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Historic Sites

… awakenings on summer mornings.” — The Song of the Lark Burlington Depot Red Cloud’s Burlington Depot was donated to the Willa … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … held that “he was in competition with the best in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, … and its contents have been combined and extended into The Complete Letters of Willa Cather , an online resource …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… and is buried near a crossroads. Cather, on whom almost nothing was lost, will later use this event in one of her … Nebraska State Journal . Her first regular column appears under the heading “One Way of Putting It.” Silas Garber’s …  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, Cather states that for …
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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: Red Cloud's Founding

… ate the onions . . . leaving holes in the ground the size of the onions. They even ate leaves of sunflowers and …
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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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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Image Image Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art … reading of three of Cather’s short works (“Peter,” “On the Divide,” and “A Resurrection”), Harris joined four hundred …
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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

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  … Opera House p. 38  Willa Cather in the Digital Age: the Online Archive p. 45  2007 Cather Spring Conference …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… and restore the original interior features Retrofit the building with new electrical and mechanical equipment prior … was completed by Carson Stone & Supply of Omaha using 3D scanning technology to replicate the intricate engraving … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice …
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