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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

Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… bedroom description, and a papering experience, into The Song of the Lark (1915) when describing the young Thea Kronborg’s …
Posted: 07/02/2019
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Childhood Home Tour

… Image Image Image Childhood Home Tour Understand Cather's Youth The Willa Cather Childhood … short walk or drive from the National Willa Cather Center. Tours last approximately 30 minutes.  Book a Tour Located at … in 1884, when Charles Cather moved his family into town from their Webster county homesteading site.  Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… 2 hours. Adults: $25.00 Students: (K - 12) - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family lived in this home from 1884-1904. Willa Cather describes it in great detail in The Song of the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… for entertainment with a growing movement across the Great Plains "to standardize moving picture films"—a movement that … you can get a very high price for the film rights of "The Song of the Lark" I'll consent to the sale," she wrote to …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home

… bedroom, which closely resembles Thea Kronborg's in  The Song of the Lark . Willa is believed to have wallpapered this room …
Posted: 07/16/2014
Last Updated: 08/22/2024

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Hommage: Willa Cather

Image Song of the Lark, Selfsearch | Maria Gurikhina | Print Available $110 Art Gallery Tuesday, May 21 - Saturday, Aug 10, 2024 | All day In 2023, the Associació Internacional Duana de les Arts presented, for the fourth consecutive year, a catalogue of …
Posted: 03/19/2024
Last Updated: 05/30/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic … and subcontractors who worked on the project. Among others, we’re also grateful to the John K. & Lynne D. Boyer …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. Willa Cather’s father rented the house for … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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