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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 Willa Cather Childhood … as a cultural attraction for the learning and enjoyment of future generations. Projected to reopen in 2023, the … is a key component of the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future , which has raised over $7 million …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa … come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings …
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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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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   …   Miscellaneous papers  Documents   Pat Phillips Materials Board minutes, conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing …
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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 … located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. Alongside the Red Cloud Opera …
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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 … nights, and joyous awakenings on summer mornings.” — The Song of the Lark Burlington Depot Red Cloud’s Burlington …
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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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