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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
… every word of those posters; the names of the plays and the nights on which each would be given. After we had decided … could prevail upon our parents. Would they let us go every night, or only on opening and closing nights?" "How good … a $275,000 challenge grant for the Opera House in December 2001, which the Foundation matched three-to-one and …
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Volunteer
… Volunteer Image The Willa Cather Foundation was started in 1955 by Mildred R. Bennett and a … for our visitors. Volunteers will work with Foundation staff to establish a schedule and task list. Volunteer … 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 … publish there; it serialized her first novel, Alexander's Bridge , in 1912. Once she had completed her second novel …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871 — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County and the … close friend. 1912 — Cather’s first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , appears in McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . …
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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
… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired … In addition to supervising a team of programming and visitor services staff, Rachel organizes the Teacher … programs for K-12 teachers that provide such a curated experience, and I am really proud that we give teachers a …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F function to search the … Cather Week at Union College AUTHOR: Deborah Leonard-Lethbridge p. 17 WLA Meets in Denver p. 18 TITLE: In Pursuit … Ántonia p. 45 Four Cather letters received from Alice Woodbridge p. 46 James Work calls for quotations from Death …
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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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