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Crossroads: Change in Rural America
… councils across the nation, and local host institutions. To learn more about “Crossroads” and other Museum on Main …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson
… of one of the region's greatest writers, Mari Sandoz. His blog from that time formed the basis of the book, The Red …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
… of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud … by the work of Willa Cather To provide for Willa Cather a living memorial in the form of art and literary scholarships …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County
… lacked many of the common plants to be found on the Central Plains and to the West. Thankfully, others were quicker to … the director of—the Department of Natural History and Geology at Doane College. The 1891 letter answers a letter … from Swezey about classification of wildflowers of the Great Plains did become accepted within the scientific …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … retiring in 1877 when she was almost ninety. In addition to writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Hale is perhaps best known …
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Celebrating Juneteenth
… Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community convened … (pp. 23-24). Barbara's responses—those of a Black woman living in the same Virginia region where Willa Cather lived …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … — Jen Schriner, Facilities Assistant I am grateful to be living in Red Cloud, and working among people who celebrate …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … I would love to know more about she and Lewis’s day-to-day living: Willa Cather’s wine journal or a list of the books …
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Inaugural Read Across Red Cloud to be held March 2
… every year on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. This year, the Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud Community Schools, Auld Public … celebrate the joy of reading. It is a day for those of us living in the region where Pulitzer Prize winner Willa …
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New Musical Coming to the Red Cloud Opera House
… Image New Musical Coming to the Red Cloud Opera House April 15, 2015 The first staged reading of a new … entitled CATHERLAND will be premiering at the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, May 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. Playwright …
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