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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored Willa Cather Childhood home and … or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus Tours Meals, Lodging, and Perks Free meal & tours for bus drivers/tour …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered … you help ensure that her work is ever present—and that future generations continue to learn, reflect, and be …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… a beverage with Bob Thacker & Mark Madigan at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy … to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the Willa Cather … 1987, and he’s traveled across the country and abroad for International Willa Cather Seminars. “The Cather group was …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… on the heels of the Willa Cather Foundation’s successful Campaign for the Future . In 2019, History Nebraska gifted the Foundation six … The Cather family trunk’s conservation was not part of this campaign, and we must raise additional funds for this …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the inspiration for …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… of the Pavelka Farmstead was one of key components of the Campaign for the Future , and while Loomis has not seen the updated site in … of vital importance to Loomis, who allocated a multi-year campaign pledge to the Pavelka Farmstead rehabilitation …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… feels Cather’s influence. She works as a vice president of product development and design for a housewares company, but …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… Image A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that … of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” Considering this, it’s not surprising that when … prior to a trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing … Spring Conference , an event she first attended in 2013. “I love the fact that it’s just scholarly enough to …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters to photos to maps and oral histories, underpin the interpretation at our …
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