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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
Image Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often volunteer at the Red Cloud Opera House. Both are small business owners in Red Cloud: Teri …
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Our Real Stars—Get to Know Our Volunteers!
Our Real Stars—Get to Know Our Volunteers! August 10, 2020 We are so grateful to our volunteers for the support and the joy that they bring! Our volunteers are a large and growing number of dedicated people who want to give back to the National Willa …
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Newly Conserved Artwork Returns
Image Image Newly Conserved Artwork Returns October 21, 2020 Through the generosity of several of our longtime supporters, we were excited to complete several conservation treatments of artwork from our holdings. One of these was an original W.T. Benda …
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J.L. Miner House
Image J.L. Miner House Built in 1878, the Miner house is one of the finest historic homes in Red Cloud. Although a more simplified, vernacular interpretation of the Italianate style, the house is the best example of the style in Red Cloud. Willa Cather's …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… say the image of Paul burying his boutonniere, from "Paul's Case." I loved combining the details—the suit, the fingers, …
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Early Letter from Willa "William" Cather to Family Friend Helen Stowell
Image Image Early Letter from Willa "William" Cather to Family Friend Helen Stowell August 17, 2020 This letter in the National Willa Cather Center's WCPM Collection was written at the start of Cather's junior year of high school to family friend Helen …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators
… energized to create new and increased ways to deliver our resources to our constituents—and for which we have received … them. "I want visitors to feel the impact of what they learn here, even if they can't actually be here," Rachel … this website) Updates of mini-lessons and activities on our Educational Resources page To students and educators we …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 … created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Willa Cather Center was able to reconfigure two summer internships … on-site, he is most interested in experiencing the guided tours and also visiting the prairie. Much like one of his …
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Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley
… course on regional writers; Willa Cather’s “Paul’s Case” and One of Ours were among the assigned readings. In …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month
Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March 31, 2020 It isn’t widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after establishing herself as a writer of significance, …
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