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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… the U.S. Capitol, June 7, 2023 Image A bronze statuette of Willa Cather by Littleton Alston Willa Cather Statue Dedication & … event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture  and artist Betty Kort.  …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/06/2023

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 …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… Image Willa's Cradle, by Betty Kort Image Out in the Kitchen, by … Nov 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created … objects in juxtaposition with her timeless words.     About the Artist: Betty Kort Betty Kort is a former …
Posted: 07/14/2023
Last Updated: 08/30/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of … TITLE: "Dissolved into Something Complete and Great": The Cathers and the Beginnings of Webster County  AUTHOR: Ann … Nebraska" poem, 14.1:1 Jaffrey, New Hampshire: Cather gravesite at, 18.3:2; “High Mowing” at 17.1:3 James, Henry, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History ,  with Littleton Alston and Ashley Olson, FREE, 8:00 …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … arrival, you are immediately immersed in the natural and material world that inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy … genealogy Burlington & Missouri River Railroad journals building records financial instruments Related Materials:   … materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… Nebraska’s decision to make it illegal to teach foreign language to students under the eighth grade: “Miss Cather … material she still feels herself flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone. Her girlhood in south central Nebraska, where she …
Posted: 09/05/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… difficult and costly; it only stands to reason that reading materials like books and magazines might be considered a … of the Auld Library  and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 07/11/2023

A Gold Slipper

… Jun 4, 2020 | 12am - Saturday, Jul 4, 2020 | 12am Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
Posted: 04/10/2020
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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