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Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are … County countryside, including settings from  My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, One of Ours,  short stories "Neighbour Rosicky" …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… for the challenge, your gift must be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of My Ántonia , and what an inspiring journey it has been! Across …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… his undergraduate studies, he had originally planned to focus on the 19th-century English historical novel, but he … by Ivan Turgenev, a novel by John Buchan, and a piece of music by Franz Schubert, to name a few of her sources … Foundation as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Image This event is SOLD OUT! Special Events Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm … plots are woven into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," …
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Support

… Charitable IRA Rollover Volunteer Volunteer Opera House Sponsor Opera House Sponsor Conference Sponsor Conference Sponsor Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk

… Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, a … on the heels of the Willa Cather Foundation’s successful  Campaign for the Future . In 2019, History Nebraska gifted the Foundation six …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… for her 1918 novel. The floor plan of house was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation … questions: Why is this site/object/person important to Red Cloud? Why is this site/object/person important to the life … organization in our local community, as well as attract new visitors to our sites—those who may be interested in …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the … Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … all winter. I want them to feel that and not to just think about it as some out-there story. History doesn’t mean much …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … three, her father and aunt Kay Jones Smith shared stories about summers in Nebraska at the J.L. Miner House. Jaydene’s …
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