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Historic Sites

… restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … priest who served this church came by train from a nearby town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass … store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera house.” …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait … 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first … matriculation requirements.) Having just arrived from a small town, she took full advantage of the capital's …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … will change her birth year to 1876 and her name to “Willa” later.  Silas Garber is elected governor of Nebraska. 1874 … lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels,  My Antonia . 1882  — Red Cloud becomes a division …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… , NY 10011 United States "Bright and Beautiful and Alive": Willa Cather's New York Intersections We hope you will make plans … well as the 2022 Warren Johansson Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich …
Posted: 06/05/2019
Last Updated: 06/22/2023

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. …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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 …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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 …
Posted: 10/20/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Cloud Opera House season of events, plans conferences and seminars, and fosters relationships with educators from area … 68th annual Spring Conference, and the 18th Willa Cather International Seminar will take place this summer, as well. There are …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting Visitors p. 2  Nebraska Activities and Publications p. 2  … p. 1 Letter from the President p. 1  Cather Second Home Lodging p. 54 Willa Cather: Canyon, Rock & Mesa Country …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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 …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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