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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we … a few. Guests are invited to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, and …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation was stabilized, lighting and mechanical systems … & weather, physical hardships) Agricultural technology SUPPORT THIS PROJECT DOWNLOAD PDF Design, fabrication, and … Farmstead will cost approximately $195,000. Names of supporters who contribute $1,000 or more will be featured on …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… by Willa Cather. Our Director of Education and Engagement, Rachel Olsen, can arrange for your class to take part in these activities; you can contact her at rolsen@willacather.org. Image Area 4th graders try out …
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Cather Legacy Society
… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined … Legacy Society Brochure Bequesting a portion of your assets to the Foundation Why a Bequest? This simple method of …
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School Field Trips
… Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement at rolsen@willacather.org to help you schedule your field trip. …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit … education and entertainment for both children and adults. Willa Cather created several of these using advertising … in many forms throughout her life. And if you're able to visit the Red Cloud Opera House gallery, we hope that you'll …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… 2025 January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film … and literary executor Edith Lewis were dead. In 1924, Alfred Knopf, Cather's publisher, sold the film rights to A … Memorial board member Lucia Woods had the opportunity to visit the movie's star at her home. Woods hoped to glean …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … and by mailed questionnaire. Beginning her research into Willa Cather's life soon after Cather's death, Bennett … enhance or disrupt our reading of My Ántonia . To make your visit, you can schedule an appointment or email our …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
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