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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… This summer, we received notice of an unexpected and generous bequest from Dr. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Kyle. The news came from … believed motivated his father to remember the Willa Cather Foundation in his estate plan, Alex Kyle said, “My dad was … to celebrating literature and its way of educating people about early life on the Great Plains.” With his bequest, Dr. …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… house, the railroad depot, and the landscape. It’s one of my favorite places in all of America.” The Campaign for the … which is central to Cather’s most celebrated novel, My Ántonia. Adding to the success of the campaign is a Save …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she was … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the … but when I saw the job listed again years later, I just felt like it was meant to be. Please explain more about …
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Career Opportunity for a Development Associate

… development plan; grant writing and administration; event support; and fundraising communications. This position is an … reports Aid with execution and operation of an existing planned giving program Support the work of the development committee …
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Inaugural Read Across Red Cloud to be held March 2

… annual Read Across America day every year on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. This year, the Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud Community Schools, Auld Public … tradition of rich reading experiences. For more information about scheduled activities for Read Across Red Cloud, please …
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56th Annual Spring Conference

… popular culture of her day. From her enjoyment of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged … festive programming based on the conference theme,” said Foundation Board of Governors member and Conference …
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Social Networking 1890

… April 11, 2011 “Social Networking 1890: Nebraska Opera Houses in their Heyday” Red Cloud, Nebraska, April 19, 2011 — … of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged … in New York, who is President Emeritus of the Willa Cather Foundation, will be on display at the historic 1885 Red …
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Music on the Prairie

… the land that Cather so vividly described in works such as My Ántonia and O Pioneers!. “Music on the Cather Prairie” … “[Re]-settling the United States: How Multicultural Gastronomy Influenced the Flavors of American Literature.” This … Zora Neale Hurston, Jumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Amy Tan enables an understanding of cultural identity that is …
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Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud

… Image Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud June 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors invites you to join us for a … enabled to view it or at 402-746-2653 by August 18th. About the Willa Cather Foundation : The Willa Cather …
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December Soup Showdown

… chicken noodle soup recipe the best in a six-county radius? Or, do you have your own special concoction that your family and friends rave about? Now you have a chance to prove that you make the best soup in town! The Willa Cather Foundation is looking for individuals, businesses, church …
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