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The Willa Cather Foundation
… and groups of all backgrounds, worldviews, and identities. Learning: We continuously learn and teach. Professionalism: … for museums. Stewardship: We are good stewards of sites, collections, and charitable gifts that are entrusted to us. … programs, and preservation of historical settings and archives, we serve as a vibrant memorial to the Pulitzer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/08/2024
Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… to escape the war. Descriptions of key battles and updates from local boys, now serving overseas, filled the …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024
Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Image Willa Cather's Red Cloud Walk in her footsteps. Stay in her … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit Red Cloud is to experience a town and entire … scenic byway), both their own direct but tranquil journeys. National Willa Cather Center Stop first at the National …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
Museum Collections Associate Wanted!
… Museum Collections Associate Wanted! December 5, 2022 Job Title: … related to the care and preservation of our collections and archives. This person will be trained in the use of … organizational skills. Ability to follow instructions and learn proper methods of preservation procedures. Shows …
Posted: 12/05/2022
Last Updated: 12/28/2022
Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the organization and for our Collections and Archives! You have many diverse interests, talents, and work …
Posted: 10/24/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022
Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… Lydas ten thousand cousins. I was very demure and discussed flower gardening church music…” To Will Owen Jones (January …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Business Papers
… Cloud and Hastings.” Cather was particularly dismayed to learn the farms she owned in Webster County were also in … into Cather’s business affairs, make plans to visit! The archives at the National Willa Cather Center are open … of your time in Nebraska, you should also visit the Cather collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… lobby Developing and installing new exhibits for the space About the building Construction of the Farmers and Merchants … and churches of the era throughout the United States. It includes a Colorado sandstone facade; intricately carved … at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. NOTE: Archival images in the banner slide show are from the Willa Cather …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … itinerary offered through the Road Scholar program—”Red Cloud: Willa Cather’s Window to the World”—participants … was amazing! It is a wonderful way to connect with the content of the program.” “This was a powerful program that …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019