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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… as the National Willa Cather Center’s Executive Director Ashley Olson, Education Director Tracy Tucker, and Education …
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Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

… Image Image Image Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation August 4, … exhibition, click HERE . You can also view a virtual gallery HERE . Learn more about Lynn R. Wolfe’s prolific and …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. NOTE: Archival …
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Welcoming our new Executive Director

… Cather Foundation Board of Governors has announced that Ashley Olson, Associate Executive Director, will assume the … of Governors. "The Board of Governors is thrilled to have Ashley move into the role of Executive Director and we have …
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Final Phase of Cather Center Construction Underway

… The Moon Block locally and The Duke Block in Cather’s The Song of the Lark , the fully restored building will become permanent … America’s greatest novelists. We are thankful to more than 480 individuals and foundations nationwide who have made …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center

… Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud Opera House as distinguished guest Laura Bush … and comfortably in our new study center. And finally, our visitors from across the country and around the world will …
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Nationwide Ántonia Scholarship Opportunity

… and study of Cather in high schools across the country,” Ashley Olson, executive director of the Willa Cather Foundation …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a several decades-long … sites and approximately 8,000 Cather related archival and museum artifacts, returns to local control the largest single … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic writers. …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent to … was built in 1879 in the vernacular tradition of early prairie houses. Willa Cather, one of our nation’s greatest … for generations to come.” The multi-year grant will support planning and implementation of critically needed …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley Olson, remarked that donors like Bernie and Nancy Picchi are … a major gift to the Willa Cather Foundation, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org …
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