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A New Find from Recent Donations to the Archive
Image Image A New Find from Recent Donations to the Archive February 26, 2020 We've been busy in the Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center as several important gifts have recently joined our collections. As we look forward to spring, …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring
Image Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring February 18, 2020 Spring is a perfect time to bring students to Webster county to tour Willa Cather sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators
… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O …
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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought
Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the National Willa Cather Center, author Will Fellows is working to bring forth a publication on the vision, passion and persistence of our founder, Mildred Rhoads Bennett …
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Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered
Image Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered January 28, 2020 Our dedicated Cather readers may recall that, in the short story “Uncle Valentine,” the eponymous character tries out a new song called “The Ballad of the Young Knight.” Though Cather gives us …
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I Love Public Schools Day Discount for Teachers
Image I Love Public Schools Day Discount for Teachers January 22, 2020 In honor of the 5th annual I Love Public Schools Day, the National Willa Cather Center wants to thank our teachers! Please fill out this brief survey any time between now and February …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live in the Des Moines, Iowa metro region where Jerry is dean of Drake University Law School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career …
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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 through the …
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Cather Second Home Guest House
Image Cather Second Home Guest House At the corner of Sixth and Seward stands the Cather family’s second home. They lived here from 1904 until the death of Cather’s parents (father in 1928, mother in 1931). Willa Cather's parents purchased this home in …
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Call for Applications: Research Grants for Willa Cather Scholarship
Call for Applications: Research Grants for Willa Cather Scholarship October 2, 2019 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) English Department, in cooperation with the Cather Archive of the UNL Libraries and the National Willa …
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