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Volunteer
… Volunteer Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a … of the ways you can become involved: Red Cloud Opera House Volunteers Do you enjoy arts programming? Join our … for all new volunteers. To become a volunteer or learn more about volunteer opportunities with the Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather, 1921. …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … Lyra Garber, receives serial publication in Century at about the same time. In May, Cather receives the Pulitzer …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… says Wade. “Honestly, it taught me the importance of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” … trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate plans. As … we can see what the WCF does and we want to continue to support those efforts long after we’re gone.” As a person …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Officers and Board of Governors p. 1 Aims p. 1 Progress Report and Building Fund News p. 1 Publications p. 2 … Programs p. 2 World Wide Interest in Cather p. 3 Annual Conference p. 4 Acknowledgements p. 4 … House p. 2 Foreign Visitors p. 3 Publications p. 3 Annual Conference, Educational Program and Acknowledgements …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … visiting south-central Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of … sense of unless you remember that we were first called the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, and so a great many of Red … I don’t think she would want “her things” on display or her biography used to parse her writing. But I do recognize that …
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56th Annual Spring Conference
… Spring Conference March 10, 2011 The 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Coming April 29-30 Red Cloud, Nebraska, March 1, 2011 — The 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference “Willa Cather and Her Popular … movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged with the trendy, the …
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