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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 … 98% of land has been converted to crop land while the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is among the 2% that remains … one of our prairie exploration backpacks for each of your children or yourself, to further explore prairie wonders …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in … Red Cloud and virtually—thanks to the ongoing work of the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . The … the foundation that bears their parents' names, the James children seek to support causes that will honor their …
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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 … preserve the site stemmed from it being the home church of Willa Cather and her parents. Two of the eight stained glass … windows that adorn the church were purchased by the Cather children in memory of their father Charles F. Cather and …
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Ardis Yost’s Chocolate Sheet Cake & Frosting

… 2021, we are featuring this recipe from our cookbook, At Willa Cather's Tables: The Cather Foundation Cookbook [2010: edited by Ann …
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J.L. Miner House

… the house is the best example of the style in Red Cloud. Willa Cather's first playmate in Red Cloud was Mary Miner. Cather became friends with all of the Miner children, but especially Carrie. She wrote to Carrie …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… nodding in time to his bites as he ate down toward them.” — My Ántonia When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in  My Ántonia , he remembers the story of Mormon settlers, …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Image Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society January 23, 2017 Like her parents and grandparents before her, Jane … to mind a class at Creighton University in which reading My Ántonia helps foster understanding of the modern wave of …
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One Book One Nebraska

… Image One Book One Nebraska November 4, 2012 Members of the Willa Cather Foundation staff and board were thrilled to be … specifically geared toward the book for both school children and book clubs. We look forward to sharing one of …
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Friends Issue a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future

… Foundation recently joined forces to issue a challenge to Willa Cather devotees. The Willa Cather: Preserving our Past, Pioneering our Future … familiarity with the author among Nebraska's school children. The donors, who both wish to remain anonymous, …
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Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success

… provide additional educational and archival programs of the Willa Cather Foundation, has successfully concluded, … and 187 previous contributors to join the Foundation. "Willa Cather is not only a Nebraska icon but a great … expand familiarity with the author among Nebraska's school children. "It is critical that everyone who appreciates …
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