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Finding Aids

… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather for gifts are included in this …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 11/17/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… . . . But our great National feast day was originated by a private individual, and a woman at that. Above all her other … in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always think of the old house just as it was then—exactly as … personal artifacts or dig into Red Cloud history in a new way!     …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Join Our Team

… its founding in 1955, the Foundation has been headquartered in Cather's hometown of rural Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Our purpose is to promote and encourage … graphics and video, to promote exhibits, collections, events, lodging, dining, and educational programs Maintain …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… An eyesore at the corner of two major intersecting highways, the Potter building had been vacant and decaying for … recalled these occasions in both her published work and private letters. Now joined with the Center’s preserved … gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant awards from the Nebraska …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… a child, I was not aware of the hardships.  We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown meat. … of myself as an artist.  My parents both could draw pretty well and my mother spent a lot of time with me and my … study with some of the best artists around.  Some were well known and some were only known in the area  whereI lived.   …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Historic Sites

… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Collections Policies

… assigned or assessed by the copyright holder. "Publication" includes: print, electronic (online or other media), film, … Fees may be charged for research work done to meet requests; the amount shall be determined by NWCC’s Fee … assigned or assessed by the copyright holder. "Publication" includes print, electronic (online or other media), film, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/02/2024

Willa Cather as Creator: Breaking the Mold and Carving a Place in History

… 11, 2023 | 8 - 9pm Jaffrey Meetinghouse 15 Laban Ainsworth Way Jaffrey , NH 42544 United States Learn More As part of … stainless steel. His works are included in many public and private collections and have been exhibited nationally and …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 08/03/2023

Willa Cather and Her Illustrators

… a path for artists to achieve nationwide recognition, in a way that gallery exhibition and private collection could not. Cather and the artists who … art, and that it is worth caring about, than in any other way.” This exhibit explores eight of Cather’s illustrators, …
Posted: 06/02/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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