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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024
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… the Center provides almost 20,000 square feet of space that includes a public museum, archive, research center, … stay longer to enjoy the museum and all that Cather loved about Webster County. Contribute to this Campaign The …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 05/03/2024
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … to discover family artifacts and encounter the lived world of the Cather family. A modest one-and-a-half story … to discover family artifacts and to encounter the lived world of the Cather family. Project Highlights Efforts to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… the Cather books on her shelf the day Loomis went searching for something to read. Since then she’s continued to read … of the Pavelka Farmstead was one of key components of the Campaign for the Future , and while Loomis has not seen the updated site in …
Posted: 09/08/2023
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Pavelka Farmstead
… wife with ten children, Anna Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather’s most famous … has been accomplished since early 2020 at the start of our Campaign for the Future ! Our next phase will be interpreting the house and …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
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 … crown jewel of the Willa Cather Historic Sites and the best location to glean a more complete understanding of the daily …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… facilities, a small lending library, artwork and historic images on exhibit, and guest rooms for overnight stays. When … economic impact on Red Cloud of nearly $6 million per year. About Hotel Garber Hotel Garber will be a 26-room boutique …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023
Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… N. Webster Street, Red Cloud) on Friday, October 7, 2022, for a ceremonial groundbreaking. The event celebrated the … is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism Development Office, …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023
Organization History
… is still widely used by scholars as a valuable source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett … Register of Historic Places. A $1.2 million endowment campaign followed to successfully match a challenge grant … fundraising campaign, known as the Campaign for the Future , to address capital improvements, program, staffing, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Explore the Collection Online
… and researchers. Thanks in part to a National Endowment for the Humanities CARES Act grant, the NWCC has begun to … We also knew that planned renovations, as part of our Campaign for the Future , would further restrict access to museum collections …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023