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Tracy Sanford Tucker

… Tracy Sanford Tucker joined the staff of the National Willa Cather Center in 2012 as Education Director; in 2022, she … Magazine , Old Northwest Quarterly, Whirlwind , and others. She contributed a chapter on the farm fiction genre …
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Country Tour

… twenty historic sites related to the life and writing of Willa Cather. You may schedule a guided tour of these sites by … Ours,  short stories "Neighbour Rosicky" and "Peter," and others, as well as many scenes from Cather's own life—the …
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Homegrown Art and Poetry with Jewel Rodgers

… are also invited to come and share their own work with others who love fine art and the written word. Guests will … homemade cookies to share.  Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … were still common in the mid-1880s, but Belle Barclay and others in Serena’s album point us to the “New Woman” of the …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Incoming, George P. Cather Citizens Lumber Co, Boom Brothers, Geo. F. Smith 1911-1920   Correspondence …
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Robert H. Wolfe

… his wife, Melissa, and is a father to four. Introduced to Willa Cather’s work by his parents and paternal grandparents, his … Willa Cather.  I'd like to share my experience with others.  The Foundation has served many in that way in the …
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Through Darkness to Light

… returned, and beaten as an example of what would happen to others who might choose to run. Under the cover of darkness, … faiths worked together in harmony for freedom and justice. Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira …
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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 … over frontier "Night Express," Burlington Route," many others Railroad history/Red Cloud settlement history SUPPORT …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … the inclusion of people of color, immigrants, laborers, and others on the fringe of Cather's world. Image Image Image …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … the inclusion of people of color, immigrants, laborers, and others on the fringe of Cather's world. Image Image Image …
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