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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… to our collection separately, though both originated with Willa Cather’s niece, Helen Cather Southwick. Both had come to us … a book of essays, surely.” Sergeant was, by this time, also writing for New Republic , and the sketches she was creating …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… Resurrection”), Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, … her paintings by John Blake Bergers. This summer, we were contacted by the purchaser of the untitled painting of Blind … in Red Cloud. If you have any such memorabilia, please contact archivist Tracy Tucker via email, …
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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 … that surrounded Willa Cather and sometimes disagreed about how to preserve her legacy. The Willa Cather Pioneer …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the …
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Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes
… reveries and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end of … two years had passed since Cather confided to Mrs. Stowell about her reluctance to give up scientific inquiry in the …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel … and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with …
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Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project
… of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd spent his … to watch Youd (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson
… a day of fun, art and education on Saturday, June 25th. The Willa Cather Foundation will host a prairie photo walk, and an … and worked as a reader of nonfiction for Britain’s foremost literary consultancy, TLC. In 2011 Wilkinson was awarded a …
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Spring Conference Line-Up Announced
… Image Spring Conference Line-Up Announced May 9, 2016 The Willa Cather Foundation hosts their 61st annual Willa Cather … Cather’s life and war-era writings but on those of her literary contemporaries, as well as the legacy of the war on …
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Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!
… Humanities Interns! June 15, 2022 This summer, the National Willa Cather Center, with support from the Nebraska Cather … museum trunks designed to help educators teach students about Willa Cather. The new educational resources our …
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