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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie "We come and go, but the land is … programs, and exhibits — held at the Red Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center — to plan …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023
Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a several decades-long … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic writers. …
Posted: 01/18/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… Image Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud April 29, 2022 Los Angeles-based … April prairie winds—and a rare sweltering day while in the Childhood Home attic—as he has moved around to different … New Orleans. As to place, I've typed in some extraordinary locations—Faulkner's Rowan Oak, a Sing Sing prison tower, a …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … Sites April 11 — Miner House porch: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 1-50 April 12 — Childhood Home attic …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022
Group Tours
… of writer Willa Cather. Alongside the Red Cloud Opera House, it has become a cultural oasis on the Great Plains. Ten … landscapes that are largely unchanged and as world-famous author Willa Cather knew them as a young girl. Image The … our delightful prairie world. To plan and book your tour, contact: Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator at …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/29/2025
Finding Aids
… Cather, Wallace and Blanche Cather Ray, Grosvenor P. and Myrtle Bartlett Cather, and the Burlington & Missouri River … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … 1899 To Mother, March 21, 1900 W.S.C. Cather, Willa My Ántonia 1918 n/a Catallus Selected Poems of Catallus 1910 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/14/2024
Join Our Team
… Join Our Team Career Opportunities at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa Cather Pioneer … guests and leading individuals and groups on guided tours of the Willa Cather historic sites. Guides work …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/01/2024
Historic Sites
… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … and caring for the sites that were important to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024
Book Club Resources
… childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” The Burlington Depot, the … book club visit to Red Cloud. O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023