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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment
… enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in … Center — a museum and archive that opened in 2017 as a living memorial to Cather. Campaign Co-Chair Jay Yost, …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns
… in our archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the … of Red Cloud. For the past three years, I have been living in Lincoln while pursuing my bachelor’s degree at the …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often volunteer at …
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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought
… Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the National Willa Cather Center, author Will Fellows is working to bring forth … that preserves and interprets that world for those of us living today, Fellows considers Mildred Bennett to be a …
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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia
… Image Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to … little or great, it belongs to Literature.” If Cather’s My Ántonia has ever teased your mind, the Willa Cather … this novel. 2018 is the centenary of the publication of My Ántonia . To celebrate this anniversary, the Willa …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young … to do), but I would say my favorite book is tied between O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark . The former because …
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New Book in the bookstore!
… new economic and cultural life to those same communities.” Willa Cather herself was a champion of the opera house. In a … Martha, The Mikado. Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." Ann Satterthwaite is a city planner in …
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Read Across Red Cloud
… 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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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… Image 2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success July 24, 2015 2015 was … very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we celebrated our 60th Spring Conference in …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth Century" says, "from the literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and …
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