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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… Image Grant Reynard's 1948 letter to Mildred Bennett Image Grant Reynard's "Mike's Blacksmith … Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the … many acquaintances, friends, and relatives, inquiring about their willingness to speak about the author. The …
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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
… career began with stunning success in journalism—several years as managing editor of the leading monthly magazine of … Center " Ways of Reading: On the Road With Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project, " Tulsa Kinney, Artillery , July 12, … is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers
… Image Image Art Gallery Monday, Dec 7, 2020 | 12am - Tuesday, Feb 2, 2021 | … of John Blake Bergers returns to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery! Comprised of pieces from our permanent collection, … for each painting, Bergers brings to life even the smallest detail from Cather's writing and their shared experiences of …
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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 , NE 68970 United States Composer Chris Ellenwood’s new composition, Children of the Moon , is based on Willa Cather’s One of Ours which …
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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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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical … materials that were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as … people and places we can only guess about. For those who visit in person, the NWCC has provided a book to record any …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to … window, for example, portrays the shepherd, significant because he had raised sheep himself in his native Virginia. The … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… Miner grew up as the third generation in the J.L. Miner House, or the Harling House in My Ántonia . He was the … three, her father and aunt Kay Jones Smith shared stories about summers in Nebraska at the J.L. Miner House. Jaydene’s … which is why she has decided to include the Willa Cather Foundation in her estate plan. “After seeing how the history …
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