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Rewriting Willa: Red Cloud and Omaha latest stops on decade-long literary art project
- MATTHEW HANSEN Flatwater Free Press
- May 6, 2022
- May 6, 2022 Updated Jun 11, 2023
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Tim Youd retypes Willa Cather’s “The Song of the Lark” on the Cather Memorial Prairie south of Red Cloud. The Los Angeles artist is retyping three Cather novels in Nebraska as part of his 100 Novels Project — an art project that will take nearly two decades to complete. For much of May you can see Youd retyping “O’ Pioneers” in Omaha’s Old Market.
TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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He sits solitary on the front porch of the most famous literary home in Nebraska, bundled in a purple ski jacket to endure the too-cold April morning.
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Tim Youd is retyping all three Cather novels in Nebraska using an Oliver Model 3 typewriter. Cather experts believe that this is the typewriter the famed Nebraska novelists used to write most of her novels.
TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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Tim Youd typing at the depot in Red Cloud, the place where Willa Cather’s family first disembarked from a train to start a new life in small-town Nebraska. Cather featured the depot in some of her most famous novels.
TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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How a 101-year-old linked to Willa Cather helped alter a small town’s future
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A view of Tim Youd’s art project. He retypes entire novels on a single sheet of paper, allowing it to bleed onto a second sheet of paper. The finished product looks different based on the typewriter he uses and the length of the book he’s retyping.
TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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Statue swap: Cather ready for Washington; Morton's return resurrects his racism
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TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A visitor takes in one of the displays at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
This desk and silk velvet opera coat owned by Willa Cather are displayed in the study room at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Education director and archivist Tracy Tucker is available to help researchers at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star file photo
Visitors peruse the gift shop at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A visitor, a photo of Willa Cather and Cather's handwriting are all visible in the reflections of a display case at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A passport and passenger book are among the artifacts on display at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
This mahogany desk is one of two in the collection at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
The Cather family bible is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Personal belongings are arranged on a desk that was owned by Willa Cather at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Bruce Larsen, of Clay Center, check out a timeline of the author's life at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A dress and velvet coat that belonged to Willa Cather and came from high-end, New York City clothier Jay Thorpe, is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
The calling card holder described in "A Lost Lady" is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A portrait of the author looks out onto North Webster Street at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
An original illustration from "My Antonia" is on display at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Photos: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation

Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A visitor takes in one of the displays at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
This desk and silk velvet opera coat owned by Willa Cather are displayed in the study room at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Education director and archivist Tracy Tucker is available to help researchers at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star file photo
Visitors peruse the gift shop at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A visitor, a photo of Willa Cather and Cather's handwriting are all visible in the reflections of a display case at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A passport and passenger book are among the artifacts on display at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
This mahogany desk is one of two in the collection at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
The Cather family bible is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Personal belongings are arranged on a desk that was owned by Willa Cather at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Bruce Larsen, of Clay Center, check out a timeline of the author's life at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A dress and velvet coat that belonged to Willa Cather and came from high-end, New York City clothier Jay Thorpe, is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
The calling card holder described in "A Lost Lady" is among the artifacts on display at the newly built National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
A portrait of the author looks out onto North Webster Street at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather Center
- ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
An original illustration from "My Antonia" is on display at the new National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud.
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Tim Youd retypes Willa Cather’s “The Song of the Lark” on the Cather Memorial Prairie south of Red Cloud. The Los Angeles artist is retyping three Cather novels in Nebraska as part of his 100 Novels Project — an art project that will take nearly two decades to complete. For much of May you can see Youd retyping “O’ Pioneers” in Omaha’s Old Market.
- TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
Tim Youd is retyping all three Cather novels in Nebraska using an Oliver Model 3 typewriter. Cather experts believe that this is the typewriter the famed Nebraska novelists used to write most of her novels.
- TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
A view of Tim Youd’s art project. He retypes entire novels on a single sheet of paper, allowing it to bleed onto a second sheet of paper. The finished product looks different based on the typewriter he uses and the length of the book he’s retyping.
- TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
Tim Youd typing at the depot in Red Cloud, the place where Willa Cather’s family first disembarked from a train to start a new life in small-town Nebraska. Cather featured the depot in some of her most famous novels.
- TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
Tim Youd typing, using the make and model of typewriter Cather is believed to have used.
- TRACY TUCKER, National Willa Cather Center
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