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Cather Legacy Society
… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined … Legacy Society Brochure Bequesting a portion of your assets to the Foundation Why a Bequest? This simple method of …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… made possible by gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant … Nebraska Passport program. MAKE A DONATION Learn more about the Hotel Garber project —All gallery images, below, are courtesy of the Nebraska Community Foundation— …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the … Sculptor Littleton Alston is the first African American artist to be represented in the National Statuary Hall … Oct 29 — Willa Cather and Material Culture Exhibit Opening Reception & Willa Cather Statue Dedicatio n • Exhibit …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home in her restored glory (April 2024) Image … Olsen, Director of Education & Engagement View the image gallery below—and download designs of our souvenir program, …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm … , and Bellow’s There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction , also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag, Debriefing , was published by …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events … emerged in the 1920s a dominant voice was found in the writing of Willa Cather (1873-1947); her frequent …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… the U.S. Capitol, June 7, 2023 Image A bronze statuette of Willa Cather by Littleton Alston Willa Cather Statue Dedication & … event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture and artist Betty Kort. …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… stamp September 6, 2023 In 1969, the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors pursued a series of postage … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of … F. Wackerla employed 34 extra workers to help his regular staff handle the 600,000 First Day of Issue stamps. Ten Red …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created forty … objects in juxtaposition with her timeless words. About the Artist: Betty Kort Betty Kort is a former … Nebraska-Kearney. She served on the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and served a term as president. She was a …
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