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… in the heart of Cather's hometown. Explore exhibits and collections, or visit historic sites like the Willa Cather … intimate look at the lived world of Cather and her family. Learn More American Bittersweet Exhibit The Willa Cather … and delivered her high school graduation oration in 1890. Learn More About the Opera House …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

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

… near a local penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held …  was published in May, 2023.  (Photo credit: Hillery Stone) Learn more about Joanna Biggs Richard Scott Larson Featured … will be released in the fall of 2025. Her three previous collections of short fiction are  What We Do With the …
Posted: 08/14/2025
Last Updated: 08/15/2025

19th International Willa Cather Seminar

Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Princeton University, 1931. All Together Different: Reading Willa Cather Across Regions International Seminar Wednesday, Jun 25 - Friday, Jun 27, 2025 | All day CT University of …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

Willa Cather & John William "Blind Boone"

… 907 N. Washington Street Lexington , NE 68850 United States LEARN MORE Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 06/09/2025
Last Updated: 06/09/2025

The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home

… 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Join us … and Culture , Oral Tradition , as well as in edited collections, including Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/28/2025

The Willa Cather Foundation

… times, and the pleasures of her artistry; Organization of  conferences  and  seminars  that generate new research and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/06/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… He knew he was not the only farmer boy who wished himself tonight beside the Marne. . . . Lying still and thinking fast, … army. One's manners wouldn't matter on the Marne tonight, the night of the eighth of September, 1914. There was … the poem was written in May 1915 and published in Punch in December 1915, the poem took on a life of its own as one of …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community … debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. In … and communities have access to museums and libraries to learn from and be inspired by the trusted information, …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… and our conservation of it,” said Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation. “Our ongoing work of preserving … Prairie is a special and unique place.” What did you learn that might specifically apply to the interpretation …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024

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

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