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Our Final Ántonia Story!

… the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Cather’s My Ántonia in the first 2018 issue of the Willa Cather … 2018 issue, click HERE .) As these stories arrived in my mailbox, I was amazed and delighted and moved by them. I … I wanted to hear more—and perhaps to chime in with my own story. Enjoy the last of our stories below, my own, …
Posted: 09/06/2018
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2026

Serena's Album

… notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … are identical (for example, they both cite Cadmus, the mythological Phoenician prince who introduced the alphabet … from Honolulu to San Francisco. The U.S. Grant was a U.S. Army Transport ship that also carried passengers. No …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red Cloud’s … Cather loved about Webster County.   Contribute to this Campaign The Willa Cather Birthplace Support for Future Preservation Willa Cather's birth home, a rural …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

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 Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined … Legacy Society Brochure   Bequesting a portion of your assets to the Foundation Why a Bequest?  This simple method of …
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 Hall, U.S. Capitol Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. … on "Willa Cather as a Nebraskan." In Red Cloud, guided tours of Cather historic sites were offered at 11:00 a.m., …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Organization History

…  is still widely used by scholars as a valuable source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett … Register of Historic Places. A $1.2 million endowment campaign followed to successfully match a challenge grant … fundraising campaign, known as the  Campaign for the Future , to address capital improvements, program, staffing, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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