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Willa Cather Statue Unveiling & Reception

… an exact replica of the Willa Cather statue that represents Nebraska as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in …
Posted: 06/05/2025
Last Updated: 12/06/2025

Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants

… guidance from Cather Project and Willa Cather Archive staff and may have opportunities to present their work in … materials. The NWCC archive in Red Cloud, located about two and a half hours from Lincoln, includes letters, … Woodress Fund, administered by the University of Nebraska Foundation. Applicants should submit the following materials …
Posted: 11/05/2025
Last Updated: 11/21/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather,  "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,"   … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

…    –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … hands-on activities focused around railroad history, the literary legacy of the Burlington, and the railway as a …
Posted: 02/14/2024
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… cellar, which is an important symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will … five years. Exhibit Sponsor Benefits   Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark.   Set of …       $250 X X         $100 X           PLEDGE FORM   More about our reinterpretation strategy This exhibit is part of …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber

… building to its original splendor. A third flood that was lost to fire in 1961 was reconstructed in 2023, helping to … models for Mrs. and Captain Forrester in Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady . Silas was a founder of Red Cloud and a two term …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather … Home | April 2024 Image Guided Tours to Follow Special Events Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | 1:30 - 2:30pm CT 245 N. Cedar … Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. More About the Project One of Red Cloud’s most arresting … THIS EXHIBIT Exhibit Sponsor Benefits   Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Your name … the deadline will be recognized on the mobile app. More About Our Reinterpretation Strategy This exhibit is part of …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum

… Oct 16, 2025 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Help us welcome three writers from our first Willa Cather Residency … penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held local … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women …
Posted: 08/14/2025
Last Updated: 08/15/2025

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… others grace the edges of our visitor trails.  As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water … is an excellent grassland birding site. Photography is welcome. Please observe a few simple park rules: Absolutely …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

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