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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… Image Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall July 31, 2019 Summer is in full-swing here in rural Nebraska, but … any size. Is your high school class writing an essay about My Ántonia ? If so, our 7-Building Tour throughout the town …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Willa Cather Foundation awards each year. Furthermore, our Ántonia Scholarship, named for Cather’s most famous literary … Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org or 402-746-2653 with any questions you may have.  …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography

… photographer, has been in residence with the National Willa Cather Center since early July to photograph the landscapes and buildings in and … the Archbishop . The scenes and people she has set in the novels based around Red Cloud also gave me an urge to see …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … LaGrange, Indiana. I’m a proud alum of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. … of the Lark . So after that, I’ll move on to the famed My Ántonia . I try to take my reading out to the Willa Cather …
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Newly Appointed Board Members Announced

… Appointed Board Members Announced January 9, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation, along with a global community of scholars … Cather Seminar, and will be co-editing the Cather Studies volume 13. Dr. Jaap resides in the East End neighborhood of …
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Attention Educators: 2016-17 Student Outreach Opportunities

… contact Education Director Tracy Tucker, ttucker@willacather.org or 402-746- 2653. We hope to see you and your … this year. The WCF offers curriculum units on Cather’s novels that include interdisciplinary activities and … from an in-class writing project and deadlines are in early 2017. …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success

… Image 2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success July 24, 2015 2015 was … very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we celebrated our 60th Spring Conference in …
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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers

… Call for Papers September 8, 2015 “Both Bitter and Sweet”: Cather, Literature, and the Great War CALL FOR PAPERS The … First World War and represent a time to re-examine Cather’s writing of that period, particularly her 1922 novel One of … Tracy Tucker, along with a short resumé or vita ( ttucker@willacather.org ).  The 61st annual Willa Cather Spring …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … Cather's Poems, now in preparation, will be among the last volumes published in that series by the University of … be sent by February 15, 2012 to: Robert Thacker Canadian Studies Program St. Lawrence University Canton, New York …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … Willa Cather Memorial Prairie with time for on-site nature writing; and a reception that provides participants with the …
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