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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … will require significant restoration in order to be saved.  Virginia realtor Katherine Solenberger purchased the … rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  …
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Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow September 25, 2017 This letter from Willa Cather Foundation Board President, Lynette Krieger, originally appeared in … Center. Items saved, items treasured. I’ll always wonder about this happy coincidence of finding these objects just …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings August 1, 2023 As has been noted so often before, there exists … sleeveless gown, gazes directly at the viewer from the pages. "This is the ninth portrait and biographical sketch … research. To request an appointment or learn more, please contact archivist Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org or …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather

… Image Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather June 20, 2022 The centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us a chance to reflect on the life—and death—of Willa Cather’s first cousin, Grosvenor …
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Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … an 1887 structure that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud and has … to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel,  The Song of the Lark .  “That is when I realized Cather's interest in opera …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities … a volunteer, and with his tractor he tills gardens around town. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, Leroy has … alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of …
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