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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… visit to the archives, where the documents of the past 150 years can be examined in close detail. Our archivist, … Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that Cather …
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One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center

… Omaha & Lincoln to Red Cloud Special Events Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025 | All day CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N … Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed novel My Ántonia . An all-inclusive fee of $175 includes round-trip …
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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Cather Childhood Home was reopened in December 2023 after a 16-month restoraton. Image The Red Cloud Opera House and … our Country Tour and is the setting of the final section of My Ántonia. Image The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie An …
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Cather Legacy Society

… estate) to the Willa Cather Foundation, a Nebraska 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, 413 North Webster Street, Red … by the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
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School Field Trips

… for the first time, or taking a deep dive into the world of My Ántonia or O Pioneers! , students and educators will gain …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!

… July 3, 2025 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity … between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. JAMIE ADAM was raised on a farm outside …
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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Memorial Prairie is a botanical treasure consisting of 612 acres of never-been-plowed native prairie, located five … it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running.   — My Ántonia The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is open to …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … a year-long celebration of Cather's 1918 novel as a title selected by the National Endowment for the Arts' 2024-2025 … young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime …
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For Students

… Turner Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Antonia Scholarship Antonia Scholarship Wilson Scholarship Wilson Scholarship …
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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… was erected in 1889 by Silas Garber, fourth governor of Nebraska and prototype for Captain Forrester in  A Lost Lady …
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