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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… enjoyment of future generations. Projected to reopen in 2023, the restored home will create a more immersive … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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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 Cather … Willa Cather Center. OTHER ACTIVITIES : Check our EVENTS page throughout the year for upcoming performances, … HERE for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native grasslands and pollinators on National …
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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 … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic writers. …
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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 artist … typing The Song of the Lark in Red Cloud as part of his 100 Novels Project , every day since he arrived in town on April … it a good fit. And when I decided I would retype the three early frontier novels—one in Lincoln, one in Red Cloud, and …
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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 … dates ranging from 1871-1963, focused around Willa Cather’s location and/or writing and career, plus microfilm of Willa … clippings WCPM trivet WCPM plate Willa Cather Childhood Home Plate (1977) WCPM metal flower keychain …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis and introduce your group … tours Hike, picnic, star-gaze dark skies, or watch the sunrise and sunset at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie …
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Historic Sites
… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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Book Club Resources
… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club or … to share. We would also love to welcome your book club to Cather’s hometown! Take a tour of the town that raised … club pick amongst the grasses of our Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . Stay in the Cather family’s Second Home with your …
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