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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections

… to be a part of the National Willa Cather Center. — Rachel Olsen , Director of Education & Engagement From the first …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … in having in the collection? Ah, I mean, in the Cather world we’re all chasing the grail, right? The manuscript of …
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Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project

… of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd … literary pilgrimages that would take Youd all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, I’m in Red Cloud, … to watch Youd (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: …
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"Red Cloud circa 1900" on Display

… calendar, which is available for purchase in-store at Cather Books & Gifts. During the early 20th century, Red … County, and the childhood hometown of American author Willa Cather. The "horse street railway" was an important … area and where a young Cather first encountered the greater world of the performing arts. The street railway was …
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Remembering Our Fallen

… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud Opera House stage, was very affected by World War I and the death of her cousin, G.P. Cather. She …
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2011 Season Pass

… of the original, one of the most famous canines in the world, will make an appearance on April 29th. Mont Alto … Kid” on April 30th. Both events are part of the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her …
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Exhibition and Reception Offer Preview of Artwork by Hastings Area Artists

… prints demonstrate a different view of the natural world. This exhibition will be on display from now until … call the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org. Programming at the Willa Cather Foundation’s Red …
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Social Networking 1890

… Houses in their Heyday,” will be featured during the 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … Cather wrote in the Diamond Jubilee edition of the Omaha World-Herald on October 27, 1929. It was later re-published …
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25th Anniversary of the Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Program

… of the Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Program April 18, 2011 Willa Cather Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Norma … Norma Ross Walter. Walter served in the Navy (Waves) during World War II. After the war, she graduated with a B.A. from …
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Music on the Prairie

… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the …
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