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… time I talked about Cather in Webster County,” Mildred Bennett said in an interview. “I would tell the audience … mornings.” — The Song of the Lark Burlington Depot Red Cloud’s Burlington Depot was donated to the Willa Cather … 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
… publish there; it serialized her first novel, Alexander's Bridge , in 1912. Once she had completed her second novel …
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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
… 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
… Cather Week at Union College AUTHOR: Deborah Leonard-Lethbridge p. 17 WLA Meets in Denver p. 18 TITLE: In Pursuit … Ántonia p. 45 Four Cather letters received from Alice Woodbridge p. 46 James Work calls for quotations from Death … p. 57 TITLE: Liminality in Willa Cather's Alexander's Bridge and The Professor’s House AUTHOR: Mary Chinery, …
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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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