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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!

… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: Museum …
Posted: 12/05/2022
Last Updated: 12/28/2022

National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program

… National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program July 23, 2020 The …
Posted: 07/23/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My … around you. Listen only to the sound of the wind and the larks or the gentle murmur of cattle — or just the sound of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

The Willa Cather Foundation

… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa … gifts that are entrusted to us. Our Core Programs:  Operation of a museum, archive, and performing arts center …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/06/2025

IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… in 2020 Image The interior of the historic station has many artifacts related to the rail industry IMLS Grant Awarded … for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community … debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. In …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Ask an Archivist Day

… Image Image Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021 | 12pm Have you ever wondered what an archivist does, or how they care for old, sometimes priceless artifacts …
Posted: 10/07/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman

… also lived in the house, it was full of both Cather family artifacts and period historical pieces; she hosted several … the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… Image Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future January 14, 2020 Today, we announce the Willa Cather Foundation's Campaign for the Future , a multi-million dollar campaign …
Posted: 11/22/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a several decades-long collaboration dedicated to preserving …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center

… Image IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning Experiences grant of $111,479 from the …
Posted: 09/21/2015
Last Updated: 12/07/2015

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