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Jack F. Preis
… traveler of the Midwest and Great Plains. "I first read My Ántonia in college while, during my summers, I was working on a farm in Illinois. When I read …
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Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot
… The original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… as different as bankers and Boy Scouts. It addressed myriad social problems from poverty and debt to the … packages of cards like those I am sending to you. While my mother lived, she liked me to send my Christmas cards to her. But now there are very few people …
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Group Tours
… Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia & One of Ours Willa Cather once said, “I always … Farmstead, the famed setting at the end of Willa Cather's My Ántonia Shop at the National Willa Cather Center …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship
… and Annie Sadilek Pavelka, prototypes for both Anton and Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel My Ántonia and Anton and Mary Rosicky in Cather's short story "Neighbour Rosicky." Financial Data One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually. Each stipend is …
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Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial Scholarship
… son of Henry P. and Emma Wilson, was born November 20, 1894 and grew up at Geneva, Nebraska. He graduated from the … to Nebraska he and Helen M. Reiher were married February 9, 1923, at her parents home near Red Cloud, Nebraska. They … Walter Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Ántonia Scholarship Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial …
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Norma Ross Walter Scholarship
… Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Due January 31 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the … 2005: Alicia Dallman, Franklin 2006: Sarah Chambers, Palmyra 2007: Justine McMullin, Leigh 2008: Kirsten Block, … Walter Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Ántonia Scholarship Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial …
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National Willa Cather Center Scholarship
… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / ELIGIBILITY The purpose of the … or apprenticeship program. To be eligible, the recipient: 1. Shall be a graduating senior at Red Cloud High School. 2. … Walter Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Ántonia Scholarship Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… Movie." Warner Bros., in answer to this concern over the content of films, sent several executives on a nationwide … to Red Cloud characters rather than artistic merit or moral content. The Grand Island Independent noted, " From a … meet the newly adopted Hayes Code that governed the moral content of Hollywood productions. In 1977, Willa Cather …
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2024 Year-End Fundraising Campaign
… US REACH OUR GOAL! Image Donors and friends celebrate the Willa Cather Childhood Home dedication in June 2024. DONATE TODAY … 15%. YOU CAN COUNT ON MY SUPPORT! Your Gifts at Work at the National Willa Cather Center Access to the Arts programming …
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