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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...

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

View the batik, pencil, and pastel works of Hastings, NE area artist Sammy Lynn.

Celebrating Women

The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to present Celebrating Women, a fiber arts exhibit featuring the work of fourteen talented fiber artists. Highlighting the accomplishments of women through the decades, this exhibit was created to...

A Gold Slipper

ARTIST BIO: Michael Burton Artist and Filmmaker Burton makes animated historical films. Some are about real people. Some are gleaned from the work of famous authors. Working closely with writers, scholars, and production professionals he...

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

In Cather’s My Ántonia , narrator Jim Burden encounters the ancient Roman poet Vergil (shortened in English from Vergilius) and his long poem Georgics while attending the state university. Written before the Aeneid, a foundational text of all...

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...

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Image Galleries

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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

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

"Picture This" by Sammy Lynn

Celebrating Women

Celebrating Women

A Gold Slipper

A Gold Slipper

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

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"

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Theater Re-Imagined! Local Youth Invited to Participate In Safe, Fun, Drama Workshop

Theater Re-Imagined! Local Youth Invited to Participate In Safe, Fun, Drama Workshop

Garan Coons, Native American Entertainer

Garan Coons, Native American Entertainer

Kevin and Heidi Cheng Piano-Violin Duo

Kevin and Heidi Cheng Piano-Violin Duo

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