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Burlington Depot
… original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud! Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this …
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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… for the Humanities Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grant. These new projects, a mobile and …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Click below to access our booking form! Booking Form Learn more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed
… and The Professor’s House , as well as a host of selected outside readings, in addition to touring the Father … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … Selected Letters of Willa Cather , by Janis Stout and Andy Jewell. …
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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 historic site tour options. After an …
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Historic Sites
… John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both My Ántonia and "Neighbour Rosicky," were married in this … and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia “to Carrie and … farm family in Nebraska. “We turned to leave the cave; Antonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children …
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The Foster Family
Image Eva Foster, photographed in Red Cloud's Bradbrook Studio Image All students—regardless of race—attended Washington School The Foster Family According to his death notice in the Red Cloud Weekly Advertiser , John Foster (1855–1924) came to Red Cloud …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … has been the new and ready availability of Cather’s own letters to researchers. These letters are held in archives … precluded by a proviso in Cather’s will. But The Selected Letters of Willa Cather (2013), edited by Andrew …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life … the site opened to visitors in 1967 and was gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978. The … the ages of ten to sixteen. While she moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm instead. Lucy Gayheart is serialized in Women’s Home Companion and …
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