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Willa Cather Timeline

… 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, Cather enrolls at the … by Knopf. 1936  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Image International Seminar Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023 | 12am - Friday, Jun 23, 2023 | 12am The New School 65 W … and professional life. Seminar check-in is at the Lang Café building, located at 65 W. 11th, first floor. A full … Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich Village Take an hourlong stroll …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Image Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… constructed by digging a hole in the ground, then laying logs on the banks for walls, placing poles across the top …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… made. Though she postpones making selections, in a June 13 letter, Cather mentions to Mrs. Sherwood that she’s … roof on the church. It seems then, as now, the old church building was being improved and repaired! But we know from … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation … staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … aspect of your new role? Does that include community building in and around Red Cloud and, if so, what are you …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Spring Conference p. 3  Fourteen Years of Progress p. 3  Commemorative Cather Stamp p. 3  … TITLE: Word Music in "The Ancient People," Part IV of The Song of the Lark  AUTHOR: Stephen Tatum p. 25  TITLE: Shadows on the …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … of the pyramidal roof. The new stones replace the original tourelles that were damaged to the point of instability, … utilized as one of many attractions on the guided town tour of Red Cloud, owing to its connection to Silas and …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… added that the Foundation is also enjoying an increase in tourism as visitors discover all the Midwest has to … five miles south of Red Cloud. For the more than 10,000 tourists and Cather fans who visit Red Cloud each year, the Foundation offers:  Town tour: Visitors can explore and learn about the …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center

… its descendants to fulfill the original mission to make known the significance of one of not just Nebraska’s, not … while conducting research quietly and comfortably in our new study center. And finally, our visitors from across the … most treasured personal possessions through our new museum exhibit.” Willa Cather Foundation Board President, Lynette …
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