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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration … the site opened to visitors in 1967 and was later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978. The transformative restoration set to begin soon will ensure the 140+-year-old home is …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… this preserved 612 acres of never-been-plowed prairie is just north of the geographic center of the contiguous United … land within the context of Willa Cather’s writings. Another way to lose yourself in Cather's world is to take our … Can't visit in person? Take these virtual prairie tours any time with our Education Director, Tracy Tucker, who …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … National Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most … Places and open for guided tours regularly: Willa Cather’s Childhood Home , a National Historic Landmark, was the …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… of the Cather scholars, and on looking in the archive with Tracy Tucker ( NWCC Education Director & Archivist ) while here …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … Sites April 11 — Miner House porch: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 1-50 April 12 — Childhood Home attic …
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Finding Aids
… 2015 Copyright: National Willa Cather Center Extent: Two boxes Abstract: The Betty Kort Collection was donated by … Container type: envelope om Betty Kort Collection, Box 1. Abstract: Willa Cather started this address book in … of the book contain lists of travel items and notes about offices and translators. Subject Terms Genre: Address books …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
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Historic Sites
… author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … Carrie, Mary, and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia …
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Book Club Resources
… or reading group! Click on the blocks below to access discussion questions, activities, or images to share. We would … through our website or the Willa Cather app. Otherwise, contact a member of the National Willa Cather Center to come … offer insights into her writing at your book club. Please contact Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement …
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