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Volunteer

… at the National Willa Cather Center Access to Opera House events Volunteer orientation and training will be provided … author talk at 1:00 p.m . and Jonathan Goodding's artist reception at 5:00 p.m. …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but there are a succession of … she offered this description, Cather had just published  O Pioneers! , her first and far more literary novel focused on … year in Nebraska. As she made clear repeatedly after  O Pioneers!  was published, she had been afforded a rare …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, Cather enrolls at the … by Knopf. 1936  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, …
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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 … Cather’s birth; the goal was to have the first stamps offered for sale in Red Cloud on December 7, 1973. What resulted … along the streets of Red Cloud, looking for souvenirs and visiting the Cather Museum and the Cather House. Red Cloud …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that I’m from Red Cloud. There is exactly one small town in Nebraska that can … of the Foundation. “The Foundation is based in the actual location that inspired the author, rather than in a big …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… English teacher, Rachel enjoys developing activities and content designed to preserve Cather’s rich literary history. … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution … some basic video production skills, I learned how to create content for our app, and I created a virtual author series. …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Spring Conference p. 3  Fourteen Years of Progress p. 3  Commemorative Cather Stamp p. 3  … TITLE: Word Music in "The Ancient People," Part IV of The Song of the Lark  AUTHOR: Stephen Tatum p. 25  TITLE: Shadows on the …
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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

… 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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56th Annual Spring Conference

… of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged … festive programming based on the conference theme,” said Foundation Board of Governors member and Conference … of the most exciting features of a spring conference. The staff and the Board of Governors, assisted by Red Cloud …
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