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Autumn Offerings for Educators

… be here, ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history."  This year, our touring options …
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A New Find from Recent Donations to the Archive

… at the National Willa Cather Center as several important gifts have recently joined our collections. As we look … from Willa Cather to her aunt Sarah Andrews, noting her gift of a pale yellow hyacinth. We will share more with you … exciting additions in the future. The back of the calling card reads: "Dear Auntie: Here is a splendid kind of pale …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… a perfect time to bring students to Webster county to tour Willa Cather sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from visiting places …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 … at the National Willa Cather Center Visit the Willa Cather Childhood home and other sites related to her life and writing Take in …
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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the National Willa Cather Center, author Will Fellows is working to bring forth … my questions in advance, so you would have time to think about things. If you would prefer to respond to my questions …
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I Love Public Schools Day Discount for Teachers

… of the 5th annual I Love Public Schools Day, the National Willa Cather Center wants to thank our teachers! Please fill out … for everything educators do, and we also want to hear about how we can further support your efforts to bring Willa …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… about us? We are big fans of Willa Cather. Having spent our childhoods in Iowa and Kansas, we were aware of Cather’s Red … to the incredible beauty of the prairie. We also loved the tour of Cather’s childhood home – seeing her attic room just as she described it, as …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… fall tours for schools or groups who want to learn more about Willa Cather and the town that inspired so much of her writing. …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, crossing … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the  Willa Cather Memorial …
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