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Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Image Willa Cather's Red Cloud Walk in her footsteps. Stay in her … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit Red Cloud is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
Finding Aids
… photographs, art and decorative arts, journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather … was acquired by the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial & Education Foundation in the 1990s and contains documents … 22 Dickens, Charles The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club n/d n/a Diehl, Charles Byzantine Portraits 1927 Dear …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library
… details of "The Grief of the Pasha" in her 1915 novel, The Song of the Lark. Image Willa Cather wrote her name and the year 1882 in … part of both of the family's Red Cloud homes between 1884–1936. Some of the books were published far earlier and may …
Posted: 02/05/2024
Last Updated: 02/06/2024
Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… Image Presented in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … and the critically acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . In …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 02/05/2024
Cather 150 Campaign: Advancing Her Legacy and Enriching Lives
… Cather 150 Campaign: Advancing Her Legacy and Enriching Lives Thanks to … $150,000 goal and secured a $50,000 challenge gift! This campaign has ended, but your gifts can still make a … and further advance Cather’s legacy for the benefit of future generations, we must also expand our annual budget. …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 01/11/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, … made in part so the children could receive a better education at the town's school. At that time, Red Cloud was … best-selling novel, a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and so the more widely read for that. In some ways, …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Childhood Home Tour
… the National Willa Cather Center. Tours last approximately 30 minutes. Restoration work at this property is complete … the vivid descriptions of the house in works like The Song of the Lark , "Old Mrs. Harris," and "The Best Years." "In this …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Guided Town Tour
… 1884-1904. Willa Cather describes it in great detail in The Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” Willa Cather’s room was upstairs … household items throughout the home. Burlington Depot 437 W. Welsch Street Cather uses the depot in many of her …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023