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"Books Old and New"
… Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024 Today is … They are cheaper than meat and flour." —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a … covering up all the landscape, healing up the world's old scars and making the earth over again, we turn …
Posted: 08/09/2024
Last Updated: 08/09/2024
Seeking New Board Members
… of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in 2024 Seeking New Board Members Join Our Board of Governors! August 6, … 1, 2025, the Foundation is accepting applications for new members of the Board. Applications are due by September … Center and continues to grow. We are currently recruiting new board members to help steer the organization toward a …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/08/2024
National Willa Cather Center Hours & Directions
… programs, and preservation of historical settings and archives, we serve as a vibrant memorial to the Pulitzer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/08/2024
Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… and educators For younger visitors to our collections, we maintain a small teaching collection that helps to spark … novel One of Ours , which she refers to as "Claude" for the main character. Image Cather's letter to Sherwood, in …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 08/07/2024
Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's certification Image Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator and Nebraska Master Naturalist Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour August …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024
Collections
Collections Collections The Cather family, their friends, and many donors have been very generous to the National Willa Cather Center over the years, contributing to collections that were begun by our organization's founders. As a result, the National …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 07/30/2024
For Students
… to support students of varying ages through internships and scholarships. The Humanities Internship at the NWCC offers … present on Cather at an academic conference. Internships Education Scholarship for Student Research The Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 07/24/2024
For Teachers
For Teachers For Teachers The Willa Cather Foundation provides resources for teachers, students, libraries and book clubs to improve and supplement their study of Willa Cather and her work. Current Nebraska Department of Education standards have been used …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 07/24/2024
General Resources
General Resources Four excellent ways to discover more about Cather's life and work include: An extended Willa Cather biography . Texts, chronology, and other resources may be accessed using the Willa Cather Archive . Readers are encouraged to visit …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/24/2024
Short Stories
Short Stories If you are an educator and would like to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen, at rolsen@willacather.org . As always, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/23/2024