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Portrait of a young Isabelle McClung, framed in a domed glass frame. Dimension of frame 3.5x4.5". Oval portrait approximately 1.75x2.5".

A gold pocket watch engraved with "WSC," Looks like a pinstripe pattern on the back and an elegant pattern around the edge.

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…

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, One of Ours.

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…

Photograph of Willa Cather, at McClure's Magazine; item is a press-copy ca. 1978, used for promotion of the Richard Schickel documentary "Willa Cather's America," withHal Holbrook and Gena Rowlands. A much more famous similar image shows Cather in…

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…

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 Bennett Typewriter Company of New York began production of this bantam-weight model in 1910. It boasts the smallest keyboard produced on a typewriter.

Originally printed in 1903 and reissued in 1909, this book was presented to Jack Cather from Isabelle McClung at Christmas, 1914.

Though the book purports to chronicle England's war songs across history, the book's selection as a gift while…