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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, … of art that belonged to Cather or were inspired by her writing; museum and archival items related to Webster …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library

… from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's historic Burlington Depot, in service for more … We hope the new interpretation at the Depot will give visitors a glimpse of daily life at the station. Nelson … and  Locomotive Engineering Magazine  were found in the Willa Cather Childhood Home attic and date to the Cather's …
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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … of Red Cloud  and  American Bittersweet: The Life and Writing of Willa Cather . Each site on this tour offers …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!

… at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity for an advanced undergraduate … motivated by the internship experience so much and hope to learn more about the conservation and preservation of the … by Cather’s strong prose, Sophie was also interested to learn more about the person behind the writing, fellow …
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Historic Sites

… sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went …
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine

… Image "From Bookshelf to Dreamworld: Cather and the Underground Stream" Spring Conference Friday, … Cloud , NE 68970 United States This Event is Part of the Willa Cather Spring Conference We are pleased to welcome … Fajardo-Anstine is the 2022-2024 Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University. She is from Denver, …
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Rachel Olsen

… Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in October 2017 and has … in Women’s Studies and was a full-time faculty member and writing center director at Oklahoma City Community College …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… This process is underway in our collections now, as we revisit and reappraise many of the objects acquired when the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial was a nebulous new idea, yet … the South,” but had recently finished a watercolor of the Cathers’ home (the Cather Second Home on Seward Street) and …
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My Ántonia Selected for NEA’s Big Read

… Image My Ántonia Selected for NEA’s Big Read Introduces “Where We … for the Arts (NEA) announced in October that Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected for their … each. The Intent to Apply deadline is Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Visit Arts Midwest’s website for complete grant …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies

… Image Willa Cather's name inside Pilgrim's Progress Annotations from the … Archive: Association Copies January 3, 2024 The National Willa Cather Center’s archives contain numerous book … Leach, who became an influential editor and leader in writing circles. As the editor of  The Forum , Leach managed …
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