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Community Collaboration: Minari
… of family and what really makes a home. Loosely based on Willa Cather’s texts and in celebration of her 150th birthday … , which premiered in 2007 at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim, Lucky Life and Abigail Harm . Chung …
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Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour - SOLD OUT!
… to seeing historic Santa Fe. Our walking route will cover about 1.5 miles, mostly on sidewalks, but we will also climb … inspiration for the fictional Bishop Latour. We will learn about Sister Blandina Segale who helped to set up a hospital … visit the Cathedral on your own before joining the National Willa Cather staff for a drink and small bites nearby, …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National … 1:00 p.m. – Ántonia's Black Hawk: A Guided Seasonal Tour 3:00 p.m. – Encore Screening of Willa Cather: Breaking the …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… Archives Month, a time when we educate students and patrons about the value of archives. It’s easy to make the … arguments—and in this space we’ve done it before—about the importance of the historical record not only to … and by mailed questionnaire. Beginning her research into Willa Cather's life soon after Cather's death, Bennett …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… from the first extant Red Cloud Chief, October 9, 1873 Volume I, No. 15, is the first surviving issue of the Red … local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … a regular reader of that newspaper. Decades later as Cather Studies were just beginning, it was through those preserved …
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NEH Preservation Assistance Grant Award
… New Equipment for Our Archives August 6, 2024 The National Willa Cather Center’s Collections and Archives in Red Cloud, … by the American Institute for Conservation and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation helped to guide …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… and Locomotive Engineering Magazine were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's … Historic Places both for its significance to Willa Cather's writing and its architectural uniqueness. If you would like …
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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour
… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity for an advanced undergraduate … Since arriving in Red Cloud, Sarah has been a very avid prairie goer, and it's been their writing sanctuary when on …
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Historic Sites
… by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960 and opened to visitors in 1967. Many of the furnishings came from the … that Mass was about to begin. Anna Sadilek and John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both My … grand opening of the National Willa Cather Center. Pavelka Farmstead The Pavelka Farmstead and the fruit cave described …
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