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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection
… expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation
Image Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation December 20, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and staff wish you all the joys of the season. This year's holiday card was reproduced from an undated Christmas card Willa Cather sent to …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… and future professionals show an interest in history, the arts, or a career in the nonprofit realm. This summer of … Ashley Olson. While in Red Cloud, he is living in the apartment at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through … has to offer. A museum exhibit, bookstore, archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church
Image St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church It was here that Annie Pavelka, the prototype for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became a residential home. Visitors will notice the "poor …
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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 of … 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
… by the Willa Cather Foundation and the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Set in the ancestral home of the Cather …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society
… children, education and the environment. Upon returning to Nebraska from Chicago and becoming director of Humanities Nebraska, she began visiting Red Cloud and decided that the … said: “The Cather Foundation, in collaboration with other Nebraska organizations, is involved in the restoration and …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… This is what scholars should do with knowledge. Part of my response was also due to Red Cloud itself and the … that experience, however, Ryder was assigned the reading of My Antonia in 8 th grade. Something in the text spoke to her. …
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Seeking Volunteers & Part-time Staff
… to be dissolved into something complete and great.” – My Ántonia Over 8,000 visitors from forty states and five …
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National Willa Cather Center to Offer New Opportunities
… Image National Willa Cather Center to Offer New Opportunities August 12, 2016 As … of over 100 photos of the George and Franc Cather family, Willa Cather’s uncle and aunt, the first Cathers to … spaces like a classroom, greenroom, and expanded art gallery will enable us to deliver arts and educational …
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