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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… is on the board of the Republican Valley Arts Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with … events. What are your favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and My Antonia . If you were to tell someone who had …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… our centenary publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa, Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first publication with Alfred A. Knopf. Joanna A. Blitch of Greensboro, North … Nebraska? No, unfortunately I never have! I would love to visit Red Cloud and the Willa Cather Cather Memorial …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators
… boxed lunch ($15 per person, inc. tax/tip) or a customized menu at extra cost. Or let us plan a perfect prairie …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in My Ántonia , he remembers the … found sunflowers being grown by many of the tribes they visited in the 1500s and took those seeds with them as they … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the Willa Cather Memorial …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020
… for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path took an unexpected turn when, … Willa Cather Spring Conference that takes place June 4-6 in Red Cloud. If you would like more information about our scholarship opportunities, please visit the " Scholarships " page on our website. You can also …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… truck traffic, and even witnessed an enormous wagon load hauled by train. In fact, the number of rail lines and …
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Woodress Research Scholars Grant
… announces the availability of two Research Grants for visiting scholars. These grants provide financial support … for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in Nebraska and at UNL. … graduate students, recent PhDs, and faculty not yet tenured. Projects should reflect the need for research at the …
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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph
… and Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House, I came across one image that I liked very much. In it, Willa Cather is holding a small baby, her niece Helen Louise … of that study-this beautiful photograph-so enriched by the visit to Red Cloud. It came about not because I was seeking …
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Friends Issue a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future
… Foundation recently joined forces to issue a challenge to Willa Cather devotees. The Willa Cather: Preserving our … The donors, who both wish to remain anonymous, have offered $20,000 of challenge money to be used to help raise … challenge is December 31, 2010. "More than 50,000 people visit the Foundation every year--either in Red Cloud or …
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