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Willa Cather Timeline
… close friend. 1912 — Cather’s first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , appears in McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . …
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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 … Kendall Elizabeth Kendall is a nonfiction writer and the author of Balanchine and the Lost Muse and Where She …
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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 … short a time. From David Helvern’s letter to the editor, 1875: I think [an aid organization] in every township or road …
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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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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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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and … of my job is our Teacher Institute program that takes place each summer. We launched this last year, and it was so … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 2 Cather House Restoration Fund p. 2 Essay Contest and Student Interest p. 3 Scholars and Authors and National … Summer p. 4 Lucy Gayheart picture from 1935 Women's Horne Companion p. 4 …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… Foundation, 413 N. Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970. To learn about naming and recognition opportunities available … from the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection, Special Collections & Archives, National Willa Cather Center, Red …
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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, … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… Image Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests … A former teacher and librarian, Mrs. Bush lauded Cather’s writing and spoke to its continued relevance. “Thanks to the …
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