Search Results

29 results found

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel … hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and engagement and, in this capacity, she will …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … visiting south-central Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the … but when I saw the job listed again years later, I just felt like it was meant to be. Please explain more about …
Posted:
Last Updated:

56th Annual Spring Conference

… Spring Conference March 10, 2011 The 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Coming April 29-30 Red Cloud, … popular culture of her day. From her enjoyment of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged …
Posted:
Last Updated:

MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… While Turner captivated her young audience with recollections about the Dust Bowl—“I thought it was the end of … memories, however, were very fond, particularly her recollections of her grandmother Anna Pavelka’s delicious … growing collection of Willa Cather-related documents and artifacts. Click for more about our Educational Resources or …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… a major gift to our Campaign for the Future   with a generous pledge of $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to this year’s Willa Cather Spring Conference. The goal was simple: match the … “I feel so fortunate that Mildred Bennett shared her dreams about what the Cather Foundation should and could become …
Posted:
Last Updated:

NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… Image NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections October 20, 2021 On October 4, the National … institutions and those they serve.” Grants awarded are supported by $135 million in supplemental funding allocated … explore America’s story through the settings, writings, and collections associated with Willa Cather. In alignment with …
Posted:
Last Updated:

2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca

… Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of the Cather newsletter. As the first President of the Board of Governors …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Career Opportunity for a Program Associate

… to coordinate performances, exhibits, guided tours, and conferences, as well as associated virtual and in-person …
Posted:
Last Updated: