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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   … Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/02/2025

National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa Cather … always being pulled back into Nebraska.” You will be, too. About the National Willa Cather Center The National Willa … watch the sunrise and sunset at the  Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Explore scenic country roads or take a Cather  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2025

2024 Year-End Fundraising Campaign

… and heritage tourism destination, Red Cloud was named as one of Smithsonian Magazine’s Top 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2023. The rehabilitation of the …
Posted: 11/06/2024
Last Updated: 01/15/2025

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … While the reading and understanding of Cather's twelve novels and various other works are the primary attraction, … and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she would later put them too in some of her novels. During her time on …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the … turned down speaking engagements, lectures, and even club appearances, but she was urged by her publisher, Alfred … women. Alfred says one can't refuse to take a medal, no matter how little one wants it." To do so, she tells friend …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023

Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… difficult and costly; it only stands to reason that reading materials like books and magazines might be considered a … of the Auld Library  and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 07/11/2023

Organization History

… programs, and preservation of historical settings and archives, we serve as a vibrant memorial to the Pulitzer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Virtual Author Series: Dr. Rebecca Faber

… Opera House Thursday, Nov 4, 2021 | 7pm We are excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Faber to talk about her book, One Small Photo , a collection of poetry and one short story that was written to raise awareness about veterans' mental health. Dr. Faber will also share …
Posted: 07/09/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … I don’t think she would want “her things” on display or her biography used to parse her writing. But I do recognize that …
Posted: 10/24/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022

Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… fixing any errors. Currently, I’m reviewing the archive’s photo collection and then digitizing them for future use. … are, unfortunately, missing. But there are some really good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants … I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 08/17/2021

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