We will be closed on July 4 but open from 9-5 PM, on Saturday, July 5. You are always welcome to visit the #WillaCather Memorial Prairie, open year-round, 24/7. Hotel Garber is also open for lodging as is Forrester’s restaurant, from 5-11 PM. LEARN MORE: https://t.co/a1rbwNqUi0
THE CLUE IN THE OLD SCARF 📕 This week’s #TuesdayTreasure is a silk tie in our collections that is part of an apocryphal story from Grand Manan Island that has swirled through Cather circles for decades. READ MORE HERE about this unsolved mystery: https://t.co/731YVlCZzi
We are delighted to announce our 2025 Writers Residency cohort: MFC Feeley, Carolyn Holthoff, Lynne Nugent, Angela Sievers, and Allison Strauss. Congratulations all! They will be in Red Cloud from October 5-19. LEARN MORE: https://t.co/nFhKL0Xr8d
Research Our Archives! With advance notice you can arrange a visit with Tracy Tucker who will help facilitate your archival research in our extensive collections here at the National #WillaCather Center! CONTACT: [email protected] 📕 https://t.co/8LFOFLTtkK #TuesdayTreasure
Our June enews! Free talks at the 19th International Willa Cather Seminar in Milwaukee • Writers Residency Cohort Announced • Take a two-day Cather Immersion Tour • Hotel Garber a 2025 Nebraska Passport Stop • Our latest Willa Cather Review, and More - https://t.co/I5tx8eMTkI
Experience America’s Literary Legacy! If you're interested in visiting Red Cloud for the first time or have been here before, we have new and beloved experiences to share with our travelers! Read our latest National Willa Cather Center visitor letter. - https://t.co/G5kbSuR7LJ
We only have a few of our new, limited edition “Simply Cather” silk scarves left— with a design copied from an original silk kimono in our collections once worn by #WillaCather. Don’t miss out! Your purchase benefits the WC Foundation and we thank you! https://t.co/oGXQbmZ8uJ
Here is a #WillaCather image from our Collections and Archives taken at the Univ of NE—c. 1893 Such a great age: full of great possibility, as there certainly was for a young and brilliant Cather! Browse our digital collections any time: https://t.co/yVevuXFxF0 #TuesdayTreasure
We’ve been delighted to see everyone at our 70th Annual #WillaCather Spring Conference but we also don’t want the folks at home to feel left out! Please browse and shop online: https://t.co/qC4Fchw9ne — and a few “Simply Cather” scarves are still available! #ShoppingSaturday
New in our National Willa Cather Center Bookstore! Introducing our Simply Cather 100% silk scarf inspired by a pattern from an original kimono in our collections that was worn by WC. Be sure to pick one up if you’re at Spring Conference or you can online: https://t.co/oGXQbmYAFb
Shop Our 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference online bookstore! Our June Merch enewsletter introduces new books and gifts— and our elegant and very demure Simply Cather silk scarf! - https://t.co/7wHYzUUwCl
It’s time to look up! Another solar storm is here and the likelihood of seeing the Northern Lights with the naked eye tonight and tomorrow, June 1 and 2nd, will extend into the deep South! The variables haven’t been this good since last May! IMAGE: #WillaCather Memorial Prairie
Join us Thurs, June 5 at 9 PM for Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie with Garrett Peck. The event is FREE and part of our 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference — thanks to the generosity of @nebraskaculture and @humanitiesne ! LEARN MORE: https://t.co/lgn1l8Ph9C
TODAY May 25 is the LAST DAY to register for our 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference on “Examining Built and Natural Environments in Cather’s Work.” We hope that you can join us here in Red Cloud, June 5-7📕 TO REGISTER: https://t.co/wrBJR6aGDQ 📕 See you in a few weeks!
The recent complete restoration of the Pavelka Farmstead in Webster County near Bladen, Nebraska is but one of the Willa Cather Foundation’s many historic preservation success stories. LEARN MORE: https://t.co/eMSQK31xfq #PreservationMonth#TuesdayTreasure#ThisPlaceMatters
This official portrait of Mildred Bennett was given by the #WillaCather Pioneer Memorial Board in honor of Bennett’s 20 years as President in 1975. We are indebted to her for her role in the creation of the WCF. #TuesdayTreasure BROWSE: https://t.co/yVevuXEZPs #PreservationMonth