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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… from what she’s read and heard. For example, in A Lost Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
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The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber
… secured. Paired with up to $1 million in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits, total funds secured from all sources is over $8 … as a destination for creatives. Watch the Transformation Tax-Deductible Contributions, Pledges, and Securities Gifts … of its Campaign for the Future. Gifts to the campaign are tax-deductible, and all gifts designated specifically for …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Image Kohout at Willa Cather's grave in Jaffrey, NH Image Viewing Cather's bronze … until Kohout was in college that she encountered Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud
… efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. More About the Project One of Red Cloud’s most arresting … Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for Captain and Mrs. Forrester in A …
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Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
… Image A Willa Cather Writers Residency Event Author Series Thursday, Oct … Online Now Help us welcome three writers from our first Willa Cather Residency for Writers cohort as they share … Nine Women Writers Begin Again by Joanna Biggs explores the writing habits and working conditions of notable women …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School
… Cather’s letter to Helen Stowell reminds a reader of the classic “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” writing assignment. “Theme-writing” was a classroom staple long before a young Willa Cather ever wandered into Miss Gertrude Sherer’s class in Red Cloud, and she may have begun writing themes …
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School Field Trips
… Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement at rolsen@willacather.org to help you schedule your field trip. …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!
… story “Neighbor Rosicky” in a Women’s Literature college class, I realized her writing is not as bad as I convinced … with majors in English and ethnic studies and minors in classics and digital humanities. Although her family is not …
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"Oil and Water Don’t Mix: Energy, Infrastructure, and the Great Lakes"
… , WI United States More About Our 19th International Willa Cather Seminar This event, part of the 19th International … Abolition, and the Ever-Present Now in Antebellum American Writing (Oxford, 2018) and the editor of the Norton Library …
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