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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … TX-50-1000-039 Envelope with Willa Cather handwriting Charles F. Cather 1927 Correspondence TX-50-1000-040 …
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Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg
… Image Ann Lundberg In A World Above the World: Willa Cather at Mesa Verde in 1915 Spring Conference … nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and how it works to define national identity. She's presented and … Casa Grande in Arizona, "The Ruin of Expectations." Her teaching resume includes both environmental literature and …
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Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights
… from the Archive: April Twilights April 8, 2025 Though Willa Cather is known worldwide as a novelist, her first published … helped early Cather researchers to identify some of her writing that was published under a pseudonym. These …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains
… Plains is well known—at least above ground. Tom Powers, a Nebraska nematologist from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, believes most people only know half of the … investigations. Dr. Peter Mullin from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the co-author of Plant Parasitic …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater
… of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, … perspective. “It feels awesome.” Mater says. “We’re a living, breathing people. We’re all alive and it’s the song …
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The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey
… in those years. Simultaneously familiar and fresh, these works featured aged paper and book components in new … exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … to his studies at Chadron State College in 2014 to explore teaching and to refocus on visual arts. Travis is currently …
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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 … for the Foundation as a tour guide. I also have a college teaching background, and my time in classrooms was valuable … starting a big celebration year for several of Cather's works and her 150th birthday. Can you share more about our …
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Music on the Prairie
… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of … to explore the land that Cather so vividly described in works such as My Ántonia and O Pioneers!. “Music on the … Sequel, Heritage of the Great Plains, and Eureka Studies Teaching Short Fiction. Her memoir, All Skate, Now Reverse, …
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Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud
… Image Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud June 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors invites you to … his time between composing, painting, performing and teaching. Tickets: $150*—Patron Ticket ($110 tax-deductible) … and appreciation of the life, times, settings and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning Nebraska author, Willa …
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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Image A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the …
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