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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… of Nebraska and prototype for Captain Forrester in  A Lost Lady . Restored in the early days of the Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… tour. Here visitors can explore Willa Cather's novel  A Lost Lady   through topics that are both present and absent in … life and as portrayed as Captain and Mrs. Forrester in  A Lost Lady ; town-making and homesteading; banking and the …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Willa Cather at Bowdoin College Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather … Station Interviews by Invitation 3:00 PM Session 3 5:00 PM Gallery Artist Talk with Susan Hart 7:00 PM Invited Speaker … AM Creative Panel Discussion with the Harbor Stage Company Prairie Foraging with Adam Hintz 11:45 AM Lunch on Your Own …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 03/16/2026

Finding Aids

… and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, … journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather like letters, clothing, jewelry, … to explore individual objects in the collection! For a broad view of the collections, finding aids are available for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… Village, by Lew Ney (born Luther Emanuel Widen, 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New … demolished for subway construction. The five-story brick building is now commemorated with a plaque noting Cather's … neighborhood of Red Cloud, you can always book an archives tour or make an appointment for research by visiting our …
Posted: 01/02/2026
Last Updated: 01/21/2026

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open … homesteads and the prairies and river where the Cather children played and explored.  Learn More School Field Trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Join Our Team

… Join Our Team Career Opportunities at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa … Curation Orient guests to our bookstore, exhibit, and art gallery spaces Encourage visitors to sign our guestbook as … to all guests Conduct tours of the various properties and prairie preserve maintained by the Willa Cather Foundation …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Burlington Depot

… two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this important historic site in Red Cloud! 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

Edem Soul Music

… Image Edem Soul Music Opera House Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 7:30 - 9pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St. Red Cloud , … in the Starke Round Barn with Hear Nebraska’s Good Living Tour video crew. Watch her perform the soothing, uplifting song “When I Fall” inside the historic building.   Listen to Edem Soul Music! ADA Accessibility The …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

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