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Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our … Three-Building Tour Experience Downtown Red Cloud This is a walking or driving tour of three historic sites associated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Hall Collection. On December 7, the  Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened  to visitors after an extensive  … of Cather's fiction on the terrace of Edith Wharton's home.  June 26 — Reading Willa Cather at the Village Library … NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty “Willa Cather: Place & Archive” Aug 11 —  Amos Fortune Forum Lecture:  …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option … Farmers and Merchants Bank, the second stop on the three building tour. Here visitors can explore Willa Cather's …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Omaha to Red Cloud Bus Tour

… bus trip, you will be able to experience the beautiful “Divide” and tour Cather’s childhood home, as well as other … (East side of Shell gas station) 10:30 AM Arrive on “The Divide” and visit the Pavelka Farm (weather permitting) …
Posted: 05/15/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… the Table of Contents provides easy access to specific articles and special features of each issue of … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by … Bennett)  AUTHOR: Greg John p. 41  TITLE: A Post-Santa Fe Connection (Sisters of St. Joseph)  AUTHOR: Sister J. Adele …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 Despite … be entirely remote while still giving each intern valuable museum work experience. Our two interns this summer are Alise … work, and we thought it would be fun to share a little bit about them. Alise Perault is a Preservation Studies graduate …
Posted: 06/25/2020
Last Updated: 07/01/2020

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center a little easier, we wanted to share NDOT's … until you reach Red Cloud, then follow the in-town detours. See "Getting to the NWCC" below. If you're coming … them for the best route. At this time, the details of our walking tours are a little murky. Pedestrians will need to …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … arrival, you are immediately immersed in the natural and material world that inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the … good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants walking down Red Cloud’s main street), and I enjoy reading … special projects behind the scenes. I am trained to give tours, and interacting with guests and helping them utilize …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 08/17/2021

Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of … from our traditional guided tour formats , outdoor-only tours led by a guide, or completely self-guided experiences. … to be hemmed in by reservations can take advantage of our walking tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home; these …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021

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