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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even … and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: homesteads and related cemeteries, churches, the …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Cather Foundation are pleased to announce the transfer of ownership of the Willa Cather State Historic Site to the … Places and open for guided tours regularly: Willa Cather’s Childhood Home , a National Historic Landmark, was the … became familiar with when returning to Red Cloud to visit friends and family. Depots in general played a significant …
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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 …
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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 …
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Finding Aids

… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Francisco, CA Santa Barbara, CA Schenectady, NY Shepherdstown, WV Stratton, NE Washington, DC Weston, MA   Geographic … materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
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Historic Sites

… Bank In 1889, the Farmers and Merchants Bank was erected by Silas Garber, a former Union Army officer who helped to found Red … of Nebraska from 1875–1879. Governor Garber and his wife, Lyra Wheeler Garber, lived in Red Cloud while Willa Cather …
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Book Club Resources

… to welcome your book club to Cather’s hometown! Take a tour of the town that raised Cather and peek into historical … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … location where Willa often returned to visit her family and friends.  If your group can’t make it to Red Cloud, we would …
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