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Our Final Ántonia Story!

… Image Our Final Ántonia Story! December 31, 2018 As we began celebrating the …
Posted: 09/06/2018
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of … Sponsor Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest Exhibit The Burlington Depot has … to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather Foundation is continuing to work alongside stakeholders in …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… bedroom is called Sweet Water after the town in  A Lost Lady . Adjoining Frankfort by an interior door which may be …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the … the twentieth century.  While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact … legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation can provide you or your estate with … generations to come. Your personal legacy will inspire others and provide financial security to enable us to engage …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional … as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness will join less than a dozen …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Organization History

… death, Bennett became fascinated by people, events, and historic sites in and around Red Cloud and Webster County that had … amassed a large museum collection and acquired and restored historic buildings important to the life and works of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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