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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org .     …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … of Willa Cather, the Hotel Garber project raised more than $7 million in charitable gifts and grants. Paired with an …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… marked the 100th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize for  One of Ours , as well as publication centenaries of  A Lost Lady … Littleton Alston's statuette of Willa Cather, a recent gift to the library where it will be permanently displayed …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… Locomotive Engineering Magazine  were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's occupancy of the home.  Fireman's , which was … these forms and historical office machines as part of our teaching collection, so that students and lifelong learners …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… moved to Nebraska from Virginia in 1883. Her final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to … to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … family. A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood Home was Cather’s residence between …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… wife with ten children, Anna Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather’s most famous … has been accomplished since early 2020 at the start of our Campaign for the Future ! Our next phase will be interpreting the house and …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… Image Potter Block, Future Site of Hotel Garber Potter Block Rehabilitation … return of a third floor that was lost to fire in 1961 in a forward-looking effort to return the building to its … is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… N. Webster Street, Red Cloud) on Friday, October 7, 2022, for a ceremonial groundbreaking. The event celebrated the … is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism Development Office, …
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