National Willa Cather Center News

This summer we have been fortunate to have two talented interns—Thara Michaelis and Maggie Rieckman—both English majors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

A recent donation to the National Willa Cather Center Collections & Archives hints at Willa Cather’s varied investments.

Join us for a special virtual performance of African American spirituals in honor of Juneteenth!

"We were living in a world of mysterious flowers that had never been put into books, and the best we could do
was to hitch them up with some family to which they apparently belonged and invent names of our own for them."

A generous grant for Red Cloud Opera House programming and other arts-related projects.

Register for three free Spring Conference events, thanks to the generosity of Humanities Nebraska!

Join us on Saturday, June 5 for FREE historic site open houses, a prairie walk, and other activities!

Learn more about Cather's editorial career from her letter excerpts in the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection in the Special Collections and Archives of the NWCC.

An interview with the Chicago-based artist whose exhibit will be in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through June 30.

Recent portraits and other images received illustrate our range of donors—and the surprising ways items often find us!