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Barkell Honored with Miriam Mountford Volunteer Award
… Mountford Volunteer Award July 2, 2015 Each year the Willa Cather Foundation recognizes a volunteer who has been … mission. Volunteers are vital to the success of the Willa Cather Foundation, and the family of Miriam Mountford … Bennett. She also assisted in devising the first guided tours of the Cather historic sites. The Miriam Mountford …
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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program
… The summer program will honor the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and feature 23 new communities. “The … information or to get your Passport you can stop by The Willa Cather Foundation, (402) 746-2653. You can also go to the …
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Bostocks Honored with Mountford Volunteer Award
… Bostock of Red Cloud were recently recognized by the Willa Cather Foundation with the 2016 Miriam Mountford Volunteer … Award. The Bostocks have been volunteering for the Willa Cather Foundation since the opening of the Red Cloud Opera … Bennett. She also assisted in devising the first guided tours of the Cather historic sites. The Miriam Mountford …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud
… Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers took in all that Cather country has to offer, including tours , a weeklong stay at our historic lodging properties , … coordinator Rachel Olsen joined the writers at the Cather Second Home to lead a lively evening discussion of …
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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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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie
Image Image Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie "We come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Here in Nebraska we are surrounded by wide open horizons and the natural …
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Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!
… Interns! June 15, 2022 This summer, the National Willa Cather Center, with support from the Nebraska Cather Collaborative, has hired three humanities interns to assist with tours and guest services, as well as to create a new set of …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections
… Digitizing Collections October 20, 2021 On October 4, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced $87.8 … workers, and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour …
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2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca
… Cather Pioneer Memorial, volunteers collected clippings and news about our work, our volunteers and staff, Cather … Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of the Cather newsletter. As the first President of the Board of Governors …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns
… projects in our archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the …
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