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Apply for Our New Teacher Institute!

… things that would be most helpful to their efforts to bring Willa Cather to their classrooms. To meet both of these needs, education staff at the National Willa Cather Center has developed a summer teacher …
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Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

… to return some of it to Red Cloud. “He was a big fan of the Willa Cather Foundation,” she added, “so I am pleased that we … support that cause.” Asked if by chance her father ever met Willa Cather, she said, “No, but he had a huge stack of her …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… Red Cloud’s offices before being purchased in 1959 by the Willa Cather Foundation. Following efforts to convert the building … office, museum, and research space, it was dedicated as the Willa Cather Museum on May 26, 1962, with John G. Neihardt …
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Portrait of Evelyn Osborne Joins the Collection

… October 20, 2021 In her short story “The Profile,” Willa Cather writes of a painter who falls in love with his … heart of a disagreement between Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Willa Cather. As Mark Madigan has written in Vol. 44 of the …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

…  "We come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Here in Nebraska we are surrounded by wide open …
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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 … trunks designed to help educators teach students about Willa Cather. The new educational resources our interns …
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Welcoming our new Executive Director

… Welcoming our new Executive Director March 21, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors has announced that … comes as Leslie Levy, current Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation, has been named Executive Director …
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Nationwide Ántonia Scholarship Opportunity

… Ántonia Scholarship Opportunity August 21, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce that a permanent … been established as a result of the generosity of Antonette Willa Skupa Turner. The Ántonia Scholarship, as it will be …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018

… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration … in high school is their first introduction to not only Willa Cather’s work, but to literature itself,” education …
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Remembering Ántonia

… 2018 As we commemorate the centennial of My Ántonia , the Willa Cather Foundation would like to announce a special project … Paula Hempel Daharsh, Kent Pavelka, and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner. Each interview allows the viewer to gain …
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