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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… and Nebraska Master Naturalist Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour … 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
… 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 … at the National Willa Cather Center Access to Opera House events Volunteer orientation and training will be provided …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather: A Literary Life had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather critic, the … when his magazine was having difficulties with its staff in 1906, to offer her a job and bring her to New York. … that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic journalist in Lincoln and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … graduates from the University of Nebraska and joins the staff of the Courier . While still working for the … House. (It would not reopen until after the Willa Cather Foundation begins its restoration efforts beginning in 1991 …
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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
… and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Interest p. 2 1964 Spring Conference p. 3 Relatives and Death of Elsie Cather p. 3 Growth of Scholarship Fund and … Chautauqua" p. 2 "Sunday at Crete" p. 2 TITLE: On Death Comes for the Archbishop AUTHOR: Beverly Bohlke, University of …
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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
… 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … diverse interests, talents, and work backgrounds, such as prairie botany and gardening skills, photography and graphic …
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