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Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

… financial assistance to residents of Webster County (Nebraska) who plan to enroll in a two- or four-year course … Wilson, was born November 20, 1894 and grew up at Geneva, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska, served in World War I and after discharge …
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Norma Ross Walter Scholarship

… Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Due January 31 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the Norma … War and a career newspaper editor in California. A lover of Cather and frequent visitor to Red Cloud, she was also a … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of …
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Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Image Image Image Red Cloud Opera House When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… 2025 January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film adaptation … in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, "Wasn't it funny about sister Jessie playing about in the movie world with 'A …
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Virtual Author Series: Thomas C. Gannon

… Gannon's reading! Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the view of Humanities Nebraska or the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. You can also …
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Abbi Detlefsen

… Education & Program Associate Abbi joined the National Willa Cather Center staff as a tour guide in 2024 and was promoted … for studying historical events and people that she learned about from her father and grandfather.   …
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Thrift Style

… Arts Alliance. Supported in part by a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Image Thrift …
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My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel

… Image Willa Cather Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events Saturday, … by Ashley Olson, executive director of the National Willa Cather Center. Heralded by critics following … worked and performed with us in Red Cloud in recent years.] About Our Speaker Ashley Olson has been a member of the …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… "Where We Live" theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood … real-life friend, Anna Sadilek Pavelka, who immigrated to Nebraska from Bohemia (the Czech Republic today) in 1880. …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Cather , Red Cloud, NE: a special Red Cloud Opera House Gallery exhibit of international works honoring the birth …
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