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The National Willa Cather Center is proud to share a wonderful array of pictures from our events, our facilities, and our history. Hover over the photo for descriptions.

Willa Cather Foundation History

This gallery contains photos depicting the change and growth of the Willa Cather Foundation; from the early days of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial (WCPM), to the acquisition of our properties.

Willa Cather was greatly influenced by her travels and the people she met. This gallery gives a glimpse of the places that Willa Cather considered important to her from her birthplace in Virginia, to her childhood in Nebraska, and her later...

Cather Family Gallery

This gallery contains pictures of Willa Cather's family. The National Willa Cather Center has an extensive collection of the family's portraits and photos.

Willa Cather Gallery

This gallery contains pictures of Willa Cather's life, from infancy to her final resting place in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The photos are not sequenced in chronological order. More information about any particular image can be found by hovering...

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Batik is a Javanese word that refers to a traditional technique of wax-resist dyeing, in which a pattern is made on both sides of cotton fabric with warm liquid wax applied by a tjanting , a small brass cup with a spout. After the wax cools and...

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

The curtain fell on another wonderful spring conference here at the National Willa Cather Center. Centering around Willa Cather’s love of theater and her role as a drama critic in Lincoln early in her writing career, several presenters spent...

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

Our 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference focused on the sacrifices made during the Great War. We gathered to discuss the war's impact not only on Willa Cather's life and war-era writings but on those of her literary contemporaries, as...

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

In the centenary year of Cather's The Song of the Lark , the 60th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference was held June 5-7, 2015 and themed "Fragments of Desire: Cather and the Arts." The event took place in conjunction with 15th International...

Red Cloud History

This gallery gives you a glimpse of twentieth century Red Cloud. Most of the photos depict the Main Street Historic District (downtown), the train depot, or the Republican River area. All images come from our WCPM Image Collectation at the...

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Image Galleries

Image Galleries

Willa Cather Foundation History

Willa Cather Foundation History

Cather Homes & Places

Cather Homes & Places

Cather Family Gallery

Cather Family Gallery

Willa Cather Gallery

Willa Cather Gallery

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

Red Cloud History

Red Cloud History

Events

Un/Tethered: Cather on the Cusp of the 1920s

Un/Tethered: Cather on the Cusp of the 1920s

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

Nebraska Chamber Players

Nebraska Chamber Players

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