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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects February 16, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce two new digital educational initiatives, made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Blind d’Arnault. It utilizes archival imagery and artist biography to inspire patrons to grapple with larger …
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"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed
… November 14–17, 2024! We’ll explore the beautiful mountain town and the best of its historic and arts offerings, while … well as a host of selected outside readings, in addition to touring the Father Martinez Hacienda and Taos Pueblo, the … time in Taos, we will again be offering a guided walking tour in Santa Fe with professional tour guide Garrett Peck. …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about … restoration in more than fifty years. A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood … Willa Cather Bookstore will have an extensive offering of gifts and books at 15% off. Visitors on tour in December …
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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
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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
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's … increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering, O Pioneers! and My Á ntonia , but there are a succession of …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … the 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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