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National Willa Cather Center Scholarship

… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / ELIGIBILITY The purpose of the National Willa Cather Center Scholarship is to provide financial … Cather’s writing made an impression, or detail the value of living in a rural community in which the Red Cloud Opera …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … 7, 2023, at 11:00 a.m ET. A special thanks to Willa Cather Foundation member Peg O’Dea Lippert, for conceiving the idea …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home in her restored glory (April 2024) … Home Rededication and Ribbon Cutting! Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, … Farmers and Merchants Bank (and the  Making A Place: A Long History of Red Cloud exhibit), and the construction site of …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… restoration, the Willa Cather Childhood Home reopened for tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s … a private fundraising effort as part of the Center’s Campaign for the Future , which raised more than $7 million for restoration …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … in Columbus Ohio. She is the author of Willa Cather: The Critical Conversation and an Editorial Board member of the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … of scientific inquiry" which "ranges from the dawn of history to the present moment" (60). Ironically, the Chief … that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic journalist in Lincoln and …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … assembled an excellent team to examine the long history of the home, which was built in 1879 and has … of the house shows, at magnification, the original brick foundation, much of which was lost during 20th century …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … took ownership of the Willa Cather Childhood Home from History Nebraska in 2019 and is committed to preserving and … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, and Willa’s cousins Bess … Isabelle. Getting ready to write a novel about Virginia ( Sapphira and the Slave Girl ), Cather revisits that her native state with …
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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 Willa Cather Childhood … as a cultural attraction for the learning and enjoyment of future generations. Projected to reopen in 2023, the … is a key component of the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future , which has raised over $7 million …
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