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Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960 and opened to visitors in 1967. Many of the furnishings came from the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic … publish there; it serialized her first novel,  Alexander's Bridge , in 1912. Once she had completed her second novel …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County and the … 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 … the author of  Balanchine and the Lost Muse  and  Where She Danced , a history of modern dance. She is Associate …
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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 restoration work on the … the house but still close to the creek. . . . The last night of [brick] firing was a gala event. Chicken was rolled …
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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

… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired … In addition to supervising a team of programming and visitor services staff, Rachel organizes the Teacher … programs for K-12 teachers that provide such a curated experience, and I am really proud that we give teachers a …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F function to search the … Cather Week at Union College  AUTHOR: Deborah Leonard-Lethbridge p. 17  WLA Meets in Denver p. 18  TITLE: In Pursuit … Ántonia p. 45  Four Cather letters received from Alice Woodbridge p. 46  James Work calls for quotations from Death …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… the rehabilitation of the bank, please donate online or mail your gift to the Willa Cather Foundation, 413 N. …
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