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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour August 6, 2024 Our visitor services coordinator and expert … or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … 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

… For example, a new Cather biography, Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather (2023) shows this …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red …  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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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 … in Red Cloud on December 7, 1973. What resulted four years later was a single 8 cent stamp with Cather’s likeness. … she preached. Miss Cather (1873-1947) echoed in many of her novels the same theme—the spirit and courage of pioneer …
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Meet Our New Director 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 … developing activities and content designed to preserve Cather’s rich literary history. In addition to supervising a … or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that our organization is …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… and special features of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by … AUTHOR:  Andrew Jewell  p. 52 TITLE: The One-Sentence Wonder: Willa Cather's Shortest Book AUTHOR: Jeanne C. …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and explore the … believed motivated his father to remember the Willa Cather Foundation in his estate plan, Alex Kyle said, “My dad was …
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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, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a …
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