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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … its stabilization and preservation. In October 2025, she donated the birthplace property to Willa Cather's Virginia, … contribute to the community at large.”  The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
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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 … event being celebrated throughout the year and across the country. The occasion also comes in the centenary year of … on "Willa Cather as a Nebraskan." In Red Cloud, guided tours of Cather historic sites were offered at 11:00 a.m., …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … duty." We look forward to hearing more from Fajardo-Anstine about the readerly imagination that Cather's work inspires.  …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … the film’s development: Littleton Alston is Professor of Sculpture at Creighton University, the recipient of numerous …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait of … brilliant," and that "she knows at all points what she is doing. Above all else, she is self conscious" (187). Writing … (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest brother Douglass Cather is born. 1881  — Willa Cather’s oldest … is the only student not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, with majors in History and English Literature. Antonia lives in Minnesota, …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of Contents This Table of Contents for the Willa Cather Review was compiled by Virgil and Dolores Albertini. A tool for researchers and scholars, the Table of Contents provides easy …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the … or  info@willacather.org . Want to know more about upcoming events? Sign up for our e-Newsletter. Cather 150 — … and organizations through this grant-funded initiative. Upcoming Events Oct 13–27 —  Willa Cather Residency for …
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