Skip to main content

We're open during construction on Hwy 281 and Hwy 136! Here's how to reach us!

x

User account menu

  • Join
  • Donate
Home
National Willa Cather Center - Red Cloud, NE

User account menu

  • Join
  • Donate

Main navigation

  • About
    • About
      • Willa Cather
      • The Foundation
      • Staff
      • Board of Governors
      • News
      • Annual Reports
      • Newsletters
      • Permissions
  • Visit
    • Visit
      • Hours & Directions
      • Tours
      • Lodging
      • National Willa Cather Center
      • Red Cloud Opera House
      • Cather Prairie
      • Willa Cather's Red Cloud
      • Cather Immersion Package
  • Events
    • Events
      • Art Gallery
      • Author Series
      • Call for Papers
      • International Seminar
      • Opera House
      • Rentals
      • Special Events
      • Spring Conference
  • Collections
    • Collections
      • Historic Sites
      • The Collections at NWCC
      • Explore the Collection
      • Finding Aids
      • Annotations from the Archive
      • Collections Policies
  • Discover
    • Educational Resources
      • Overview
      • For Readers
      • For Teachers
      • For Students
      • For Writers
      • Virtual Tours
      • Exhibits
  • Support
    • Support
      • Donate
      • Membership
      • Planned Giving
      • Charitable IRA Rollover
      • Opera House Sponsor
      • Conference Sponsor
      • Shop
      • Volunteer

Search Results

22 results found

Cather Book Club: Sapphira and the Slave Girl

… On April 21 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at …
Posted: 12/07/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … 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: 03/09/2026

Through Darkness to Light

… grows on the north side of trees. An estimated 100,000 enslaved people chose to embark on a journey in search of … Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… Railroad and how the movement became connected with the Great Plains. Hayes explores how the Underground Railroad …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa Cather’s … contribute to the community at large.”  The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … While the reading and understanding of Cather's twelve novels and various other works are the primary attraction, … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels,  My Antonia . 1882  — Red Cloud becomes a division … many immigrants in the region and listening to their stories. 1884  — Willa Cather and her family move into town. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels   Sapphira and the Slave Girl   and   My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Next page ››
Willa Cather Center Logo
The National Willa Cather Center
413 North Webster — Red Cloud, NE 68970
402.746.2653
Nebraska Arts Council Nebraska Arts Council
National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities
American Writers Museum American Writers Museum
Humanities Nebraska Humanities Nebraska
Gold Transparency 2025 Gold Transparency 2025

© All Rights Reserved The Willa Cather Foundation. This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer. The National Willa Cather Center is the registered trade name of the Willa Cather Foundation, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization (TAX ID # 47-0485401) under the Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

Website Designed & Developed by UNANIMOUS
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter/X
  • YouTube