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Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… permanent exhibit space details the life of Willa Cather in American Bittersweet . Our bookstore features books by and … the night sky. Take a walk (and bring a picnic) amidst the great ocean of land that rolls around you. Listen only to … influential writings. LEARN MORE Celebrate Willa Cather's 150th Year In Nebraska and Beyond The National Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the … replied. “I am sorry to have been so long in answering your letter and I will be delighted to write you a little … Bennett continued, however, and in 1958, he wrote, “I am sending to you today . . . six items of my work which I want …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024
The Willa Cather Foundation
… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The … that museums are spaces to have courageous conversations about the complex history we share, and we seek transparent …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/01/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… northern Virginia to the pioneering prairie of the Nebraska Divide—a sensitive child at a critical age—was in many ways … for an incipient writer: though sparsely settled, the Divide between the Republican and Blue rivers offered her … put them too in some of her novels. During her time on the Divide, Cather attended a one-room school house, but Charles …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Discover
… of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. For Readers For Readers For Writers For … Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great American writer. Through our scholarly endeavors, …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 12/27/2023
Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th approaches, her birth home, a rural farmhouse in the … remains a testament to the humble, rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 12/06/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. … McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . Cather tours the Southwest for the first time while visiting her brother …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Pavelka Farmstead
… has been accomplished since early 2020 at the start of our Campaign for the Future ! Our next phase will be interpreting the house and …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Press Room
… career began with stunning success in journalism—several years as managing editor of the leading monthly magazine of … Center " Ways of Reading: On the Road With Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project, " Tulsa Kinney, Artillery , July 12, … is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Organization History
… source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, … of Governors. The group recognized Cather’s importance to American literature and Red Cloud’s unique potential to … noted: In dedicating this Memorial to Willa Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023