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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 …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… for generations to come.” The multi-year grant will support planning and implementation of critically needed restoration work. Efforts will include foundation repair, interior and exterior structural and … for the Humanities (NEH), awarded these matching grants to support the preservation of nationally significant historic …
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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

… Image 2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference March 13, 2014 Mapping Literary … June 5–7, 2014 | Red Cloud, Nebraska The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to welcome Clay Jenkinson, popular … or works to attend, including recreational readers, local history buffs, students, teachers, and professional …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
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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

… 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

… and generous bequest from Dr. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he …
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