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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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Meet Intern William Kelly

… and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … LaGrange, Indiana. I’m a proud alum of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. … of the Lark . So after that, I’ll move on to the famed My Ántonia . I try to take my reading out to the Willa Cather …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church

… for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became … to begin. The building was dedicated and consecrated in 1970.  7-Building Tour Self Guided Tour St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church …
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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 … 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

… Image Cather Symposium: Ireland October 13, 2017 Cather Symposium: Ireland June 28–July 1, 2018 … Cather family, and taking place during the centennial of My Ántonia , the symposium will explore themes deeply resonant …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Image Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society January 23, 2017 Like her parents and grandparents before her, Jane … to mind a class at Creighton University in which reading My Ántonia helps foster understanding of the modern wave of …
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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 … Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org or 402-746-2653. …
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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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