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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 approaches, her birth … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state. Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 12/06/2023
Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow
… Image Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow September 25, 2017 … George Cather home, I thought I felt the whole house tremble when I chanced upon a trove of forgotten … 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 … or fifteen years ago I was one of the unfortunate women, selected by a distinguished committee, who appeared in full … was a correspondence that was very burdensome. Hundreds of letters poured in upon me, and a great many of them required …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023
Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather
… , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us a chance to reflect on the life—and death—of Willa … of the American infantry’s defining battles—details about the death of Lieutenant Cather were relayed to his … enthusiasts, and others curious about our Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National WIlla …
Posted: 06/20/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Support
… almost 20,000 square feet of space that includes a public museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art … stay longer to enjoy the museum and all that Cather loved about Webster County. Contribute to this Campaign The … efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Donations of $500 or more will be featured …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/28/2024
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
… many of our historic sites and properties. Quietly helping us along the way was Leroy Maruhn , our 2020 Miriam … Leroy started volunteering last year he was quite clear about one thing. “I don’t want anything, I don’t want … is deemed outstanding. Mrs. Mountford, alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/06/2021
Last Updated: 04/26/2021