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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … your group to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of  O …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many … Please check our hours of operation when planning your visit, and be sure to scroll through the full list of tour … offers a wide range of engaging activities and authentic experiences in the perfect 2-day itinerary. Learn More …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk

… in 1877.   The Cather’s pioneer settlement of the Great Plains is part of a grander story of the westward movement … Burdens and Miners in  My Ántonia , ​and Dr. Archie in  The Song of the Lark . Cather writes of the differences between … the cross section of settlers in Nebraska and the Great Plains and their individual and collective struggles and …
Posted: 08/26/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center

… tour the recently restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed novel My Ántonia . … of select special collection pieces 4:00 PM Depart for Pavelka Farmstead of My Ántonia 5:30 PM Dinner* 8:00 PM Arrive in …
Posted: 03/05/2024
Last Updated: 09/05/2025

School Field Trips

… During a half-day field trip, students will be able to: Visit all of the sites on the guided town tour , including … education staff. Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!

… story “Neighbor Rosicky” in a Women’s Literature college class, I realized her writing is not as bad as I convinced … with majors in English and ethnic studies and minors in classics and digital humanities. Although her family is not …
Posted: 07/03/2025
Last Updated: 07/03/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Cather wrote to her family, “The new Swedish edition of “O Pioneers” is one of the handsomest books I have ever seen. I … (December 6, 1919). Image 1919 Swedish translation of O Pioneers! Later on, perhaps when no longer useful for …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the … Sculptor Littleton Alston  is the first African American artist to be represented in the National Statuary Hall … Oct 29 — Willa Cather and Material Culture Exhibit Opening Reception & Willa Cather Statue Dedicatio n  • Exhibit …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Reading Willa Cather

… 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
Posted: 09/06/2024
Last Updated: 09/06/2024

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