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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… As a high school student, Braxton was required to read My Ántonia, and he became interested in how the book’s time …
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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center
… educate guests while showcasing many priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from …
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National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage
… Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce it has raised $5,784,871 … We hope they will donate as well as help us spread the word about this project.” The National Willa Cather Center will … in Red Cloud, Nebraska, and led by a small professional staff and a 28-member Board of Governors representing …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… Image Experience America’s Literary Legacy Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, … the very buildings and landscapes that Willa Cather wrote about or lived in — whether it is her childhood bedroom and … nothing in the virtual center of the lower 48-states. MORE ABOUT THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE Stay at the Villa Willa An urban …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon … the railway as a vehicle for the settlement of the West. About the Depot The original two-story section of the depot, … use of non-artifact tactile tools, props, and papers. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will …
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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 oasis and introduce your group to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of O …
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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 for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you please." … can love the mountains, but it's takes a soul to love the prairie"? Everyone really wants this to be true. Every so …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, … 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
… This event is SOLD OUT! Special Events Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 novel. The floor plan of house was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation … organization in our local community, as well as attract new visitors to our sites—those who may be interested in …
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