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… the Center provides almost 20,000 square feet of space that includes a public museum, archive, research center, …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/28/2024
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … rented the home through 1904. Many of Cather’s best known writings depict life in Red Cloud and Webster County during …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… the Cather books on her shelf the day Loomis went searching for something to read. Since then she’s continued to read … of the Pavelka Farmstead was one of key components of the Campaign for the Future , and while Loomis has not seen the updated site in …
Posted: 09/08/2023
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Pavelka Farmstead
… the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of twelve Hidden Treasures in Nebraska …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … crown jewel of the Willa Cather Historic Sites and the best location to glean a more complete understanding of the daily …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… Image Potter Block, Future Site of Hotel Garber Potter Block Rehabilitation … return of a third floor that was lost to fire in 1961 in a forward-looking effort to return the building to its … is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023
Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… will help achieve tourism development and downtown revitalization goals by rehabilitating the Potter Block building, … Community Fund), Todd Mahin (Red Cloud Hotel Committee), Liz Rasser (Heritage Tourism Advisory Committee), Todd Brown …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023
Organization History
… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group … intertwined with Cather’s fictional worlds. Bennett’s 1951 biography The World of Willa Cather is still widely used by scholars as a valuable …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Explore the Collection Online
… and researchers. Thanks in part to a National Endowment for the Humanities CARES Act grant, the NWCC has begun to … We also knew that planned renovations, as part of our Campaign for the Future , would further restrict access to museum collections …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber
… Image Image William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber April 29, 2022 Literature … . The project is one of four goals of the Foundation’s Campaign for the Future , which has provided funding for capital improvements …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 02/03/2023