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… advertising copy, content for the museum website and e-newsletter, feature stories, annual reports, and other … graphics, photography, and short-form video Maintain news, event, and product listings on the Center’s website, …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 08/17/2026

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… won't detour from the highways until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. Getting to Red Cloud Through … won't detour from the highway until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. If you're coming from Kansas or … parking on Webster Street near our building may be limited. See "Getting to the the NWCC" below. If you're coming from …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." - Willa Cather, letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska … ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT Willa Cather Childhood Home & Guided Tours Experience An Author's World Willa Cather’s literary …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Virtual Author Series: Garrett Peck

… Image The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop Author Series Thursday, Mar 19, … Online Now Deepen your understanding of one of Willa Cather’s most celebrated novels! In  The Bright Edges of the … Santa Fe tour, teaches stargazing, and leads many other tours.   The author of nine books about American history, …
Posted: 12/26/2025
Last Updated: 02/06/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions December 10, 2025 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s … of Red Cloud, held an annual supper and dance on Christmas night. The Red Cloud volunteer fire department also gave a … forget and cease to love, but her childhood is eternal. (December 17, 1893) Later, this memory would fuel the ending …
Posted: 12/10/2024
Last Updated: 12/17/2025

Visit

… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is an award-winning museum in the heart of … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift Inspired by Decades of Rich Cather … to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the  Willa Cather … are audible laughs at moments like receiving a phone call at Red Cloud’s Green Acres Motel from the owner telling …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … the twentieth century.  While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will … including the root cellar, which is an important symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… 102 years old and is buried in her hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska. Kohout grew up in Texas, but each summer she visited her mother’s family in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has vivid memories of time spent with Mama … love of reading to him. Even with her family connection to Nebraska and Cather’s hometown, it wasn’t until Kohout was …
Posted: 09/10/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Childhood Home Tour

… Image Image Image Childhood Home Tour Understand Cather's Youth The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a short walk or drive from the National Willa Cather Center. Tours last approximately 30 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

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