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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the … organization in our local community, as well as attract new visitors to our sites—those who may be interested in …
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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
… 150 years can be examined in close detail. Our archivist, Tracy Sanford Tucker, regularly hosts individuals and small groups for …
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Cather Legacy Society
… to the Foundation Why a Bequest? This simple method of remembering the Willa Cather Foundation assures that some … appropriate to their tax situation. Cather Legacy Society Member Stories Loren Johnson Cather Devotion Inspires Legacy … as a young scholar that compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and …
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School Field Trips
… Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … During a half-day field trip, students will be able to: Visit all of the sites on the guided town tour , including … Willa Cather . Browse the current exhibit on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival …
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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
… the Archives: October is American Archives Month September 30, 2024 October is American Archives Month, a time when we … though, let’s think small. Since we will soon kick off our My Ántonia Big Read activities, let’s start there and focus on …
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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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