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Museum Collections Associate Wanted!
… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: … maintenance and preservation of museum facilities housing artifacts and art objects; conduct basic research; and … organizational skills. Ability to follow instructions and learn proper methods of preservation procedures. Shows …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program
… National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections … for Preservation (CAP) Program July 23, 2020 The National Willa Cather Center announces that it is one of 75 … protecting it from decay and destruction. Learn more about FAIC at www.culturalheritage.org/foundation . The …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… Image Experience America’s Literary Legacy Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit Red Cloud is to experience a town and entire …
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The Willa Cather Foundation
… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The … and conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie ; Coordination of an immersive summer teacher … that museums are spaces to have courageous conversations about the complex history we share, and we seek transparent …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000
… historic station has many artifacts related to the rail industry IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000 To Support Site … historic sites for our visitors. The Willa Cather Foundation is the only Nebraska-based organization to … their institution." —Cyndee Landrum, Acting IMLS Director About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The …
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Ask an Archivist Day
… does, or how they care for old, sometimes priceless artifacts and documents? Have you ever thought about what … all that archival work entails, as well as how archival collections enrich all there is to learn about history, literature, or in some cases our own …
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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 …
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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, … properties, expand educational programming, develop visitor amenities, and build endowment for the nonprofit … one year after History Nebraska, a state agency, transferred ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a … iconic writers. Tourists and scholars from around the world visit Red Cloud because of its associations with Willa …
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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center
… Experiences grant of $111,479 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a new educational exhibit will … “A self-guided and interactive educational experience about Cather’s life and work has long been missing from our … in 1955 and headquartered in Red Cloud, the Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization …
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