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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… artifacts including furniture, personal possessions, canned goods, prints and artwork, and family photographs and books. …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… skies, and stay safe while you visit! Click  HERE  for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native … the world, which could not be very far away. The light air about me told me that the world ended here: only the ground …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… to have cared for these important properties for the last forty years. The Willa Cather Foundation is an excellent … is especially beloved because of Cather’s preserved bedroom under the eaves where she did her first writing and where …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… to different Willa Cather-related sites. We asked him about his artistic process and time in Red Cloud—and his … found that she did. And finally that led me to learning about Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center. There … to a day or two out on the prairie. What do you think about while you’re typing? Does your mind wander or are you …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Tim Youd Cristin Tierney Gallery "Typing a Novel About Vassar, Word for Word, As Art,"   The New York Times , …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

Finding Aids

… tickets     Oversized Map TEX-250-391-064 Township maps Webster County, Nebraska circa 1930 Oversized Map … Bennett family letters, church materials WCPM brochures, maps, seminar programs, board information Cover proofs for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Book Club Resources

… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … in the Cather family’s Second Home with your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

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