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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… exhibit, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , about the history of the community and its intersections … Pledges, and Securities Gifts of any and all sizes are welcome through charitable contributions made directly to … building will be restored to its original 1901 design. More About The Hotel Experience This project aligns with our …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024
Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. More About the Project One of Red Cloud’s most arresting … THIS EXHIBIT Exhibit Sponsor Benefits Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Your name … the deadline will be recognized on the mobile app. More About Our Reinterpretation Strategy This exhibit is part of …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Our Campaign for the Future
… Image Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary National Chair Our Campaign for the Future … stay longer to enjoy the museum and all that Cather loved about Webster County. Fundraising has reached 87% of the … efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Design, fabrication, and installation of …
Posted: 04/06/2023
Last Updated: 03/08/2024
Making a Place Exhibit Opening!
… in Cather's fiction. The exhibit includes Pawnee culture; Silas and Lyra Garber—in life and as portrayed as Captain and Mrs. …
Posted: 01/29/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024
Willa Cather Timeline
… paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … Beauty and Others . Cather Timeline Bibliography Bennett, Mildred R. The World of Willa Cather . 1951. Lincoln: U of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Historic Sites
… Bank In 1889, the Farmers and Merchants Bank was erected by Silas Garber, a former Union Army officer who helped to found Red … of Nebraska from 1875–1879. Governor Garber and his wife, Lyra Wheeler Garber, lived in Red Cloud while Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… will soon allow our guests to explore topics related to Lyra and Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… border. You are free to explore or book a guided Prairie Tour to learn more about the natural history of this incredible … 10. Visit the National Willa Cather Center—and Red Cloud—virtually! If you can’t visit us just yet, virtually tour …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… 2.1 Spring 1958 Editor: Mildred R. Bennett Officers and Board … Coverage p. 3 Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4 Mailing of Newsletter p. 4 … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip … Old World Connection: The 6th International Seminar (Quebec 1995) AUTHOR: None listed p. 50 TITLE: Cather's Manifesto …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023