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Historic Sites

… restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … removing redundant facilities from major lines. To save the building from destruction, it was moved from its original … Catholic church in Red Cloud. The church was built in 1883 and used until 1903. The design is modest and simple, with …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in  Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
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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

… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude … Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader history of the community. In our organization’s early … to eat and plenty of water to wash it down with, but how long can a man subsist on bread and water, besides you say …
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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

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … Table of Contents This Table of Contents for the Willa Cather Review was compiled by Virgil and Dolores Albertini. … Visitors p. 1  Staff Activities p. 1  Publications p. 2  Gifts and Mail Bag p. 2  Future Plans p. 2  … from Cather's "Eric" p. 3  Cather Memorial Prairie is Setting for Workshop p. 4  …
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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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