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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … In addition to overseeing a growing archive of Cather letters and photographs, the addition of the Willa Cather … she did her first writing and where the wallpaper that she selected and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse …
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Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection Returns to Red Cloud

… staff members accepted a special delivery as History Nebraska deaccessioned their Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial … acquaintances in our early years and later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978 with the Willa …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… mainly around the flora, names of plants, because Nebraska is so represented in Cather’s work and, well, … different plants. So, some of the, say, flowers you have in Nebraska, we don’t have them here, or sometimes I would only …
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Willa Cather’s “Hiawatha Dress” On Exhibit

… was part of the recent collections transfer from History Nebraska. Due to its fragility, special care has been taken …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The Willa Cather Childhood Home, a modest … the age of ten to sixteen. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia … Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” As the most important Nebraska structure associated with her career, the Willa …
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Celebrate National Poetry Month

… to a revised edition of April Twilights [University of Nebraska Press: 2019]: "In April Twilights the reader enters …
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Alex Ross to Keynote 65th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… prairie world and is a lovely tribute to the writer and her Nebraska inspirations. This program is free and open to the public, thanks to the generous support of  Humanities Nebraska,  as a part of our Spring Conference.  To …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… the home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… honor their parents’ passions and their inherent love of Nebraska. Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the National …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… extended periods of time in her hometown of Hastings, Nebraska. Looking back, she recalls her relationship with …
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