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National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa … heart of the largest collection of nationally designated historic buildings and sites devoted to any American author. Your visit to the …
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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

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… interesting dualities. She was intensely engaged with her small hometown, even as she became a traveler of the world; … fine clothes, the fascinating company. The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection contains even more evidence of … patrons would not like. During the sittings, Thérese Bonney photographed Cather and Bakst in the studio, a photo that …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
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Organization History

… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group … after Cather’s death, Bennett became fascinated by people, events, and historic sites in and around Red Cloud and … work; the  St. Juliana Catholic Church , of the novel  My Ántonia  the  Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a …
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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 Education, she was …
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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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