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Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.
NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections
October 20, 2021
This Covid Relief Grant will allow us to further digitize our collections and develop other tour-related initiatives.
Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
October 20, 2021
Julie Harris had an abiding love of Willa Cather and a connection with the Foundation—in her estate was a very special painting.
Portrait of Evelyn Osborne Joins the Collection
October 20, 2021
A donated portrait of a woman named Evelyn Osborne allows consideration of a shared history between Cather and her friend, author Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes
August 16, 2021
As students of all ages return to the classroom, we look back at some of Cather's best known essays.
Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021
August 16, 2021
We say farewell to a dear friend of the Willa Cather Foundation and devoted steward of her grandmother Anna Pavelka's memory.
Back to School and Back to Cather
August 16, 2021
Learn more about our existing and updated in-person and virtual offerings for educators and their students!
Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
August 16, 2021
Restoration efforts at the Farmers and Merchants Bank are now coming closer to completion, thanks to your help!
I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud
August 11, 2021
Pam Houston, author, teacher, and land advocate, took a recent detour off the interstate and headed to Red Cloud.
Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation
August 4, 2021
A posthumous discovery of artwork currently on display honors an extraordinary Red Cloud artist who kept working until his death at 102.
Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society
July 21, 2021
Artist Mary Vaughan's appreciation for Willa Cather was shaped as a young girl, traveling with her mother to Foundation events.