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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and go, but the land is … the other people and the other places I had been writing about. I loved the country where I had been a kid, where …
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Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!

… Humanities Interns! June 15, 2022 This summer, the National Willa Cather Center, with support from the Nebraska Cather … museum trunks designed to help educators teach students about Willa Cather. The new educational resources our …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018

… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration of the …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… publishes Brazilian author Clarice Lispector in English. How were you introduced to Willa Cather and why are you … about, but definitely not a lot of folks have read. When I began to really consider the idea of Ponto Edita, we started … there was that. And also some of the terminology related to winter. I remember this one word, “muff.” I mean, we barely …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… husband Bernie’s career in investment research analysis, Foundation founder Mildred Bennett appealed to Nancy to … My Ántonia . With continued encouragement by Foundation staff, Nancy and Bernie agreed to purchase the house after … “I feel so fortunate that Mildred Bennett shared her dreams about what the Cather Foundation should and could become …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour … cultural and educational nonprofits to retain and rehire staff, maintain operations essential to their missions, and … proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its …
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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… or click on images in the sidebar to enlarge. When the Willa Cather Foundation was gifted the Grace Episcopal Church by … the first of December. While more remains to be discovered about the original fundraising and manufacture of the other …
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Student Scholarships Awarded

… Student Scholarships Awarded June 20, 2022 The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce our 2022 recipients … pursuing a higher education degree. For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact education …
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Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded

… July 20, 2021 Student Scholarship Recipients The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce our 2021 recipients … degrees. Scholarships awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $190,000 and have …
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2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca

… Pioneer Memorial, volunteers collected clippings and news about our work, our volunteers and staff, Cather mentions and research, and information related … whose selfless service is at the heart of the Willa Cather Foundation's work. Each year the Willa Cather Foundation …
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