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Our Campaign for the Future
… Image Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary National Chair Our Campaign for the Future … stay longer to enjoy the museum and all that Cather loved about Webster County. Fundraising has reached 87% of the … efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Design, fabrication, and installation of …
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Our Campaign for the Future
… Image Our Campaign for the Future January 28, 2020 It has been 3+ years since we announced our Campaign for the Future , and we're grateful to 630+ …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future
… ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 artifacts to the Willa Cather Foundation. The state had … periods in American history.” She continued, “The sites and collections that make up the National Willa Cather Center in … be able to travel back in time to hear the ‘nimble air’ and learn from Willa Cather’s example for many generations to …
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Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates
… Image Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates April 22, 2021 Thanks to your many generous contributions to our Campaign for the Future , historic site restoration and preservation work has …
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Friends Issue a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future
… a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future August 18, 2010 Two longtime contributors to the Foundation recently joined forces to issue a challenge to … for children. "Willa Cather left us such great stories about who we are as Americans," said the other donor, "We …
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Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success
… educational and archival programs of the Willa Cather Foundation, has successfully concluded, significantly … its original goal. The challenge was offered by two anonymous donors who hoped to generate an additional $60,000 in … campaign has shown so dramatically." For more information about the Willa Cather Foundation, contact Jay Yost at …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered $50,000 of challenge money to inspire you to … and book clubs. Together, we sparked conversations about Indigenous peoples, the American frontier, the …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, a … on the heels of the Willa Cather Foundation’s successful Campaign for the Future . In 2019, History Nebraska gifted the Foundation six …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… a lobby with a small reading nook and library, and a spacious dining and lounge area. More than seventy historic photos … exhibit, Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , about the history of the community and its intersections … Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). More than $7 million in donations, grants, and …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… passion for librarianship. “There weren’t a whole lot of jobs at that time in Victorian literature and academia, so I …
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