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National Willa Cather Center News

National Willa Cather Center News

Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.

NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

This Covid Relief Grant will allow us to further digitize our collections and develop other tour-related initiatives.

Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Julie Harris had an abiding love of Willa Cather and a connection with the Foundation—in her estate was a very special painting.

Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud

Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Cather Country is a perfect destination to bring your writers' group or book club for inspiration and rejuvenation.

Portrait of Evelyn Osborne Joins the Collection

Portrait of Evelyn Osborne Joins the Collection

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

A donated portrait of a woman named Evelyn Osborne allows consideration of a shared history between Cather and her friend, author Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

Monday, August 16, 2021

We say farewell to a dear friend of the Willa Cather Foundation and devoted steward of her grandmother Anna Pavelka's memory.

Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Rehabilitation

Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Rehabilitation

Monday, August 16, 2021

Restoration efforts at the Farmers and Merchants Bank are now coming closer to completion, thanks to your help!

Back to School and Back to Cather

Back to School and Back to Cather

Monday, August 16, 2021

Learn more about our existing and updated in-person and virtual offerings for educators and their students!

Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes

Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes

Monday, August 16, 2021

As students of all ages return to the classroom, we look back at some of Cather's best known essays.

I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Pam Houston, author, teacher, and land advocate, took a recent detour off the interstate and headed to Red Cloud.

Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

A posthumous discovery of artwork currently on display honors an extraordinary Red Cloud artist who kept working until his death at 102.

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