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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa … rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

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 …
Posted: 09/25/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the … she was a dedicated reader of her press, and that she often saved and sent home clippings for friends and family. … the advertising, the worse it is for me. It disturbs my life and my work too much." Sitting for a portrait was, …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023

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 … invaluable. Browse Collection You can view our One of Ours Gallery for collections related to G.P. Cather and the novel …
Posted: 06/20/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red … an early twentieth century farmstead of an immigrant farm family in Nebraska. Our aim is to create a space that …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… with Sarah Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud … to Cather’s works, this recent interview reveals more about Red Cloud’s own special artist's musical interests, … of Cather's character, ‘Thea’ with my own.” Sarah knew Mildred Bennett in Red Cloud, who was her father's high …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities … Leroy grew up in the Holdrege area, but spent most of his life in Red Cloud. He was a well driller for over forty …
Posted: 01/06/2021
Last Updated: 04/26/2021

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