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The Willa Cather Teacher Institute

… levels; Tours, lectures, research, and other NWCC teaching resources to develop lesson plans and activities that … and curriculum; Creating a lesson, activity, or other educational asset that can be shared with our network of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/02/2025

The Willa Cather Foundation

… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the … Historic Landmark; Publication of the  Willa Cather Review ,  a peer-reviewed journal that offers a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/06/2025

Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
Posted: 05/08/2024
Last Updated: 05/14/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Sinclair Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of … 1961 p. 1  Notes on the Financial Report p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Apply for Our New Teacher Institute!

… things that would be most helpful to their efforts to bring Willa Cather to their classrooms. To meet both of these needs, education staff at the National Willa Cather Center has developed a summer teacher …
Posted: 03/10/2022
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Cather Sesquicentennial

… 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of Willa Cather's birth. The year also marked the 100th … style and original wallpaper in Cather’s attic bedroom. The restoration was made possible in part by a Save …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

For Teachers

… For Teachers For Teachers The Willa Cather Foundation provides resources for teachers, students, … organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center and the nation's largest …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 06/13/2025

Literary Societies—Annotations from the Archive

… students returning to school, we always think of Frances Cather, Willa Cather's Mount Holyoke-educated aunt who came West to … found on a western Nebraska "junk jaunt" and brought to the National Willa Cather Center; one of the texts, The French …
Posted: 08/17/2020
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… Spring Conference over a decade ago: “What first struck me about Lucia was her sophistication and charm; she was also … the Foundation to accept the gift of the Red Cloud Opera House and to embark on a major campaign to restore it. Years …
Posted: 12/29/2020
Last Updated: 12/30/2020

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