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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … crown jewel of the Willa Cather Historic Sites and the best location to glean a more complete understanding of the daily …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa … come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings … at  rolsen@willacather.org  or or (402) 746-2653.  LODGING : We offer comfortable and unique historic lodging …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… to have cared for these important properties for the last forty years. The Willa Cather Foundation is an excellent … is especially beloved because of Cather’s preserved bedroom under the eaves where she did her first writing and where …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… Image Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud April 29, 2022 Los Angeles-based … April prairie winds—and a rare sweltering day while in the Childhood Home attic—as he has moved around to different … New Orleans. As to place, I've typed in some extraordinary locations—Faulkner's Rowan Oak, a Sing Sing prison tower, a …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … Sites April 11 — Miner House porch: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 1-50 April 12 — Childhood Home  attic …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

Finding Aids

… Cite as: [item #], Betty Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   …   Miscellaneous papers  Documents   Pat Phillips Materials Board minutes, conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary … My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  Willa Cather Childhood home and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Book Club Resources

… into her writing at your book club. Please contact  Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement   at rolsen@willacather.org to schedule a guest speaker for your …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

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