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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 … and a major tourist destination, the National Willa Cather Center announced today a $415,000 federal Save … was built in 1879 in the vernacular tradition of early prairie houses. Willa Cather, one of our nation’s greatest …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… Image Image Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society July 21, 2021 Those who have been … the presence of Mary Vaughan and her mother Evadne at Willa Cather Spring Conferences and International Seminars. … the Foundation, or if you would like more information about doing so, please contact :  Ashley Olson, Executive …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… Image Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud April 29, 2022 Los Angeles-based artist … and gloves, he has so far braved some unusually cold April prairie winds—and a rare sweltering day while in the … Home attic—as he has moved around to different Willa Cather-related sites. We asked him about his artistic …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center will be host to a unique exhibit by … Faces," pp. 289-314 April 22 — Willa Cather Memorial Prairie (Miner House if inclement ): "Stupid Faces," pp. …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… (or works) from your exhibit and why? I have two favorites: Song of the Lark and Golden Goddess . The former required considerable … before? I was last in Red Cloud and Lincoln in August 1974 while working on my dissertation and reading Cather’s …
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Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… virtual programming, new interpretive signage, and new tour formats—all of which present unique opportunities to … can take advantage of our walking tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home; these drop-in tours take place at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by noted Nebraska artist Allan Tubach, … in 2005. “I was at Allan’s house, and he knew I liked Willa Cather, and I said, 'Gee, I just have to have that … and being in the setting for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often volunteer at …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live in the Des Moines, Iowa … stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us to picture what life …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the … Helianthus annuus  and  Helianthus petiolarus . Mormon pioneers described finding sage and sunflowers in 1850s Utah …
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