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Organization History
… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group … after Cather’s death, Bennett became fascinated by people, events, and historic sites in and around Red Cloud and … work; the St. Juliana Catholic Church , of the novel My Ántonia the Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a …
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Event Archives
… Jun 5, 2025 | 1 - 1:45pm CT Kick off the 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference with a talk from Ann Lundberg, … | 1 - 2pm CT Willa Cather's early novels depicting farm life explore both her memories of Nebraska and a nation …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson
… United States Join us five miles south of Red Cloud at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie beginning at 9:30 AM as … has worked as a reader of nonfiction for Britain’s foremost literary consultancy, TLC. In 2011, Wilkinson was awarded a …
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Virtual Author Series: Dr. Will Thomas, Michael Burton, and Dr. Kwakiutl Dreher
… many intersections between history and its artistic and literary portrayals, a pursuit Willa Cather herself valued and carried out in her own work. …
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Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
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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 … for Willa Cather a living memorial in the form of art and literary scholarships To secure the bonding, insurance and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … 1971 Fall Newsletter, Vol. 15 : "Restoration," page 2 1983 Literary Issue, Vol. 27 : "Grace Church, Red Cloud: A 'True …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thornton Oakley
… think Thornton Oakley is a really big man. He once did some wonderful things of Pittsburgh and the mills. He’s never commonplace.” … themselves, but Melissa Homestead, in her recent book The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty … drama Knots Landing , but she had starred in a number of literary stage productions, such as The Belle of Amherst , …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … activities and content designed to preserve Cather’s rich literary history. In addition to supervising a team of …
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