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General Resources
… more about Cather's life and work include: An extended Willa Cather biography . Texts, chronology, and other … using the Willa Cather Archive . Readers are encouraged to visit the National Willa Cather Center and tour the Cather … Cather enthusiasts around the world may discover Cather's Red Cloud using our Virtual Tour . …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's historic Burlington Depot, in service for more … We hope the new interpretation at the Depot will give visitors a glimpse of daily life at the station. Nelson … and Locomotive Engineering Magazine were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's …
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Historic Sites
… author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … Carrie, Mary, and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… This process is underway in our collections now, as we revisit and reappraise many of the objects acquired when the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial was a nebulous new idea, yet … the South,” but had recently finished a watercolor of the Cathers’ home (the Cather Second Home on Seward Street) and …
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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives
… and Home-Building in the Archives August 22, 2023 While Willa Cather was the member of the Cather family who shared … records sometimes pertain to families other than the Cathers—making this collection useful to local genealogists … His journal of a return trip to Virginia includes his visits to his boyhood home Willow Shade , old friends and …
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Press Room
… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, and the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact … and the Foundation also publishes the Willa Cather Review —a leading source for Cather-related news, features, …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers
… 2021 | 12am The work of John Blake Bergers returns to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery! Comprised of pieces from our … images. All are inspired by the works and world of Willa Cather, but also capture Bergers' own experience of … by his first readings of Cather's work in 1975 and a later visit to Red Cloud, where he met Mildred Bennett and others …
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Nebraska Chamber Players with Brian Leeper present Christian Ellenwood's Children of the Moon
… Image Image Opera House Saturday, Jun 4, 2022 | 7:30 - 9pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , … new composition, Children of the Moon , is based on Willa Cather’s One of Ours which celebrates its 100th … learn more about and register for the Spring Conference, visit the Spring Conference event page. Children of the Moon …
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Annotations from the Archive—The Right Reverend George Allen Beecher Letters
… who served as Bishop of Western Nebraska from 1910-1943, shared a long friendship with Willa Cather, and with the whole Cather family. He confirmed … of comfort and connection, long after Willa Cather’s last visit to Red Cloud. Just weeks before her own death, Cather …
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Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
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