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Rachel Olsen

… Image Rachel Olsen Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in …
Posted: 01/06/2023
Last Updated: 02/22/2024

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… oversees the Red Cloud Opera House season of events, plans conferences and seminars, and fosters relationships with … events and discussions coming together for our 68th annual Spring Conference, and the 18th Willa Cather International Seminar …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

Echoes of the Archbishop

… please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org What's Included Your registration …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 11/09/2025

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… and institutional affiliation, should be submitted to Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement, via the  Spring … will be sent by mid-March. Questions may be submitted to Rachel Olsen or Tim Bintrim, Academic Advisor of the 2026 …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 10/31/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our museum's collections rotate through our historic sites, … Likewise, individual objects and records can be located using any word, date, or subject by clicking on Objects, … for your class to take part in these activities; you can contact her at rolsen@willacather.org.   Image Area 4th …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Short Stories

… A Wagner Matinée Instructional Support "Paul's Case" "The carnations in his coat were drooping with the … to him that all the flowers he had seen in the glass cases that first night must have gone the same way, long … weak condition, seemingly insensible to the cold." "Paul's Case" Instructional Support "Paul's Case" Background …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/27/2025

School Field Trips

… for the first time, or taking a deep dive into the world of My Ántonia or O Pioneers! , students and educators will gain …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … being changed by the difficulties and the beauties of the world they must contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… onsite in Red Cloud, Tucker and education coordinator Rachel Olsen were able to focus on creating the photographs, … "We've thought of this as the first phase," said Olsen, who hopes to connect with teachers who would like to …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 02/21/2025

Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Image Image Image Red Cloud Opera House When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, when Willa Cather and her friends eagerly anticipated the arrival of …
Posted: 07/10/2014
Last Updated: 01/28/2025

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