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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie An Immersive Willa Cather Experience … home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are guaranteed to … meal for the Cather Prairie  What's not included  Overnight lodging is booked separately (see below).  Cather Immersion …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 07/15/2026

National Willa Cather Center Hours & Directions

… (70 miles north of Red Cloud) The airport offers Budget and Thrifty car rental services. Take South Highway 281 … northeast of Red Cloud) The Lincoln airport offers Avis, Budget, Hertz, National, Alamo, and Enterprise rental car … to K 181 North, and continue north into Red Cloud. Get Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

New Collections Added to Refreshed Online Gallery

… to readers and to college students who are after hands-on archives and collections experience. Digitization of the …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

Collections Access & Policies

Collections Access & Policies The National Willa Cather Center houses the earliest Willa Cather museum collections and archives, and we continue to make new collection materials available to researchers. To access our collections, browse our Finding Aids …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/28/2026

George Wells' Orphan Train Experience

… had come in the day before, most of them couldn't come the next day. . . . They couldn't make the drive again. So we … wouldn't go. And so then he said, "Well, I'll take the one next to him," but the other boy said, "No," and he wouldn't … his place. It was about three miles to the Wellses, so the next morning we drove up there and he said to him, "Well, I …
Posted: 11/18/2025
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Tracy Sanford Tucker

… Image Tracy Sanford Tucker Director of Collections & Curation Tracy Sanford Tucker joined the staff of the National Willa …
Posted: 01/06/2023
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures … spot to pause and refresh or entirely regroup away from it all. Red Cloud is an oasis on the prairie — yet only a short … National Willa Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, … Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collection and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, … Ray Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Virtual Author Series: Garrett Peck

… has lectured for the Library of Congress, the National Archives, Smithsonian Associates, historical societies, and …
Posted: 12/26/2025
Last Updated: 02/06/2026

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