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Historic Sites

… an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family … 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 …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through each volume’s extensive apparatus, … until early 1901, when she accepted a high school teaching position in Pittsburgh, later moving across the …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … 1903  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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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: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty original oil … Resurrection”), Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, … writing and connected it to her own life. “When she writes about her childhood, you can’t help but think about yours . …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… you would like to share for our project, please contact Tracy Tucker, Director of Collections and Curation, at ttucker@willacather.org . We would love to have your support …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to … window, for example, portrays the shepherd, significant because he had raised sheep himself in his native Virginia. The … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: 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

… are listed with the corresponding issue in PDF format. Summer 1957 to Current 1.1  Summer 1957  FIRST ISSUE  … 3  Also in this issue: Poem for Cather by Leonard Gilley, reprinted in 1966 Prairie Schooner p. 3  … Hollands at the Grand" p. 2  "It Lacks Continuity" p. 2  "Beautiful Anna Held" p. 3  "Otis Skinner at the Grand" p. 3  …
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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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