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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… role in the dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the West and those who inhabited it. Imprinting the … by Dr. Randall Griffe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, visitors to the Red Cloud Opera … with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation and support from the Claire M. Hubbard …
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Willa Cather Biography

… 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … many resources from our archive to search for clues about how the house was constructed, updated, and used over … available, but local government officials were concerned about the dangers posed by wire fences , while others …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading

… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm … Bob Thacker. In the years following the publication of her letters, Cather experts have published a rich trove of … of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis by Melissa Homestead The Selected Letters of Willa Cather edited by Andrew Jewell and …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States … Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined , currently on display through January 6, 2024 at the Red Cloud Opera House …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events … of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska!  When …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … House. (It would not reopen until after the Willa Cather Foundation begins its restoration efforts beginning in 1991 …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… the U.S. Capitol, June 7, 2023 Image A bronze statuette of Willa Cather by Littleton Alston Willa Cather Statue Dedication & … feature remarks by Ashley Olson, executive director of the National Willa Cather Center, and include the reveal of …
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Announcing the Inaugural Cohort in the Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… Cather’s 150th birthday. “We were delighted by the enormous response and outstanding applications,” said Ashley … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women … received fellowships from MacDowell and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Kirsten …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Discussion #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist …
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