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Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Loren Johnson Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation April 10, 2025 Ask Loren Johnson’s former … kindness and compassion. In fact, Johnson cared so deeply about others that he rarely shared much about his own life …
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The Willa Cather Foundation

… programs, and preservation of historical settings and archives, we serve as a vibrant memorial to the Pulitzer …
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An Interview with Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation

… with Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation December 16, 2022 Ashley Olson has been part of … really no secret. We’re incredibly fortunate to have supporters across the country who make gifts that range … to $1 million dollars. It’s not difficult to ask people to support a cause that you are both passionate about and …
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Leslie Levy appointed Executive Director of Willa Cather Foundation

… the Willa Cather Foundation Leslie Campbell Levy, Lincoln, Nebraska, was appointed Executive Director of the Willa … Jay Yost, President Emeritus. Originally from Grand Island, Nebraska, Leslie studied in Tokyo, Japan as a Rotary Scholar prior to attending the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Leslie received both her undergraduate …
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Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Install New Officers

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Install New Officers January … of Cather's works as well as many books written by others about Willa Cather. Art and educational exhibits regularly …
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Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts Council

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts … Arts Council. This grant will provide general operations support for Red Cloud Opera House programming and other …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center … in her stories, and artwork inspired by her vision of the prairie. For scholars, it will be a chance to … Cloud and internationally. Visit www.WillaCather.org to learn more. More About the National Willa Cather Center …
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Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow

… music through the air out of the silence of the attic. As one of the members of the committee that worked to raise the … Perry (“G. P.”) Cather, the model for Claude Wheeler in One of Ours , was their middle child (of five). Many once carefully …
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Willa Cather Foundation Receives Governor's Arts Award

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Receives Governor's Arts Award May 23, 2018 The … and the arts. Almost a decade ago, the WCF dared to dream about renovating a long-forgotten historic building to …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … In addition to overseeing a growing archive of Cather letters and photographs, the addition of the Willa Cather … she did her first writing and where the wallpaper that she selected and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse …
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