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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center

… mark in generations of efforts by Mildred Bennett’s kitchen cabinet and its descendants to fulfill the original …
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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

… Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent to preserve a National … grant will enable restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The Willa Cather Childhood Home, a modest one-and-a-half story frame home, was built in …
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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 … Theater, and activities on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. The 3-day event will focus on the complex impact of … p.m. Foraging on the Cather Prairie 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Gallery talks with Peter Brown and Catherine Meier 4:30 …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide 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 …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… bedroom description, and a papering experience, into The Song of the Lark (1915) when describing the young Thea Kronborg’s …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… to the long-term preservation and maintenance of the Pavelka Farmstead in Webster County. Anna Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, … that was done to ensure that the stories of immigrants like Anna Pavelka are shared for generations to come. Since 2020, …
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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 grandson of the home’s … Foundation as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at …
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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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