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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration August 16, 2021 Rehabilitation efforts at the Farmers and … rooms to refinish and fully utilize the space for future museum exhibits. The bank’s lobby will once again be … available in connection with charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018

… of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration of the … contemporary issues, including immigration, religious difference, gender, class, and environmental … at ttucker@willacather.org, or by phone at (402) 746-2653. About the novel: Willa Cather’s My Ántonia (1918) is one of …
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud

… Memorial Collection. Consisting of approximately eight thousand archival pieces and museum artifacts, much of the collection is made up of items … to make an appointment to research the collections, please contact archivist Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org or …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent to … and a major tourist destination, the National Willa Cather Center announced today a $415,000 federal Save … was built in 1879 in the vernacular tradition of early prairie houses. Willa Cather, one of our nation’s greatest …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program

… after several years of tremendous growth,” says archivist Tracy Tucker. “This assessment will help us plan for and …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… a major gift to our Campaign for the Future   with a generous pledge of $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to … husband Bernie’s career in investment research analysis, Foundation founder Mildred Bennett appealed to Nancy to … “I feel so fortunate that Mildred Bennett shared her dreams about what the Cather Foundation should and could become …
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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… Image Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith … Lewis, written October 4, 1936, is in the Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa … in the West; she not very far above the horizon, and he about mid-way between the zenith and the silvery lady …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society July 21, 2021 Those who have been immersed in the Cather community … little girl. Characters like Lucy and Thea Kronborg of The Song of the Lark shaped Mary’s aspiration to be an artist from a young …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour … us to: Create and develop phase two of the National Willa Cather Center’s self-guided and app-supported tours, featuring our historic sites and special collection …
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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… Louis, Missouri, and Munich, Germany. Through your generous support of our Campaign for the Future , we enthusiastically welcomed Nicholas Frei of Emil Frei & … available in connection with charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at …
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