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Willa Cather Timeline
… Cloud are officially organized. 1872 — Charles Cather and Mary Virginia Boak marry on December 5 at the home of the … poems titled April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion Edith Lewis. 1905 — Cather’s first … and muckraking journals. 1907 — The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science is …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar
… Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall in conversation, discussing Willa Cather's New York stories, Hugh Ryan, on … well as the 2022 Warren Johansson Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich … the upper east side. Though Cather only occasionally wrote about the city, it was her home for nearly forty years and a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… that were designed for the Holy Family Church in Watertown, New York, won the grand prize at the St. Louis World's … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows … a tribute to her parents and old friends, and a gift to the town that inspired her so. To learn about the 2021 …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… thirty original oil paintings by John Blake Bergers (1931-2011), a professional artist who dedicated his life to … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude restoration work on the … the house but still close to the creek. . . . The last night of [brick] firing was a gala event. Chicken was rolled …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … the growth of commerce and the evolution of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not from nothing, but from a place that was …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Miriam Mountford Title: Prototypes of Characters in My Ántonia Recognized at Spring Banquet AUTHOR: Victor P. Hass … Spring Conference p. 3 Fourteen Years of Progress p. 3 Commemorative Cather Stamp p. 3 …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. NOTE: Archival …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… The Center will occupy Red Cloud’s historic “Moon Block” building following a restoration of the 1886 structure. … the Willa Cather Foundation must raise $144,000 by June 30th. Donors can send contributions to the Willa Cather … added that the Foundation is also enjoying an increase in tourism as visitors discover all the Midwest has to …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… the country contributed to the campaign. Executive Director Ashley Olson noted, “With the completion of this project, our rich …
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