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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general sentiment and through a general … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old house is available for guest lodging . Historic but entirely unfussy, the Cather Second …
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Join Our Team

… at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial—is a … identity that reflects the Center’s mission and programs.  About Us: The National Willa Cather Center is a 501(c)(3) … operational budget, construction documents and renderings, staffing model, and heritage tourism survey. Inform possible …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa … Nebraska Passport program.  MAKE A DONATION Learn more about the Hotel Garber project —All gallery images, below, …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… but ,as a child, I was not aware of the hardships.  We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown … do art when I grew up. I was able to take some lessons from private teachers and workshops. I studied art books and did … In the 1990s, I did a lot of mural work in businesses and private homes. This gave me the opportunity to paint BIG. I …
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Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the … nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather … hardware store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost … suicide would become the basis for Cather's first published story, "Peter," and Annie herself would later serve as …
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Collections Policies

… a  Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit, or Broadcast form.   Obtaining Reproductions You may request photocopies … deemed particularly fragile may not be reproducible in all formats.  Archival Access Policy The National Willa Cather … Archivists. Restrictions on access to collections are informed by the need to balance access and confidentiality in …
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Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History

… Forum Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol Image Ashley Olson, Executive … efforts to advance her legacy. Guests will also learn about the research and creativity that was essential in … arts center, ten historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally …
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Willa Cather and Her Illustrators

… a path for artists to achieve nationwide recognition, in a way that gallery exhibition and private collection could not. Cather and the artists who … art, and that it is worth caring about, than in any other way.” This exhibit explores eight of Cather’s illustrators, …
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