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

… Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 Despite … Helen Cather Southwick Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation for their support of the Humanities Internship at the National Willa …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from … Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org or 402-746-2653. …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit … Cather knew them as a young girl—and would later write about. Enjoy an immersive and historic experience and let us …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… 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

… 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

… 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 … 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

… expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will be … contact executive director Ashley Olson at 402-746-2653 or aolson@willacather.org for details. You may also donate …
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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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