Cathers, historic … her exhibit It Happened Here , currently on display in the Gallery of the Red Cloud Opera House. Both exhibits showcase …
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