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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life … site opened to visitors in 1967 and was later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978. The … the ages of ten to sixteen. While she moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even to view the starry dark …
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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
… Image Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud April 29, 2022 Los Angeles-based … April prairie winds—and a rare sweltering day while in the Childhood Home attic—as he has moved around to different … New Orleans. As to place, I've typed in some extraordinary locations—Faulkner's Rowan Oak, a Sing Sing prison tower, a …
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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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Join Our Team
… levels who share our values of Connection, Creativity, Inclusiveness, Learning, Professionalism, and Stewardship. … until filled. To apply, send a cover letter, résumé, and contact information for three professional references to … please send a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references by …
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Finding Aids
… and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, … journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather like letters, clothing, jewelry, … to explore individual objects in the collection! For a broad view of the collections, finding aids are available for …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis and introduce your group to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia …
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Historic Sites
… attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The Song of the Lark. The home was acquired by the Willa Cather Foundation … Catholic church in Red Cloud. The church was built in 1883 and used until 1903. The design is modest and simple, with …
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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 …
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