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Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
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Willa Cather Biography

… periodical that reaches a broad audience beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa … Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 publications on Cather and her works appearing since … her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but there are a succession of other places found …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… and is buried near a crossroads. Cather, on whom almost nothing was lost, will later use this event in one of her … Nebraska State Journal . Her first regular column appears under the heading “One Way of Putting It.” Silas Garber’s …  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, Cather states that for …
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Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month

… from the archives throughout the year, often centered on broad themes, rather than individual collections. … for both research and educational programs for our museum visitors.  Our 2023 Humanities Interns —Nolan Bennett and … to welcome you to  Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , which should be completed in 2023. Our earliest …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings and …
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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives

… Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives … in the newly-formed Webster County. Several of our earliest collections feature museum objects and papers related to the … our archivist with any questions about the collection or to learn more about our collections which may not yet be …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center

… are encouraged to make prior arrangements for their visit with  the archivist . The archives are staffed from 9 … in all published and educational work. Our preferred citation, whatever your style sheet, is influenced by … The repository is the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Donating to the Collection The National …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers

… 2021 | 12am The work of John Blake Bergers returns to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery! Comprised of pieces from our … by his first readings of Cather's work in 1975 and a later visit to Red Cloud, where he met Mildred Bennett and others …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers

… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical Museum. Our … were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as her use of …
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