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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose.  Our work doesn’t stop here. With your … put books in classrooms to allow all students access to the literary treasures that reflect our national story.  Image …
Posted: 11/06/2024
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… boxes and folders, and ensuring a proper storage environment and general safety. I spend a lot of time in …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Annotations from the Archive: Back to School

… entitled “Dogs,” available on microfilm at the NWCC (and housed within History Nebraska’s Gere Family Collection).  … “Superstition Vs. Investigation,” given from the Red Cloud Opera House stage nearly a year before she would first see her …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights

… Image Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights April 8, 2025 Though Willa Cather is known … published seven of her poems in the Home Monthly , and sold others to national publications like Lippincott’s , Harper’s …
Posted: 04/03/2023
Last Updated: 04/08/2025

Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… actively used in aging studies for humans. Nematodes that feed on plants can cause severe crop losses, and scientists …
Posted: 03/16/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel

… Image Willa Cather Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events Saturday, … its publication and a novel that is part of today’s literary canon,  My Ántonia’s  worldwide appeal is … migration and colonialism, class divisions and labor, rural life and landscapes, and the #MeToo movement.  Olson’s …
Posted: 01/09/2025
Last Updated: 01/09/2025

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … Documentary! This short film chronicles Cather’s pursuit of literary acclaim alongside the creation and unveiling of her …
Posted: 08/20/2024
Last Updated: 10/07/2024

"Books Old and New"

… as Willa Cather always did—and that the Willa Cather Foundation continues to do in her name.  "Cather and the … day as they are the reason for our mission—which you can support in many ways, including a browse in our National …
Posted: 08/09/2024
Last Updated: 08/09/2024

Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies

… Image Willa Cather's name inside Pilgrim's Progress Annotations from the … her readers, her family and social networks, and the larger literary and publishing world. An “association copy” is a … that aren’t apparently relevant to Willa Cather’s writing life. These books may have belonged to other members of the …
Posted: 01/02/2024
Last Updated: 01/08/2024

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