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Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley

… Image Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley April 6, 2020 An avid … a frequent visitor to Red Cloud, Frank Markley has been a member of the Willa Cather Foundation for a staggering … Bennett. It was this visit that motivated Markley to become a member. Afterward, he made regular visits to Red …
Posted: 04/30/2020
Last Updated: 05/07/2020

Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to various … at a beautiful October sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you … at cpond@WillaCather.org — she'd love to hear from you! To learn more about membership in the Willa Cather Foundation  …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019

Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

Welcome to the home of Willa Cather Willa Cather Center By preserving some of the most iconic places that appear in Willa Cather's stories, we ensure scholars and readers of all levels can study, appreciate, and immerse themselves in important context of …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 09/10/2026

Staff

… by a professional team of full- and part-time staff members. Please browse the profiles below to learn more … Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Sign Up For Our e-Newsletter Become a Member Become a Donor Become a Volunteer …
Posted: 01/06/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2026

National Willa Cather Center Hours & Directions

… rental car companies. Take TI-70 East to K 181 North, which becomes US 281 North until reaching Red Cloud.  Manhattan … West, then turn right and go north on K 181; this highway becomes US 281 North and will bring you to Red Cloud.  … Prize-winning author. Sign Up For Our e-Newsletter Become a Member Become a Donor Become a Volunteer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Membership

… discounts on registrations and tickets to select events, lodging at the  Cather Second Home,  as well as … ornament One free rental of the Cather Second Home Guest House Novelist ($2,500) X X X X X Poet ($1,000) X X X X   … at the National Willa Cather Center and the Red Cloud Opera House Supply of classroom resources to educators and …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/27/2026

Serena's Album

… than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an object of curiosity … F. Curran, the very popular Superior High School principal hired that year to be the principal in Red Cloud. Serena’s … Jennie A. Thomas was the “Miss Thomas of Nuckolls County” hired to teach the “grammar room” at the school in Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Pavelka Farmstead … or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Preserve the … before it can be exhibited.   Learn More and Support Collections Conservation …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Cather Legacy Society

… to the Foundation Why a Bequest?  This simple method of remembering the Willa Cather Foundation assures that some … the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Discover

… Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Sign Up For Our e-Newsletter Become a Member Become a Donor Become a Volunteer …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 06/13/2025

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