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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 …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

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 …
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 Foundation January 23, 2019 After a several decades-long … sites and approximately 8,000 Cather related archival and museum artifacts, returns to local control the largest single … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic writers. …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 artist … Art Museum . He is represented by the Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York and you can follow him on Instagram … get this letter?” [Cather-Knopf Correspondence, The Dobkin Family Collection of Feminism, New York, NY] …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Image Image Image Image Image Opera House Sunday, Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | … Center is closed Sunday & Monday ] April 26 — Red Cloud Opera House : “Kronborg," pp. 430 – 458 April 27 —  Red …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … available for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by … Miner Sherwood. Microfilm roll of Day by Day with the Utah Pioneers, 1847 . Language: The material is in English Access …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… for curated books and gifts Explore the extensive  Collections & Archives  at the National Willa Cather Center Take in a … can accommodate motor coach groups Life & Legacy Tour Learn Through Film, Exhibits, and Collections An expert-led …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Historic Sites

… town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass was about to begin. Anna Sadilek and John Pavelka, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Book Club Resources

… The Professor's House The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

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