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Historic Sites
… attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The Song of the Lark. The home was acquired by the Willa Cather Foundation … brother, Douglass. Grace Episcopal was built in 1884 and was originally a wooden structure and was moved to …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites
… Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites Mobile and Web Apps … your desktop computer) for iOS and Android provide self-guided tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, the American Bittersweet exhibit, and the town tour while providing bonus collections material, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/19/2023
Willa Cather Historic Sites selected as a 2015 Nebraska Passport Destination
… Image Willa Cather Historic Sites selected as a 2015 Nebraska Passport Destination May 13, 2015 The Nebraska Tourism Commission presents the 80 featured stops in the 2015 Nebraska Passport Program. The Passport program encourages …
Posted: 05/13/2015
Last Updated: 05/19/2015
Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her shelf the day … read. Since then she’s continued to read Cather, but it’s My Ántonia that she revisits every few years. “Once I found … at that time in Victorian literature and academia, so I got my MLS and eventually ended up here at the University of …
Posted: 09/08/2023
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates
… to highlight previously untold stories from a variety of voices. You may still lend your support to the preservation … was erected in 1889 by Silas Garber, fourth governor of Nebraska and prototype for Captain Forrester in A Lost …
Posted: 06/26/2020
Last Updated: 02/03/2023
Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… her formative years—six historic properties and supporting collections will be transferred to the Willa Cather … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic … to the Cather family, as well as furnishings, family book collections, and other possessions. Ashley Olson, Executive …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Sites Manager Position Open
… Sites Manager Position Open July 23, 2019 The Willa Cather … square feet); and nine sites on the National Register of Historic Places including Willa Cather’s Childhood Home (a National Historic Landmark), the Burlington Depot, the Farmers and …
Posted: 07/23/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019
The Willa Cather Foundation
… gifts that are entrusted to us. Our Core Programs: Operation of a museum, archive, and performing arts center … of regular programming and arts exhibits in the Red Cloud Opera House , which played a key role in nurturing Willa Cather's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/08/2024
About
… the nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. Board of Governors …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 04/07/2024
The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… lodging for guests and expanded meeting facilities for events and retreats. It will allow our visitors to the …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024