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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

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, … six cozy guest rooms and two-and-a-half baths.  Book Now About the Guest House Image The Cather Second Home is a … rug evoke what Alexandra Bergson may have had in her own prairie farmhouse. Cozy and low-ceiled, as Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2026

Serena's Album

… albums, were enduringly popular in the late 19th century, usually purchased in stationery stores rather than … was first published in 1951 in The World of Willa Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather Foundation. For … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Pavelka Farmstead … or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Preserve the … before it can be exhibited.   Learn More and Support Collections Conservation …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
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 the Cather Legacy Society   A comprehensive estate plan takes into account the people, places, and causes you care about. Joining the Cather Legacy Society is an excellent way …
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 Selection Committee was created to select a sculptor, review and approve plans for the statue, and identify a …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Organization History

… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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