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Spring Conference Line-Up Announced

… Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum; visits to historic Cather sites; WWI-era poetry and drama readings; and a concluding … Prize-winning author Willa Cather through education, historic preservation, and the arts. The conference keynote, …
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Bostocks Honored with Mountford Volunteer Award

… assisted in devising the first guided tours of the Cather historic sites. The Miriam Mountford Volunteer Award was established … with programs at the Red Cloud Opera House, landscaping at historic sites, and greeting and providing information to …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … to share a love of Willa Cather and local Webster County history, and a new and growing friendship between the sixth …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center March 25, … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red …
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National Willa Cather Center is Open: Plan Your Visit!

… and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red Cloud’s historic “Moon Block,” an 1887 structure that was fully … archive Tour Cather's childhood home and six additional historic sites related to her life & writing Take in a performance or …
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud

… in our early years and later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978 with the Willa Cather Historic Sites. Included in the collection is Willa Cather’s high …
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Executive Director Ashley Olson to be Honored as "Fundraiser of the Year" by Nebraska AFP

… the nation’s largest collection of nationally designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. AFP Nebraska Chapter …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… was issued as a challenge prior to this year’s Willa Cather Spring Conference. The goal was simple: match the pledge … dollar-for-dollar with other private support. Thanks to conference-goers near and far, the Picchi challenge was …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… make much needed capital improvements to seven Willa Cather historic sites, introduce new exhibits and site interpretation, and … able to fully restore and reinterpret the Willa Cather historic sites. The properties make up the nation’s largest …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… of the pandemic, retain and rehire workers, and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation … colleges and universities, museums, libraries, archives, historical sites and societies, save thousands of jobs in … Approximately 115 SHARP grants will allow museums, historic sites, and historical societies, which experienced …
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