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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… and generous philanthropist in Chicago, New York, and Nebraska, Woods Lindley is perhaps best known to Cather … centenary of Cather’s birth in 1873 with the University of Nebraska Press, the book was a collaborative effort with her … Charitable Fund, started by her grandfather in Lincoln, Nebraska, provided a grant of $218,000 to enable the Nature …
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Virtual Book Talk With Daryl W. Palmer

… Cather as a sur­prisingly bold author whose youth in Nebraska served as a kind of laboratory for her future … stories. Palmer demonstrates that the relationship with Nebraska in the years leading up to O Pioneers! is more …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa

… I would like to shop around. Have you been to Red Cloud or Nebraska?  No, unfortunately I never have! I would love to …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators

… cannot fully replicate an in-person experience, the videos still provide the information instructors need from …
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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 … Helen Cather Southwick Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation for their support of the Humanities Internship at the National Willa …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… notable Cather fans from around the country and the world. Videos will launch at 7:30 a.m. CST on the National Willa …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… places featured in their history books or Cather’s famous novel. Educators can find information about school tour … questions about the upcoming scholarship deadlines, please contact our education coordinator Rachel Olsen at …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O Pioneers! , My … Archbishop   ❧ Willa Cather once said, “I always return to Nebraska.” ❧ Visit one of Nebraska’s premier historic attractions in a cultural oasis …
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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… to preserve key elements of Willa Cather’s early years in Nebraska began in the 1940s and she had many dedicated … and planted her roots deeply in the soil of Webster County, Nebraska.” * With a longstanding interest in the world of … from My Life in Public Television (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012), 186. …
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I Love Public Schools Day Discount for Teachers

… Image I Love Public Schools Day Discount for Teachers January 22, 2020 In honor of the 5th annual I Love Public Schools Day, the National Willa Cather Center wants …
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