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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 … 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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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 … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
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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
… Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic … other places found there too: the desert southwest of The Song of the Lark , The Professor's House , and Death Comes for the …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a … a Jewish couple from Europe who allow her to borrow books from their personal library. Mrs. Wiener introduces …
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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 … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational News from Cather …
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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 … go? Something I’m excited to tackle is re-envisioning our tours and educational services once all of our Cather sites …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 2 Cather House Restoration Fund p. 2 Essay Contest and Student Interest p. 3 Scholars and Authors and National … Summer p. 4 Lucy Gayheart picture from 1935 Women's Horne Companion p. 4 …
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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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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… well, along with more personal belongings. She was such a private person that I would love to know more about she and … student, Chris Wolak. My favorite collection item will always and forever be the brass and steel bloodletting lancet … perhaps in unprocessed collections or maybe in the hands of private collectors. It’s wonderful to imagine what might yet …
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