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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the … nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather … hardware store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera …
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Willa Cather Biography
… by singularities. When Philip Roth died in 2018, New Yorker editor David Remnick held that “he was in competition … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. … McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . Cather tours the Southwest for the first time while visiting her brother …
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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
… conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the … The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … family still lived in the stockade. The school began June 3rd, 1871. She was paid $12.00 a month. …
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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
… 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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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… and public programming outreach. A former college English teacher, Rachel enjoys developing activities and content … and visitor services staff, Rachel organizes the Teacher Institute and Author Series programs, oversees the … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Miriam Mountford Aims of the WCPM p. 1 Staff p. 1 Museum News and Donors p. 1 Interesting Visitors p. 2 Nebraska … offering at UCLA p. 1 Cather Interest in Nebraska and New York p. 1 Student Activities p. 2 Plows and Scholarships … Cather's Early Works p. 2 TITLE: A Note on The White Bear Stories AUTHOR: Mildred R. Bennett p. 4 …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration August 16, 2021 Rehabilitation efforts at the Farmers and … lobby Developing and installing new exhibits for the space About the building Construction of the Farmers and Merchants … offices before being purchased in 1959 by the Willa Cather Foundation. Following efforts to convert the building for …
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