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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 July 21, 2022 The … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even … and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: homesteads and related cemeteries, churches, the …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … In addition to overseeing a growing archive of Cather letters and photographs, the addition of the Willa Cather … she did her first writing and where the wallpaper that she selected and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… Willa Cather Center. There couldn't be a more perfect setup for a typewriter-toting literary pilgrim. Why The Song …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

Finding Aids

…   1893   Document TEX-250-391-062 Plat of B&M Railroad Lands Burlington & Missouri River Railroad co. 1880   … and journals, Union College, Western Literature, Prairie Schooner, etc   Box 46 Cassettes and Recordings … 1968   Book April Twilights Willa Cather 1968   Magazine Prairie Schooner : Emily Dickinson Edition (vol. 51 no. 4)   …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa Cather Center is … of Red Cloud — and changing art installations in our galleries Enjoy scenic country roads or take a Cather …
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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