The Betty Kort Collection was donated by James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and Virginia Cather, Willa Cather, and family members.
The collection contains photos from Roscoe Cather’s days at Red Cloud High School and during his time as a country school teacher in Webster County; photos of Meta Schaper’s high school years, and other family photos. Clippings, brochures, and…
This newspaper clippings series was compiled by Bernadine Pavelka Hughes and her family with particular regard to great-grandparents John and Anna Pavelka, prototypes for characters in My Ántonia and “Neighbour Rosicky” by Willa Cather. One scrapbook…
A standard issue item, this phrase book provided American soldiers with basic words and phrases to allow them to communicate with French civilians and soldiers.
With military units still segregated in 1918, the 369th Infantry Regiment was composed of African American and African Puerto Rican soldiers. They were dubbed "The Harlem Hellfighters" by the Germans, who were impressed by their bravery and…
Expanding from "The Red Cross Bulletin" to the longer magazine form from 1914 - 1920, Red Cross Magazine featured patriotic cover art, short stories, and poetry, alongside articles chronicling the work of Red Cross volunteers around the world.The…
Many of the photographs originally published in newspaper and magazine editions were later reprinted in the form of postcards and stereoscope cards. Stereoscope cards required a special viewer which gave the impression of a three dimensional…