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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered through … the opportunity to experience her writings and learn more about her life in the setting that so greatly influenced her …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … 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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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program

… information or to get your Passport you can stop by The Willa Cather Foundation, (402) 746-2653. You can also go to the Nebraska …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… , NE 68970 United States Register Online Now "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
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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 … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
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National Willa Cather Center

… narratives that are interwoven with priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from …
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Remembering Jennifer Hein

… of members, Jennifer had quickly emerged as an enthusiastic supporter of preservation and education … central to understanding the American experience. A generous bequest left to benefit the Cather Center reflected … Foundation as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… Nebraska historian Bill Hayes discusses the issue of slavery in the U.S. during the 1850s and the controversy … their journey north to freedom. Willa Cather's final novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) depicts a similarly harrowing journey, basing …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome visitors of all ages to explore the sights and sounds of the railway! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever …
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