National Willa Cather Center Microfilm Collection
Finding aid for the NWCC Microfilm Collection, which contains newspapers, journals, and correspondence
Tracy Tucker, National Willa Cather Center
Sleigh With Trailing Wolves
Painting
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 resemble much more famous paintings; this particular painting calls to mind Adolf Schreyer's A Troika Pursued By Wolves
Paul Powis
National Willa Cather Center
In Flanders Fields
"Food Control—A War Measure"
World War 1 exhibit developed to promote food restrictions under the Lever Act, as administered by Herbert Hoover.
Dr. Sweeney's diary
Diary kept by Dr. Frederick C. Sweeney, of his time aboard a troop transport ship during World War 1. Sweeney attended an influenza-stricken Willa Cather, and loaned her the diary as she worked on her novel, <em>One of Ours.</em>
G. P. Cather Funeral
Photos of the funeral of Grosvenor Phillips Cather, held in Bladen, Nebraska
G. P. Cather images
G. P. Cather
Photos of G. P. Cather while serving in the U.S. Army
1916-1918
Colonial troops
Colonial troops
Colonial troops from around the world soon were a part of the conflict. Surviving literature tells us that, often, these soldiers were unclear about the war's ultimate goal, but—like many soldiers before them—saw the conflict as an opportunity to travel, to seek adventure, and to advance socially and financially. Mulk Raj Anand, in his book <em>Across the Black Waters</em>, describes the experiences of Lalu, an Indian man who defies his father to join the conflict. Lalu believes that his service will allow his family to regain their family land. "It was thrilling to be going out on this adventure," he writes. "He was going to <em>Vilayat</em> after all, England, the glamorous land of his dreams, where the Sahibs came from, where people wore coats and pantalons and led active, fashionable lives—even, so it was said, the peasants and the poor Sahibs. He wondered what was his destiny."
Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmerman telegram and the translation
Public domain
Propaganda influenced by the Bryce Report
Propaganda influenced by the Bryce Report
After the Bryce Report was issued, a number of propaganda pieces were published, encouraging the world to come to the aid of Belgium. Some simply reminded readers of the atrocities attributed to the Germans in the report; other pieces actively vilified the the German country, their soldiers, and their leaders.
Public domain