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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… Image Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year January 6, 2021 … were able to get significant work accomplished at many of our historic sites and properties. Quietly helping us along … Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities team, nominated Leroy for this honor. “Leroy has been a …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators

… ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history."  This year, our … accommodate groups larger than eight people on our modified tours. While our virtual experiences cannot fully replicate … need from our guides to help students contextualize Cather’s writing. To educators we offer: Virtual Tours …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road Scholars spent an immersive five days engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered …
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Newly Appointed Board Members Announced

… Appointed Board Members Announced January 9, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation, along with a global community of scholars … lovers of classic American literature, recognize that Willa Cather’s work is as appreciated and globally relevant today … as I’ve experienced it at conferences, in the archives, on tours of Red Cloud, and I look forward to contributing to …
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Seeking Volunteers & Part-time Staff

… Seeking Volunteers & Part-time Staff March 2, 2017 That is happiness; to be dissolved into … seeking volunteers and part-time tour guides to help staff the new center. Please consider being part of … from guests about Cather Provide guided tours (paid staff) What you will receive: 10% discount in the bookstore …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of … a picnic and night sky viewing on the 612-acre Cather Prairie, guided tours of the Cather historic sites, an art … Armstrong at aarmstrong@willacather.org or at 402-746-2653. About the Performers Michelle Dean (soprano) is currently a …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … have long noted her sharp presentation of herself as prairie poet with "Prairie Spring" at the beginning of her … prose is "poetic," very few readers have had much to say about Cather's own poetry. In 1962 scholar Bernice Slote …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather …
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Barbara and Kern Wisman of Jerusalem

… of Jerusalem, Israel talk about their visit to the Willa Cather Foundation. For more information about Cather tours click here …
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Elderhostel

… Image Elderhostel March 25, 2009 Red Cloud:  Willa Cather's Window to the World June 15-19, 2009 Hosting the … largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather Foundation invites you to Red Cloud, Nebraska and … Rosicky," "Peter" Group Field trips : Country and town tours of Cather- related historic sites Extra-Curricular …
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