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Red Cloud Opera House
… on opening and closing nights?" "How good some of those old traveling companies were, and how honestly they did … What good luck for a country child to hear those tuneful old operas sung by people who were doing their best: The … Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." "But I am sorry that the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024
Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude … Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader history of the community. In our organization’s early … to eat and plenty of water to wash it down with, but how long can a man subsist on bread and water, besides you say …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Cather Legacy Society
… your philanthropic needs. If you have questions, please contact your financial advisors or Ashley Olson, Executive …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Willa Cather Residency for Writers
… Image Willa Cather, circa 1926 Willa Cather Residency for Writers October 13–27, 2024 About … House—with its comfortable communal kitchen, dining, and living spaces—and a separate place to work. Residents will …
Posted: 10/06/2023
Last Updated: 03/21/2024
The Potter Family
… Potter The Potter Family Five Potter brothers came to Red Cloud to settle the county. John Quincy Potter (1835–1923) came to Red Cloud in 1873 and along with his brother Jacob, began operating the Red Cloud … home in Iowa on August 31st in 1875 and were 5 weeks on the road. We had three covered wagons - two large lumber wagons …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of Pulitzer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… and special features of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F … Monday, April 15, 1912) p. 42 TITLE: "The Cather Question" (poem) AUTHOR: May Hutchinson p. 43 Also in this … Gervaud p. 22 TITLE: Coming of Age and Domesticating Space in the Wilderness: Roberts's The Great Meadow and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr
… Image Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr November 19, … Pop Art which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • For a list of …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… who was on her way to the National Willa Cather Center to install her amazing exhibit on native grasses . Her work …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019
Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, … crossing them where they were wide and shallow. And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; … When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in My Ántonia , he remembers the …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019