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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk An Artifact in Need of Conservation Image During preparation for the restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, a trunk was discovered tucked … The E.C. Cather trunk is an important part of the Cather family story, as it represents their migration. Like the …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … Sponsor Benefits Invitation to the welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Set of notecards featuring …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the … Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My … to make history come alive for people.” This work of the Foundation is of vital importance to Loomis, who allocated a …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie … which is why she has decided to include the Willa Cather Foundation in her estate plan. “After seeing how the history …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… Image A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that … to a trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate plans. … that springs to mind for them is a performance of the opera, The Bohemian Girl , that was staged to help …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Image Kohout at Willa Cather's grave in Jaffrey, NH Image Viewing Cather's … in 1972 at 102 years old and is buried in her hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska. Kohout grew up in Texas, but each summer she visited her mother’s family in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … text. This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that … does a threshing machine work?" The page below, related to My Ántonia, is an example of an FAQ Sheet exercise. Not only …
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One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center
… Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed novel My Ántonia . An all-inclusive fee of $175 includes … Landmark Red Cloud Burlington Depot J. L. Miner House of My Ántonia Grace Episcopal Church Farmers and Merchants Bank … collection pieces 4:00 PM Depart for Pavelka Farmstead of My Ántonia 5:30 PM Dinner* 8:00 PM Arrive in Lincoln 9:00 PM …
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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience
… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened in December 2023 after a … make up our “Two-Day Cather Immersion” package. Some of the tours and experiences listed can also be booked individually …
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Cather Legacy Society
… Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society A … come. Read More Abbie's Gift of Preservation Jaydene Miner Drew Preserving the Miner Legacy It was a chance roadtrip … time. Read More Read More About The Albertinis Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Giving Back for All Cather Gave Her Reflecting …
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