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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Parks or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … 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
… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a … a $1.1 endowment campaign for program and operational support. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded …
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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
… of the leading figures of American literary Modernism has only increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa … the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm instead. Lucy Gayheart is serialized in Women’s Home Companion and …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … Nebraska.] It Began With a Letter Writing Campaign The WCPM newsletter urged “loyal Cather admirers” to write on behalf … and alive by using your influence?” In the winter 1972 newsletter it was noted that plans were going forward for a …
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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 … the growth of commerce and the evolution of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. … go? Something I’m excited to tackle is re-envisioning our tours and educational services once all of our Cather sites …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… p. 1 Societies p. 2 Publications p. 2 Donors p. 3 The Register p. 4 Carrie Miner Sherwood Profile p. 5 … and Music p. 3 New Publications about Cather p. 3 Expense Account— Preservations and Restoration p. 3 Dedication of … Tao Yuanming and Hiawatha AUTHOR: Li Wenjun p. 18 TITLE: Account of the Peach Blossom Source AUTHOR: Tao Yuanming p. …
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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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