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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… Digital Projects February 16, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce two new digital … apps on the Cuseum platform. Designed to enhance guided tours for Red Cloud visitors or to stand alone as an … the American Bittersweet exhibit, or take the self-guided town tour, as well as listening to audio clips and viewing …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations … Ántonia When critic Randolph Bourne heralded My Ántonia in 1918 as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed
… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … David Harrell. In Vol. 33 of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. pp. 4-8. …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about …
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Historic Sites
… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … priest who served this church came by train from a nearby town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass …
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The Foster Family
… home on Red Cloud's Elm Street; she sometimes worked out of town as a nurse-companion. John worked as a laborer, a … By all accounts, the family was beloved among Red Cloud's townspeople. Early photos show that black and white children … as a civil rights leader. In 1910, he and his band began touring with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce as they traveled …
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Willa Cather Biography
… published which have changed just how Cather is seen and understood. Two of the most prominent recent volumes are … a countryside and a people. That relationship, he knew, cannot be gone after and found; it must be long and deliberate, … The Song of the Lark (150)—the Willa Cather who was about forty years of age was ready to do what was needed to …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a one-room … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
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Book Club Resources
… would also love to welcome your book club to Cather’s hometown! Take a tour of the town that raised Cather and peek into historical sites that …
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