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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 … by the work of Willa Cather To provide for Willa Cather a living memorial in the form of art and literary scholarships …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… Our Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection, part of our Archives and Collections at the National Willa Cather … was unique. I have put your article in my scrap book.” Our archives are home to that article, printed in The Commercial … for this article was supplied by her at that time.” NOTE on ARCHIVES and IMAGE :  This whimsical postcard was sent by …
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Celebrating Juneteenth

… Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community convened … (pp. 23-24). Barbara's responses—those of a Black woman living in the same Virginia region where Willa Cather lived …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections

… Image What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National … greeted by children at the grocery store or when I hear about how much fun a friend had at an opera house show, I am … Red Cloud and part of the talented team at the Willa Cather Foundation. I love being part of an organization that brings …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … in almost all of these things is an intense desire to keep learning and creating—sometimes the more challenging the …
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Inaugural Read Across Red Cloud to be held March 2

… 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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New Musical Coming to the Red Cloud Opera House

… 15, 2015 The first staged reading of a new musical entitled CATHERLAND will be premiering at the Red Cloud Opera House … CATHERLAND tells the story of Susan, an emerging writer living the life of her dreams, complete with an adoring … to Red Cloud, Nebraska, the childhood home of novelist Willa Cather. Guided by her curiosity and the presence of a …
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Social Networking 1890

… Houses in their Heyday,” will be featured during the 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … York The exhibit, organized by Jay Yost, a Red Cloud native living in New York, who is President Emeritus of the Willa …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 … courses. Their inaugural June 2019 publication of A Lost Lady in Brazilian Portuguese, Uma mulher perdida , has …
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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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