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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of … for the Archbishop • Virtual Oct 20 — UNL Opera presents O Pioneers! , 7:00 p.m. • Red Cloud Opera House, Red Cloud, NE …
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Organization History

… Register of Historic Places. A $1.2 million endowment campaign followed to successfully match a challenge grant … Willa Cather Center  (NWCC) was born after a $7 million campaign to restore and adaptively reuse the historic Moon … fundraising campaign, known as the  Campaign for the Future , to address capital improvements, program, staffing, …
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Cather Weekend on Governors Island

… – Nolan Park Governors Island , NY 10004 United States The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) is partnering with the Empire State Center …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather

… later moved to an American military cemetery. His burial card indicates the wishes of his family that a cross be …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … she said. As part of its mission, the Willa Cather Foundation helps support K-12 educational initiatives by …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… to the ongoing work of the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a … endowment by $1.5 million is one of four goals of the Campaign for the Future , which also seeks to make much …
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Ashley Olson Receives Mildred Bennett Award

Image Ashley Olsen accepts the 2025 Mildred Bennett Award. Ashley Olson Receives Mildred Bennett Award November 21, 2025 The Nebraska Center of the Book recently honored National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson with the 2025 Mildred …
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Finding Aids

Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… enjoys a beverage with Bob Thacker & Mark Madigan at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a … by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not have been Richard Harris’s first choice … times, which makes his involvement with the Willa Cather Foundation all the more meaningful.  Image Harris (back …
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Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member … the house, sparing it from demolition. Her intention is to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather …
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