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School Field Trips
… Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for students of all ages and grade … the current exhibit on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival learning activity. … staff. Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
… Writing to her brother Roscoe from Maine in 1945, Cather mused: "I have a funny little room in the attic here, with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose bower' in our old first house. Do you remember? I can always work best in a low room … support our ongoing wallpaper conservation efforts, please contact development coordinator Jeniffer Beahm at …
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Book Club Resources
… We would also love to welcome your book club to Cather’s hometown! Take a tour of the town that raised Cather and peek into historical … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of …
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Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month
… will now features all our finding aids , in one handy place, just as quickly as we can make them available. Our … that had been on display in the Willa Cather Childhood Home. This week, the full team, which also includes Alisa … be planning for move-in day at the Willa Cather Childhood Home . While these folks keep the historic sites looking …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings … spring and summer are perfect times of the year to plan a visit to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to get … Cather Memorial Prairie is open year-round, twenty-four hours a day. There is a parking lot with adjacent …
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Visit
… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is a wonderful museum and archival … real people speaking the lines can give us that feeling of living along with them, of participating in their …
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Press Room
… We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the public to visit our virtual Press Room often for the latest newsworthy … NE 68970 www.WillaCather.org To reach us during office hours, please call: (402) 746-2653 or email … for most of her life, she often returned to Red Cloud to visit friends and family. For more information about Red …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… to the Willa Cather Foundation over several years. In 1987, acclaimed actress Julie Harris accepted the invitation of … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… border. You are free to explore or book a guided Prairie Tour to learn more about the natural history of this … the entire house—at the commodious, yet cozy, Cather Second Home Guest House . Stay in the “Frankfort Room,” the room … essay, and beautiful homage to her prairie roots and childhood home state, “ Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… 1.2 Fall 1957 Editor: Miriam Mountford Staff Activities p. 1 … Coverage p. 3 Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4 Mailing of Newsletter p. 4 … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip … 36.1 Spring 1992 SPRING CONFERENCE NEWS Editor: John J. Murphy TITLE: …
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