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… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, … her life. A self-made woman, Cather wrote about the homestead experience; the settlement and growth of middle … Programs and services include regular guided  historic site tours , conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … Grace Episcopal churches, and the Willa Cather Childhood Home in Red Cloud. Harris was a lover of literature and a …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… Image Image Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa …  "We come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Here in Nebraska we are surrounded by wide open …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the … special projects behind the scenes. I am trained to give tours, and interacting with guests and helping them utilize … kid I thought of my Grandma and Grandpa’s house as a summer home. This house was bright yellow, on the paved part of a …
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Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of … from our traditional guided tour formats , outdoor-only tours led by a guide, or completely self-guided experiences. … of our walking tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home; these drop-in tours take place at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities … for the porch restoration project at the Cather Second Home. Leroy and Janet also dug up and saved the peonies at … alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… Image Image Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie Writers' Workshop for beginning, aspiring, or experienced …
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Registration is Open for Prairie Writers' Workshop with John T. Price

… by Pheasant and Other Kinships (Da Capo Press, 2008) and Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American …
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