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
Pavelka Hughes Finding Aid
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 of clippings has been viewed and digitized for use, with the expectation that other materials will be added at a future date, either in digital or paper form.
Brockway Paper Collection
Roscoe and Meta Cather and family
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 sketches related to Roscoe’s business life in Wyoming and his obituary and associated clippings indicate that Roscoe was a well-loved figure in the community. Family correspondence also includes photos of Elsie Cather, baby picture of Roscoe, Charles Cather, Mary Virginia Cather, Jessica Cather, Douglass Cather, and Roscoe’s children, as well as some unidentified people. Diplomas and teaching certificates, commencement program for Roscoe and Meta Cather. Later pieces include First Day of Issue Willa Cather stamp, Cather 100th Birthday newspaper, WCPM newsletter (1987), and letters and documents surrounding Willa Cather last will and testament.
Marsha Brockway
Betty Kort Collection Finding Aid
Willa Cather and Cather family
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.