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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… your gift must be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose. Our work doesn’t stop here. With your …
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Support
… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … an 1887 structure that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… and Red Cloud Community Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). More than $7 million in … have been secured. Paired with up to $1 million in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits, total funds secured from all … Silas was a founder of Red Cloud and a two term Governor of Nebraska. Much like the character she inspired, Lyra Garber …
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Planning Underway for Hotel Garber
… the historic Potter-Wright building next door to the Willa Cather Foundation’s Farmers and Merchants Bank, the hotel … of Red Cloud and the prototype for Captain Forrester in Cather’s A Lost Lady . The hotel will increase the supply of … and historic sites, the town, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and other scenic places Cather loved. The design …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … of the pyramidal roof. The new stones replace the original tourelles that were damaged to the point of instability, … utilized as one of many attractions on the guided town tour of Red Cloud, owing to its connection to Silas and …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… the home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church
… on images in the sidebar to enlarge. When the Willa Cather Foundation was gifted the Grace Episcopal Church by the … Louis, Missouri, and Munich, Germany. Through your generous support of our Campaign for the Future , we … the first of December. While more remains to be discovered about the original fundraising and manufacture of the other …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist
… convivial members” of the Cather community. “Lucia’s photographs have added to Cather’s work for many of us, and …
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Virtual Birthday Party
… Image Virtual Birthday Party November 21, 2012 Join the Willa Cather Foundation as we celebrate the birthday of one of the … go toward support of our ongoing educational programming. Donate Now …
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New Collection of Letters
… Florance. A childhood friend of Cather who later studied music in Chicago, "Trix" Mizer Florance is one of several … this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return to their … the care and study of these letters possible. Inquiries about the letters should be directed to Education Director, …
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