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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… efforts in the state. Many of the instructors are involved with the Nebraska Games and Parks or the University … on Nebraska’s ecosystems,” Nick said. “I wanted to get better at the Prairie Tour, particularly talking about …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is … full performance schedule and is home to the Willa Cather Foundation offices, art gallery and bookstore. Willa Cather … a full range of facilities for visitors, scholars, and staff members, the interior includes gallery and exhibition …
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Volunteer
Volunteer Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a small group of dedicated volunteers who were committed to preserving and restoring historic properties relevant to the life and works of Willa Cather. Today, the …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Sinclair Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … in a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather as one of the leading … read and thought a great deal during those years. Her talk never lost its wonderfully incandescent quality, its …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain … and the town of Red Cloud are officially organized. 1872 — Charles Cather and Mary Virginia Boak marry on December … Red Cloud. 1913 — Cather’s first “Nebraska novel,” O Pioneers! , appears in print. Cather agrees to write S. S. …
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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 … and Author Series programs, oversees the Red Cloud Opera House season of events, plans conferences and …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Officers and Board of Governors p. 1 Aims p. 1 Progress Report and Building Fund News p. 1 Publications p. 2 … Programs p. 2 World Wide Interest in Cather p. 3 Annual Conference p. 4 Acknowledgements p. 4 … House p. 2 Foreign Visitors p. 3 Publications p. 3 Annual Conference, Educational Program and Acknowledgements …
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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
… backgrounds, such as prairie botany and gardening skills, photography and graphic design, and you have worked as a … you remember that we were first called the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, and so a great many of Red Cloud’s oldest … keep things—her fan mail is a great example—but living in small New York spaces, keeping must have been hard. I think …
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