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National Willa Cather Center

… buildings and sites devoted to any American author. Your visit to the Center comes with the unique experience of … once said, "I was always being pulled back into Nebraska.” You will be, too. What You'll Experience Museum Must-Sees Explore a new exhibit,  …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
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Willa Cather Biography

… George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait … 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first … matriculation requirements.) Having just arrived from a small town, she took full advantage of the capital's …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… the most pertinent portion of the review or article. Our collections include hundreds of such clippings, some … part of the United States. . . . From this experience I learned a lesson. The better the advertising, the worse it … are open to research. To request an appointment or learn more, please contact archivist Tracy Tucker at …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… difficult and costly; it only stands to reason that reading materials like books and magazines might be considered a … of the Auld Library  and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; …
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Organization History

… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
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Virtual Author Series: Dr. Rebecca Faber

… to welcome Dr. Rebecca Faber to talk about her book, One Small Photo , a collection of poetry and one short story that was …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of … with increased space and the return of the collections and historic properties from History Nebraska in 2019, I was … exhibits and developing interpretation at the historic sites, caring for our collections, and managing the …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… fixing any errors. Currently, I’m reviewing the archive’s photo collection and then digitizing them for future use. … are, unfortunately, missing. But there are some really good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants … I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with …
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