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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent … Willa Cather Center by History Nebraska in early 2019. “Visitors from all over the world remark that walking through … Home and into her tiny attic bedroom is an unforgettable experience,” said National Willa Cather Center Executive …
Posted: 09/24/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 Despite … be entirely remote while still giving each intern valuable museum work experience. Our two interns this summer are Alise … work, and we thought it would be fun to share a little bit about them. Alise Perault is a Preservation Studies graduate …
Posted: 06/25/2020
Last Updated: 07/01/2020

IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center

… National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning Experiences grant of $111,479 from the Institute of … while showcasing many priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from the American … help museums deliver enhanced learning experiences, improve collections care, and address community needs.” Founded in …
Posted: 09/21/2015
Last Updated: 12/07/2015

National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage

… Image National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign … is to raise the balance required of $915,129 by Spring 2015 in order to let bids and enter the construction phase … Willa Cather Foundation through an expanded bookstore, art gallery, and backstage facilities for the adjacent Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/04/2015
Last Updated: 01/04/2015

Remembering Jennifer Hein

… Furthers Legacy of Education April 2, 2026 The National Willa Cather Center is honored to recognize the legacy of … home state of Nebraska and its literary heritage. During a visit to Red Cloud for the 2024 Spring Conference, she … “it is such a unique proposition, allowing visitors to experience the natural and physical environments that Cather …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary … located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. Alongside the Red Cloud Opera …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, full of ghosts, for which he … characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work as …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played a critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … For many students, these visits comprise their first experience with archival work, so a primer on what an …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation can provide you or your estate with … in long-range planning. Your planned gift will benefit visitors from around the globe, and help in our pursuit to … Cather Connections Abbie Loomis Inspired by the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

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