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Ashley Olson Receives Mildred Bennett Award
… 21, 2025 The Nebraska Center of the Book recently honored National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson with the 2025 …
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Nebraska Collaborative Research Grants
… partners at the National Willa Cather Center are excited to welcome scholars to Nebraska to engage directly with the … materials. The NWCC archive in Red Cloud, located about two and a half hours from Lincoln, includes letters, … of UNL and NWCC materials to the work For more information about the research grants or the Cather Project, please …
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Home for the Holidays
… Image Cather Family Christmas Decorations A Cather Christmas Tour Special Events Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025 | 3 - 4pm Tuesday, … Almost every one I meet has a bundle and is hurrying home to hide it." –Willa Cather, Nebraska State Journal, … love of Christmas, from the decorations popular during her childhood to the unique holiday cards she sent to loved ones …
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Lauren Anderson – NEW DATE!
… for the original performance are transferable to the new date. Lauren Anderson returns to Nebraska, bringing her …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general sentiment and through a general … but entirely unfussy, the Cather Second Home offers a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the holidays. While you're in town, you're welcome to make an appointment to visit the archives and see …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… they could not endure their own town a moment longer.” –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather … of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.” …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary … Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored Willa Cather Childhood home and …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose. Our work doesn’t stop here. With your … students access to the literary treasures that reflect our national story. Image Only through your generosity do …
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Visit
… a not-for-profit organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center and the nation's … and numerous short stories. Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red Cloud Opera …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … That came from Louis Toothman in 1961 and was printed in a National Wildlife Federation report , though they don't …
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