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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

… Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, 2021 Literature enthusiasts … to the ongoing work of the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a …
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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church December 16, 2021 For image details, click through the banner slideshow or … and Munich, Germany. Through your generous support of our Campaign for the Future , we enthusiastically welcomed Nicholas Frei of Emil …
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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

… Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, … crossing them where they were wide and shallow. And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; … When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in  My Ántonia , he remembers the …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society

… 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

… Friends Issue a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future August 18, 2010 Two longtime contributors to the Foundation recently joined forces to issue a challenge to Willa Cather devotees. The … Willa Cather: Preserving our Past, Pioneering our Future Campaign will provide resources critical to preserving the …
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Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success

… Image Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success November 1, 2011 The recent Preserving our Past, Pioneering our Future challenge campaign, mounted to provide additional educational and … things, as this recent campaign has shown so dramatically." For more information about the Willa Cather Foundation, …
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