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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… 2020 Despite the staffing difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Willa Cather Center was able to … As a high school student, Braxton was required to read My Ántonia, and he became interested in how the book’s time …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… Image Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring February 18, 2020 Spring is a perfect time to bring students to … sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen … gallery Hike, picnic, star-gaze dark skies, or watch the sunrise and sunset at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie —a …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live in the Des Moines, Iowa … immigrant stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us … we could picture the place where much of the early part of My Àntonia takes place. That was really fun, and we think it …
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Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner

… Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner September 25, 2019 Some kids growing up in Webster County, Nebraska, may not … history, and Karr recognized this after reading a copy of My Ántonia given to her by her own grandmother. “I loved that …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… Image Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall July 31, 2019 Summer is in full-swing here in rural Nebraska, but … any size. Is your high school class writing an essay about My Ántonia ? If so, our 7-Building Tour throughout the town …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; some of them were as big as little trees, with … dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path … Willa Cather Foundation awards each year. Furthermore, our Ántonia Scholarship, named for Cather’s most famous literary …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation

… Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation December 20, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and staff … County woman who inspired Cather's beloved character Ántonia. In the card, Cather wrote "Wishing Annie a Happy …
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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection

… An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection April 26, 2019 Would you like to directly support our preservation … expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will be …
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