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Back to School and Back to Cather
… , as well as the new collections pages on our website, to learn about Willa Cather and Red Cloud. There are even … Virtual Programs , including a link to our app (under the LEARN tab on this website) Zoom webinars for your class with … important scholarship programs each year: Several student scholarships , with different requirements and deadlines, …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… its descendants to fulfill the original mission to make known the significance of one of not just Nebraska’s, not … while conducting research quietly and comfortably in our new study center. And finally, our visitors from across the … most treasured personal possessions through our new museum exhibit.” Willa Cather Foundation Board President, Lynette …
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Willa Cather Foundation Receives Governor's Arts Award
… Image Willa Cather Foundation Receives Governor's Arts Award May 23, 2018 The … in 1955, the Willa Cather Foundation embarked on an ambitious quest to promote the life, times, settings, and work of … and the arts. Almost a decade ago, the WCF dared to dream about renovating a long-forgotten historic building to …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a several decades-long … sites and approximately 8,000 Cather related archival and museum artifacts, returns to local control the largest single … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic writers. …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home
… America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent … enable restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The Willa Cather Childhood Home, a … Willa Cather Center by History Nebraska in early 2019. “Visitors from all over the world remark that walking through …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected for the 2021 Nebraska Passport Program
… Image Image National Willa Cather Center Selected for the 2021 Nebraska Passport … are eager to travel again, and perhaps a bit closer to home,” commented Catherine Pond, marketing coordinator. “The … will receive a 10% discount on all guided historic site tours , as well as all books and products in our National …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 Despite … be entirely remote while still giving each intern valuable museum work experience. Our two interns this summer are Alise … work, and we thought it would be fun to share a little bit about them. Alise Perault is a Preservation Studies graduate …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators
… Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O … Cather knew them as a young girl—and would later write about. Enjoy an immersive and historic experience and let us …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall
… Image Image Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall July 31, 2019 Summer is in full-swing … for schools or groups who want to learn more about Willa Cather and the town that inspired so much of her writing. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, we offer an array of guided tour …
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Happy Birthday Willa Cather
… Image Happy Birthday Willa Cather December 10, 2018 On December 7, we celebrated Willa Cather's birthday complete with a festive cake and an open … from near and far attended the events, with afternoon tours of Cather's Childhood Home and the National Willa …
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