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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 Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… lodging through Airbnb at the  Cather Second Home Guest House —a Cather family home—and the  Villa Willa , a modern … Willa Cather Center.  OTHER ACTIVITIES : Check our  EVENTS  page throughout the year for upcoming performances, … programs, and exhibits — held at the Red Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center — to plan …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… to Pulitzer Prize winning author, Willa Cather, History Nebraska and the Willa Cather Foundation are pleased to … Site to the Willa Cather Foundation. Located in Red Cloud, Nebraska—where Cather spent her formative years—six historic … January 24, 2019. The properties were given to the State of Nebraska in 1978, and History Nebraska has worked …
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

… longer novel,  The Song of the Lark,  during his residency in Red Cloud between April 10-29. In addition, …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

Finding Aids

… Document TX-50-1000-13-3 Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper … Red Cloud, Nebraska Subjects: settlement Willa Cather Silas Garber agriculture Webster County history Pittsburg history … Roscoe Cather 1939/02/03 Correspondence TEX-278-011 Postcard to Willard Crowell A.P. Tone Wilson 1939/02/16 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 11/17/2025

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Join Our Team

… and freelance writers, and coordinate photography, media tours, and interviews Design and distribute promotional … Attn: Human Resources 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud, NE 68970 humanresources@willacather.org | www.WillaCather.org … Tour Guides must have detailed knowledge of each of our buildings and be able to retain historical facts, dates and …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2025

Historic Sites

… donated by the Morhart family who had operated the first floor hardware store for decades. “When I go about among … comprising the rest. The interior’s marble steps and tile floors are original features. The intricate teller cages …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Book Club Resources

… where she baptized her baby. Each site is connected to one of Willa’s works, whether it influenced the landscape or … arrangements for a book club visit to Red Cloud.  O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia One of Ours One of Ours A Lost Lady A Lost Lady Lucy Gayheart Lucy …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

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