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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… "Death Comes for the Archbishop" Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Special Events Discussion #4:  Death Comes for the … sessions will be recorded and distributed soon after.    ABOUT BENJAMIN TAYLOR Benjamin Taylor received a 2021 Award … and current trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and serves as president of the Edward F. Albee …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … Henry and Jane Tonjes, as well as the National Willa Cather Center’s Executive Director Ashley Olson, Education … to high school students and teachers, and school tours in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Our historic sites allow …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … half of the 20 th Century. Her stories are the American story. Embedded in her work is a portrait of who we are and …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … of Gold” speech is a pivotal element in Cather’s late story “Two Friends.” 18-19 M. D. C. Tinkham Left Michael …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather,  "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,"   … to American ears. But such injustice is not rare in history. . . . "At last, after twenty years of fruitless …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and Willa Cather's Childhood Home in Red Cloud, as well as several other prairie sites, … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode … interests outside of the lab include tending gardens at home, traveling, and playing in the Lincoln Civic Orchestra. …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image The NWCC Bookstore features every book written by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other … over-burdened with dry historical names and dates, for a story full of action and resounding with the ring of swords, …
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Organization History

… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … upon our many blessings but also the nostalgia, and history, of Thanksgivings past. Thanksgiving seems to have …
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