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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … which he hopes to complete in 2026. Of his tours, director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen … and curation. “Our ongoing work of preserving the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie hinges on both a knowledgeable, …
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Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing … full  performance schedule  and is home to the Willa Cather Foundation offices, art gallery and bookstore.  Willa Cather …
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Volunteer

… the scenes, we also seek volunteers to assist with performance load-in and load-out. Visitor Information Assistants Do you enjoy meeting new people? If so, please consider volunteering as a Visitor Information Assistant. Responsibilities include greeting …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through each volume’s extensive apparatus, … until early 1901, when she accepted a high school teaching position in Pittsburgh, later moving across the …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, and Willa’s cousins Bess … Isabelle. Getting ready to write a novel about Virginia ( Sapphira and the Slave Girl ), Cather revisits that her native state with …
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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

… to do despite the struggles presented by the pandemic. In terms of furthering our mission, virtual programming allows … local and regional residents? Engagement can be a nebulous term, and to a certain degree, I like it that way. I guess …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of … and "About Jim and Elsie"  Reprints of Cather's Early Works p. 2  TITLE: A Note on The White Bear Stories  AUTHOR: … Mellanee Kvasnicka p. 4  TITLE: Book Review: Approaches to Teaching Cather's My Ántonia, S. Rowsowski Editor p. 4  …
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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 … move to a digital collections management system, update our policies and procedures, and begin rehousing some collection …
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