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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

… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support of the Baldwin …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 01/30/2026

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: 01/27/2026

Echoes of the Archbishop

… p.m.- Lunch 1:30 p.m.- Field Trip 5: San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail 2:30 p.m. - Cathedral Basilica of St. … Ideology of Cather's Catholic Progressivism,” by Guy Reynolds. In  Cather Studies 3   and scanned and attached here. … Paul Horgan Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest , by Arnold Berke The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West , by …
Posted: 08/29/2025
Last Updated: 11/09/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … text. This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that … does a threshing machine work?" The page below, related to My Ántonia, is an example of an FAQ Sheet exercise. Not only …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Short Stories

… Short Stories If you are an educator and would like to … one's environment." A Wagner Matinée Instructional Support "Paul's Case" "The carnations in his coat were drooping with the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/27/2025

School Field Trips

… Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival learning activity. During a … of country tour stops as weather and transportation permit. Walk the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . Complete additional …
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 … the Unmade Place , on view at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and 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

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