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Visions of the Prairie

… & Sunset II | Scott Kirby Paintings by Scott Kirby Art Gallery Friday, Mar 20 - Saturday, May 16, 2026 | All day … chapters about local history, including the National Willa Cather Center. Join us to welcome Scott to the Red Cloud … remarks at 6:00 p.m. Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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Finding Aids

… their institution or publisher for assistance. Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date Document … Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree     …
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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

… Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author series! … Author Brad Bigelow is a writer, instructor, and editor living in Missoula, Montana. He is the editor of the …
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Visit

… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is an award-winning museum in the heart … real people speaking the lines can give us that feeling of living along with them, of participating in their …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you … that will be of absolutely no use at all to anyone, is what type of pillow Cather preferred. Her address book contains, …
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Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum

… Image A Willa Cather Writers Residency Event Author Series Thursday, Oct … Online Now Help us welcome three writers from our first Willa Cather Residency for Writers cohort as they share … Elita tells the story of a child development scholar living in the Pacific Northwest in 1951 who encounters a …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!

… July 3, 2025 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity … my knowledge of Nebraska history. I have always loved living in Nebraska, and I want to learn as much as I can …
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Ollie Webb Center's Short Film Screening & Panel Discussion

… Friday, Jun 6, 2025 | 10:30 - 11:30am CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … from My Ántonia . This film chronicles the difficulties living through Nebraska winters in the 19th century. Made in …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… [today]. (Yarrow 14) Everyday examples of thrifty living in the 1880s are easy to find, and in our … education and entertainment for both children and adults. Willa Cather created several of these using advertising cards and …
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Red Cloud Opera House

… Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … real people speaking the lines can give us that feeling of living along with them, of participating in their …
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