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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… Image Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.” May 19, 2021 We recently … and her elegiac sense of life. The first work I read was My Ántonia and the line about the “. . . precious, … before? I was last in Red Cloud and Lincoln in August 1974 while working on my dissertation and reading Cather’s …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic

… Image Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic March 31, 2020 1918 was a pivotal year for Willa Cather and the world. She would publish My Ántonia , …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… to behold!” The Colliers last visited Red Cloud in 2014. “When I think of Red Cloud, I think of it as quaint, … for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… Image Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa … favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and  My Antonia .   If you were to tell someone who had never …
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Newly Conserved Artwork Returns

… original W.T. Benda illustration for Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia , lovingly presented to a friend. The inscription, … Director & Archivist, at ttucker@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. …
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J.L. Miner House

… wrote to Carrie regularly throughout her life, and her book My Ántonia is dedicated "To Carrie and Irene Miner, In memory … Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour The Harling House 241 North Seward Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… Image Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, … difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Willa Cather Center was able to reconfigure two summer … and is originally from Columbus, Nebraska. Her interest in Willa Cather emerged as a result of working at the Molly …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from visiting … we are circulating an Educator Needs Assessment survey to learn more about how we can better serve teachers and … for our Ántonia and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarships is Thursday, February 28th. You can find …
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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 … Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia & Death Comes for the Archbishop   ❧ … Education Coordinator at  rolsen@willacather.org or 1.866.731.7304 (office) …
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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 … stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us to picture what life …
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