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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… bedroom is called Sweet Water after the town in  A Lost Lady . Adjoining Frankfort by an interior door which may be …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2026

The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home

… Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Join us for an … in the Unmade Place which is on display in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through August 1. Nathan Tye Professor of …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/28/2025

From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co.

… Image From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co. August 1, 2014 One can't overstate the importance of the Red Cloud Opera House to a young Willa Cather. In a 1929 letter to friend and journalist Harvey Newbranch, she wrote about the Opera House and the Andrews Opera Company: "How …
Posted: 09/09/2014
Last Updated: 09/11/2014

National Willa Cather Center Scholarship

… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / … generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
Posted: 03/12/2024
Last Updated: 08/07/2026

Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy

… pleased to welcome author Rebecca Romney! Her lecture on "Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary … Times ,  The Atlantic ,  Forbes ,  Variety ,  The Paris Review , and more. With a passion for discussing the …
Posted: 04/28/2026
Last Updated: 06/05/2026

National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa Cather … travel; happiness and sadness; the bitter and the sweet.   About the Exhibit Introductory Short Film About Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

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 … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

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… that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop the Bookstore … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and … lodging for tourists and expanded meeting facilities for events and retreats. It will allow our visitors to the …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… Institute.” His appearances include a segment on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood and the Smithsonian …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Visions of the Prairie

… Boulder, Colorado. His appearances include a segment on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood and the Smithsonian …
Posted: 01/13/2026
Last Updated: 03/18/2026

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