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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … in Red Cloud on December 7, 1973. What resulted four years later was a single 8 cent stamp with Cather’s likeness. … she preached. Miss Cather (1873-1947) echoed in many of her novels the same theme—the spirit and courage of pioneer …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … 16.2  Spring 1972  LITERARY ISSUE Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: Willa Cather … by Joel Geyer) p. 4  Sherman Exhibit at Depot (exhibit of Life Magazine photographer David Sherman) p. 4  Death Notice …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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 … (the “do.” at the end means “ditto,” giving us the double “s”). He has also coded his response to the question …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Annotations from the Archives: A Map of the World

… to the fire that destroyed the 1890 federal census. You can learn about the history of this unusual census here. Plat …
Posted: 03/31/2026
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … Mrs. Gunn, Anita Hambourg, Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson … in the collection include notes from oral histories collected by Bennett and John March, transcripts of Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… country focus on educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the … the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief

… Cloud Chief front page, December 1888 Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief September 3, 2024 … County? Would you like to visit the NWCC Collections & Archives? Please contact Tracy Tucker at …
Posted: 09/01/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Press Room

… you may have. Historic Sites & Misc. Image Galleries The Collections at the National Willa Cather Center Black & … exhibits at the restored Red Cloud Opera House. The  Collections & Archives  at the National Willa Cather Center are available …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days

… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Remembering Our Fallen

… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … met him just on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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