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General Resources
… more about Cather's life and work include: An extended Willa Cather biography . Texts, chronology, and other resources may be accessed using the Willa Cather Archive . Readers are encouraged to visit …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… stock, technological advances in individual components, maintenance updates, and business expansions. The Standard …
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Historic Sites
… Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. Willa Cather’s father … The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and Cather's attic … Center in 2020, the Pavelka Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places. This farm was home to Anna …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… the art comes in. Every object, every paper, is a part of a web that interconnects and weaves together the lives of …
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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
… Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the public to visit our virtual Press Room often for the latest … Pawnee tribe who had farmed and hunted buffalo along the Republican River for centuries—and where the displaced Pawnee … and humanities programs, and preservation of historical settings and archives, we serve as a vibrant memorial to …
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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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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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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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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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