National Willa Cather Center News
Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.
Facilities & Preservation Specialist Wanted
Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the letters that she received from her fans! Running the gamut from high school students to state politicians, Cather’s readers wrote to share their love for her writing and, often, the personal connections they felt to the subject matter. Cather herself saved many of these letters, sharing them with friends and family when she found them inspiring or her correspondents particularly interesting.
Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
The archives are built upon the art and the science of memory. The processes used in cataloging, arranging, and caring for collections are the science; they are reproducible and logical and the end result is a logbook of objects and their condition, location, and statistics. But those data points only tell a portion of the story, and that’s where the art comes in.
Career Opportunity for a Development Associate
Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project
Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather
Student Scholarships Awarded
The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce our 2022 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and Helen R. Wilson scholarships. Scholars not in attendance at our 67th annual Spring Conference recorded a video reading of their winning essays shared virtually.
The Norma Ross Walter Scholarship winners: