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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home
… America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent … Landmark and a major tourist destination, the National Willa Cather Center announced today a $415,000 federal Save … SAT Impact Map at go.nps.gov/satmap . For more information about the grants and the Save America's Treasures Program, …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment
… 19, 2021 Literature enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud and virtually—thanks to the ongoing work of the Willa …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021
… Image Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021 August 16, 2021 For many of us … grandmother's memory. She spent decades talking in schools about her grandmother's friendship with Willa Cather; she … vision a reality. "You'll always remember me when you think about old times, won't you?" Cather wrote in My Ántonia . …
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Community Events: Free and Open to the Public!
… of the conference, we are also hosting several events in Red Cloud on Saturday, June 5—the last day of the … open to the greater community, free of charge . We invite visitors to join us at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 Despite … be entirely remote while still giving each intern valuable museum work experience. Our two interns this summer are Alise … work, and we thought it would be fun to share a little bit about them. Alise Perault is a Preservation Studies graduate …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… who was on her way to the National Willa Cather Center to install her amazing exhibit on native grasses . Her work …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in My Ántonia , he remembers the … found sunflowers being grown by many of the tribes they visited in the 1500s and took those seeds with them as they … me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie this fall, be …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020
… Willa Cather Spring Conference that takes place June 4-6 in Red Cloud. If you would like more information about our scholarship opportunities, please visit the " Scholarships " page on our website. You can also …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… scan color film and often have prints made from the digital file but still use archival chemical processes. I prefer the …
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National Willa Cather Center selected as Passport Stop
… National Willa Cather Center is one of 80 attractions featured in the Nebraska Tourism Commission’s summer 2017 … was selected as part of the “Celebrate Nebraska 150” tour. Visit us by September 30 to get your passport stamped. You … (Chadron) National Willa Cather Center (Red Cloud) NE 150 Mobile Museum (Various Locations) Nebraska …
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