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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… Bittersweet  exhibit, or take the self-guided town tour, as well as listening to audio clips and viewing collection … researchers and useful to the organization. "We've always known that there are treasures in our collection, and we're … year. The grant of $134,060 supported staff salaries as well as interpretation and programs.  "This award came at a …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… please contact director of collections and curation, Tracy Tucker, at ttucker@willacather.org.   …
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Virtual Author Series: Jim Locklear

… talk about his book, In the Country of the Kaw , a personal account of the natural and cultural wonders of the watershed …
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Virtual Author Series: Joy Castro

… in stark contrast to the Great Plains homesteading town of Willa Cather's youth in the 1880s.   This event is free with … of Cinema , Salon , Gulf Coast , Brevity , Afro-Hispanic Review, Seneca Review , Los Angeles Review of Books , and …
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Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

… four-year course of study in an agricultural or secondary education pursuit. Applicants must be a resident of Webster … died in 1988. Both she and Leslie were strong advocates for education, he also having taught, as well as working for the … School 2024: Libby Macklin, Blue Hill High School Student Scholarships To further Cather’s legacy and to support the …
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Norma Ross Walter Scholarship

… Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Due January 31 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the Norma … War and a career newspaper editor in California. A lover of Cather and frequent visitor to Red Cloud, she was also a … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of …
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Ántonia Scholarship

… Ántonia Scholarship Due February 28 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the … Annie Sadilek Pavelka, prototype for Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel  My Ántonia  and Mary Rosicky in Cather's … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of …
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Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Image Image Image Red Cloud Opera House When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing … school graduation oration in 1890.   OUR CURRENT SEASON OF EVENTS   Today, the Red Cloud Opera House features a …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… 2025 January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film adaptation … and Thursday, according to that week's Argus . Local reviews focused on the likenesses of actors to Red Cloud …
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Abbi Detlefsen

… Education & Program Associate Abbi joined the National Willa Cather Center staff as a tour guide in 2024 and was promoted … for studying historical events and people that she learned about from her father and grandfather.   …
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