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Support the Willa Cather Foundation

… Prairie; and organization of educational programs such as conferences and seminars that advance scholarly research … National Willa Cather Center Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Conferences & Seminars Preserving Historic Sites & …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… More recently, digitized materials at the University of Nebraska, here at the National Willa Cather Center, and … digitally by the Cather Archive at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, making it even easier to trace Cather's …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Home, Burlington Depot, and J.L. Miner House while viewing artifacts from our museum and archival collections connected to mourning practices, workplace …
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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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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… at the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Long after Cather left Red Cloud and became a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, she still … by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960. It can be visited by guided tour from the National Willa Cather …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a child. … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… and visitors can experience the same engaging tours, conferences, and seminars that she has. “The Willa Cather …
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Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… aligns with his lifelong commitment to the arts and education. “Something must have happened on that trip to …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… since our founding, played a critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters to photos to …
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