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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a one-room … 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
… In collaboration with The New School, we are creating a conference that explores the city Willa Cather knew, but … her partner Edith Lewis shared between 1906 and 1932. This conference explores the city Willa Cather knew, but also the … bright, sticky leaves, and the Brevoort glistening in its spring coat of paint, and shining horses and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… to the Willa Cather Foundation over several years. In 1987, acclaimed actress Julie Harris accepted the invitation of … 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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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… will soon allow our guests to explore topics related to Lyra and Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… is Cather’s letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, sent on June 7, 1928. Written just three months after her father’s death, … 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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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Visitors p. 1 Staff Activities p. 1 Publications p. 2 Gifts and Mail Bag p. 2 Future Plans p. 2 … Charter (Japan) by WCPM p. 1 Don Connors teaches a new course offering at UCLA p. 1 Cather Interest in Nebraska and … Miriam Mountford TITLE: Ten Years of Progress Author: None listed p. 1 Museum and Archives p. 1 Image of Wick …
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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 … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … Cather Foundation, 413 N. Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970. To learn about naming and recognition opportunities …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center March 25, … us a nation.” Tom Gallagher, Willa Cather Foundation board president explained, “The vision for the National … Visit www.WillaCather.org to learn more. More About the National Willa Cather Center (NWCC): Please see …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud … restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Moon Block building in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The project was made … of scholars, students, and readers young and old.” Public tours led by members of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of …
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