Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection
Collection Items
Edison Cylinder Player and Records of the Great War
Because this Edison player features both 2- and 4-minute settings, it can be dated to sometime after 1909. Pre-recorded cylinder records were available beginning in the late 1880s but were at the height of their popularity from 1900 - 1915. After…
Sleigh With Trailing Wolves
Known locally as "Pavel and Peter" for its similarity to Willa Cather's descriptions of a doomed Russian wedding party in her novel My Ántonia, this oil painting was painted and signed by Paul Powis, Powis's subjects are frequently animals and often…