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Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour - SOLD OUT!
… characters in the novel that Cather called her "best book," such as Kit Carson, Padre Antonio José Martinez, and … Stations of the Cross Prayer Garden. Following the guided tour, you'll have time to visit the Cathedral on your own before joining the National Willa Cather staff for …
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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 … to launch our series of NEA Big Read programs devoted to My Ántonia with a special fall kick-off! Please join us for … Breaking the Mold 10:00 a.m. – Pick up a FREE copy of My Ántonia, shop the bookstore, and explore our three new My …
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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 … the very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … you might imagine! In our organization's earliest days, Mildred Bennett, our founder, spent a great deal of time …
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Annotations from the Archives: The End of an Era for the Chief
… local history or, in our case, exploring the life of Willa Cather. We know that Willa Cather held a warm place in her … collections at the Webster County Historical Museum and the National Willa Cather Center, while others were simply …
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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
… 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
… the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and the Red Cloud Opera House. Visitors will also have an opportunity to explore two … guests the opportunity to deepen their core knowledge about Willa Cather's early life in the Nebraska town that … efforts led by the National Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster Street …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Sarah Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … Interns! June 12, 2024 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning …
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Historic Sites
… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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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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