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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow September 25, … of a family that figures importantly in Willa Cather’s life and work. And so it was that as President of the Board … and a new home at the National Willa Cather Center. Items saved, items treasured. I’ll always wonder about this happy …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… even more evidence of these dichotomies in Cather's nature. A large collection of Cather's press clippings and … to Houghton Mifflin's Alverda Van Tuyll, "In the first place, let me tell you how delighted I am that you get a …
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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 … invaluable. Browse Collection You can view our One of Ours Gallery for collections related to G.P. Cather and the novel … enthusiasts, and others curious about our Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National WIlla …
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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 the Bookstore …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… recalled. “I was cast in an opera at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and fell in love with it.”  After college, … I thought it was nothing special. I was surrounded by good voices. I had classmates with lovely voices. My mother's family all seemed to have excellent …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… Janet Maruhn. Janet is Jim Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner … 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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