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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter winters; windy, flower-laden springs; long, hot summers; triumphant autumns that last until …
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Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants
Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants Call for applications November 5, 2025 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of English, in partnership with the Willa Cather Archive of the UNL Libraries and the National Willa Cather …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture A new permanent exhibit for the Burlington Depot “The station platform was soon full of restless young people, glancing up the track, looking at their watches, as if they could not endure their own town a …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis and introduce your group to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of My Ántonia , and what an inspiring journey it has been! … support, we provided more than one thousand free copies of My Ántonia to students, teachers, and book clubs. Together, … Center Literature in Classrooms Student Response “When my English teacher assigned My Ántonia for our reading …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the archives to local history and, in our case, literary history, but the …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… were all taken, so I looked and said, ‘Well, I did read My Ántonia a few years ago and liked it a lot,’” Harris … didn’t hit Red Cloud, but you know, I think so much of my enjoyment has been sharing those experiences, and not …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… - Willa Cather, letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling prairie landscape in Red Cloud, Nebraska: the home of Willa Cather. Upon your arrival, you …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the inspiration for …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… engagement classes, culinary classes, and workshops led by local artists or artists in residence. The addition of this …
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