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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… in sales and lodging taxes. Recent hires include a general manager, sales and event manager, housekeeping staff, and a head chef. The hotel …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… and Nebraska Master Naturalist Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour … University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently pursuing a … to get better at the Prairie Tour, particularly talking about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. I …
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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
… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel, Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … in Red Cloud. 1880 — Willa Cather’s second oldest brother Douglass Cather is born. 1881 — Willa Cather’s oldest … is the only student not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… world literature. It is eminently appropriate both that her achievements be recognized by a commemorative stamp and that … reading public. Second. She was awarded, among other honors, the foIlowing: the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 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
… Plows p. 1 Scholarships p. 1 Willa Cather Museum--New Displays p. 1 New Equipment Renovation p. 2 Research … 13.2 Fall 1969 Editor: Miriam Mountford Two Restoration Projects— Catholic Church and the Depot p. … Visit with Irene Rich AUTHOR: Lucia Woods p. 2 Photograph Exhibits p. 3 New Board Officers and Bequests to the …
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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
… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … in almost all of these things is an intense desire to keep learning and creating—sometimes the more challenging the …
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