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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 to … of critically needed restoration work. Efforts will include foundation repair, interior and exterior structural and …
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There Is No Willa Cather National Heritage Area

… Image There Is No Willa Cather National Heritage Area April 8, 2021 In a public letter to Willa Cather Foundation executive director Ashley Olson on Wednesday, …
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2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference

… creative panel presentations, an Opera House production of My Ántonia by Minneapolis-based Illusion Theater, and … defining them and their situations. In O Pioneers! and My Ántonia , Cather was the first American novelist to treat … p.m. Art demonstrations at Cather Foundation sites: Dr. Amy Springer,recycled glass quilting with Kari Ronning and …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] … book in the afternoon, or winding down in the evening with friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room: …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… in the author’s attic bedroom at the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Long after Cather left Red Cloud and became a Pulitzer … Historic Landmarks in Nebraska, the Willa Cather Childhood Home was designated in 1972 after its purchase and … to all visitors for generations to come. As with the places associated with famous authors, Willa Cather's …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the … Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … to make history come alive for people.” This work of the Foundation is of vital importance to Loomis, who allocated a …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … which is why she has decided to include the Willa Cather Foundation in her estate plan. “After seeing how the history …
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Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … Cooperative Producers, Inc. B. Keith and Norma F. Heuermann Foundation Claire M. Hubbard Foundation Rick and Kay Stahly …
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Cather Legacy Society

… A comprehensive estate plan takes into account the people, places, and causes you care about. Joining the Cather Legacy … firmly to a personal mission of making the earth a better place for all, and believes that this commitment is what …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship

Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Due February 28 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to graduates of Nebraska high schools who plan to enroll as English …
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