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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," … her first job as editor of The Home Monthly in Pittsburgh , Willa Cather wrote “The Origin of Thanksgiving” under the …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … functions as the crucial backdrop to telling the story of Willa Cather’s initial encounters with the Nebraska frontier …
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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 … author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe. He leads the Willa Cather’s Santa Fe walking tour, and his new book The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop is available for preorder . …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis … and introduce your group to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of O …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose. Our work doesn’t stop here. With your … a gift today to sustain and grow these vital programs? Willa Cather believed that great novels were often taken for …
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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 … exhibits and collections, or visit historic sites like the Willa Cather Childhood Home for an intimate look at the …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … to "old sodbusters" or "early Dakota settlers" or generic "Willa Cathers" with no clue about the actual source. The …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the Willa Cather … 2013 Harris has been a regular attendee at the Willa Cather Spring Conference since 1987, and he’s traveled across the …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk An Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, a trunk was discovered tucked … C. Cather” painted on the side. The trunk belonged to Willa Cather’s paternal grandmother, Emily Caroline Smith …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… for Larger Rural Topics Rural life improvements (REA, mail, phones) Rural life struggles (farm finance, drought & …
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