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Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner

… Image Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner September 25, 2019 Some kids … about where I lived,” Karr explained. She has also read O Pioneers!  and she has a copy of Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… any size. Is your high school class writing an essay about My Ántonia ? If so, our 7-Building Tour throughout the town … for students and groups here . Please contact Rachel at 402-746-2653 or rolsen@willacather.org to answer any …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… nodding in time to his bites as he ate down toward them.” — My Ántonia When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in  My Ántonia , he remembers the story of Mormon settlers, …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Willa Cather Foundation awards each year. Furthermore, our Ántonia Scholarship, named for Cather’s most famous literary … annual Willa Cather Spring Conference that takes place June 4-6 in Red Cloud. If you would like more information about … Specialist Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org or 402-746-2653 with any questions you may have.  …
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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection

… Image Image An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection April 26, 2019 Would you like … contributions from our members and friends to help us move ahead with the conservation work. The …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation

… County woman who inspired Cather's beloved character Ántonia. In the card, Cather wrote "Wishing Annie a Happy …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young and emergent scholars and future … to do), but I would say my favorite book is tied between O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark . The former because …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church

… Church It was here that Annie Pavelka, the prototype for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, … Self Guided Tour St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church 425 W. 3rd Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States …
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Suicide Grave

… The former location of the Mr. Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia  was described by Willa Cather as a little island … into the Red Cloud Cemetery sometime between 1905 and 1914.  “Years afterward, when the open-grazing days were over, … and in all that country it was the spot most dear to me.” — My Antonia Country Tour United States …
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Cather Symposium: Ireland

… Cather family, and taking place during the centennial of My Ántonia , the symposium will explore themes deeply resonant …
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