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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
Image Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud Opera House as distinguished guest Laura Bush delivered moving remarks for the dedication of the National …
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud
Image Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud February 28, 2019 On February 28, 2019, Willa Cather Foundation staff members accepted a special delivery as History Nebraska deaccessioned their Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home
Image Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent to preserve a National Historic Landmark and a major tourist destination, the National Willa Cather Center announced today a …
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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, Governor Ricketts expressed his opposition to “the Willa Cather Foundation’s plans to seek a …
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2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image 2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference March 13, 2014 Mapping Literary … Illusion Theater, and activities on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. The 3-day event will focus on the complex impact of …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… a late summer dinner. Reservations and Policies Price for one room: $139/night + taxes Price for entire home: … family descendant. Black Hawk Room The main floor contains one guest bedroom, called Black Hawk for the town in … Room Called Frankfort after the town in Cather's One of Ours , this room was reserved exclusively for Willa's use. …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship
… Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Due February 28 About the … Pavelka, prototypes for both Anton and Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel My Ántonia and Anton and Mary Rosicky in … generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
… Image Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper Flowers in her "Rose Bower" … transfer between History Nebraska and the Willa Cather Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center provided …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her … all winter. I want them to feel that and not to just think about it as some out-there story. History doesn’t mean much … 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
… Miner grew up as the third generation in the J.L. Miner House, or the Harling House in My Ántonia . He was the … three, her father and aunt Kay Jones Smith shared stories about summers in Nebraska at the J.L. Miner House. Jaydene’s … 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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