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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.
Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways
October 21, 2020
Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Since reopening in July, we have added several new offerings for our guests.
Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
October 21, 2020
Nancy and Bernie Picchi have been longtime supporters of all that we do in Red Cloud. Read more about their latest gift.
Planning Underway for Hotel Garber
September 23, 2020
Plans are underway to restore and adaptively reuse a downtown building for the creation of a twenty-six room boutique hotel in Red Cloud.
Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
September 23, 2020
Meet illustrator Joanna A. Blitch who was commissioned for our centenary edition of "Youth and the Bright Medusa"
Literary Societies—Annotations from the Archive
August 17, 2020
Frances "Franc" Cather, Willa Cather's Mount Holyoke-educated aunt who came West to Nebraska in a wagon in 1873, participated in early literary pursuits as this donation of related books from the teacher reveals.
Early Letter from Willa "William" Cather to Family Friend Helen Stowell
August 17, 2020
A delightful and newsy back-to-school letter in our collection written by "William" Cather, surgeon-in-training, to family friend Helen Stowell.
Autumn Offerings for Educators
August 17, 2020
Despite the pandemic, we are offering a variety of virtual experiences, educator and student scholarships, and fall programming for teachers and their classrooms.
Our Real Stars—Get to Know Our Volunteers!
August 10, 2020
We are so grateful to our volunteers for the support and the joy that they bring!
Our volunteers are a large and growing number of dedicated people who want to give back to the National Willa Cather Center—and the Red Cloud community—by assisting at Red Cloud Opera House events, in the bookstore, gardening, tea towel embroidering, and in so many other ways.
This year we have begun to profile our diverse group of volunteers through our Red Cloud Opera House e-newsletter and our social media pages [those profiles are also listed—and linked—below].
National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program
July 23, 2020
The National Willa Cather Center is one of 75 institutions in the United States selected to participate in the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program.
Annotations from the Archive—The Right Reverend George Allen Beecher Letters
June 25, 2020
A recent donation of letters from James and Angela Southwick shed new light on the strong relationship between Willa Cather, her family, and the Right Reverend George Allen Beecher, who served as Episcopal Bishop of Western Nebraska from 1910-1943.