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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… 1896, after leaving for her first job as editor of The Home Monthly in Pittsburgh , Willa Cather wrote “The Origin … 13, 1945, Cather recalled her last holidays in the Cather home: “ I often remember the last Thanksgiving and Christmas … a little house in Canada, and I have lived in a good many places in the world, but no one place is as dear to me as …
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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program
… Image The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program April … Travelers will have from May 1 through September 30 to visit the attractions and get their stamps. The summer … and its people—from the things we make to our unique history,” said Passport Program Coordinator Amanda Barker. …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and explore the …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … hands-on activities focused around railroad history, the literary legacy of the Burlington, and the railway as a …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia and One of Ours. Image Historic …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… Georgia O'Keeffe? Many readers of Cather's work and her biography immediately connect her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with … Life , by James Woodress, was a groundbreaking critical biography when it was published, and though more recent … Wonderful Things , by Melissa Homestead, updates Cather's biography significantly and fleshes out Edith Lewis's place …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] … book in the afternoon, or winding down in the evening with friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room: …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
Image This event is SOLD OUT! Special Events Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… cellar, which is an important symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will … five years. Exhibit Sponsor Benefits Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Set of … $250 X X $100 X PLEDGE FORM More about our reinterpretation strategy This exhibit is part of …
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