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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… a general manager, sales and event manager, housekeeping staff, and a head chef. The hotel restaurant will include … 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, …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's certification Image Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator and Nebraska Master …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, when Willa Cather and her friends eagerly anticipated the arrival of … entertained us for a week." "That was a wonderful week for children. The excitement began when the advance man came to …
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Volunteer
… Volunteer Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a … for our visitors. Volunteers will work with Foundation staff to establish a schedule and task list. Volunteer … 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
… in Nebraska, Quebec City (with a pre-trip to Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick), Virginia, Vermont, France (Paris and … borne of Cather's ability to create on her pages intimate portraits of characters understood in relation to their … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering, O Pioneers! and My Á ntonia , but …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… somewhat depressing stay in Red Cloud, Cather accepts a job in Pittsburgh as the editor of the Home Monthly . She … Cather visits Red Cloud. 1901 — Cather takes a job teaching high school students in Pittsburgh and moves … , is published by S. S. McClure. 1906 — Cather accepts a job at McClure’s in New York, one of the United States’s …
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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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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
… Mountford TITLE: Willa Cather Museum Dedication Author: John G. Neihardt p. 1 Report of Museum Dedication and Spring … Interview in the Lincoln State Journal) p. 2 TITLE: O Pioneers! An Early Nebraska Review, August 13, 1913 AUTHOR: … Day of Issue p. 1 Willa Cather Centennial Festival--Events at UNL and Red Cloud p. 2 Notice of Mrs. Roscoe …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Park in Richmond, Virginia, and later joined the staff of Historic Hanover Tavern and taught at … believed motivated his father to remember the Willa Cather Foundation in his estate plan, Alex Kyle said, “My dad was … to celebrating literature and its way of educating people about early life on the Great Plains.” With his bequest, Dr. …
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