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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the space to tell more of Red Cloud’s—and the National Willa …
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Annotations from the Archive: Benefit
Image Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Benefit February 6, 2023 On February 4, 1888, Willa Cather and her friends staged a musical version of “Beauty and the Beast” in the Red Cloud Opera House. The adaptation they performed was from the book …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History
Image Image Image Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History March 6, 2023 In the summer of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud was well underway, and they …
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Hundreds Attend National Willa Cather Center Groundbreaking
Image Hundreds Attend National Willa Cather Center Groundbreaking July 1, 2015 As they placed their shovels in the dirt on June 5, leadership of the Willa Cather Foundation and acclaimed historian and guest Richard Norton Smith celebrated an important …
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Career Opportunity for Heritage Tourism Development Director
Career Opportunity for Heritage Tourism Development Director March 26, 2015 The community of Red Cloud, including the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund, the Willa Cather Foundation, the area Chamber of Commerce, the City of Red Cloud and others have …
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Save the Date: 16th International Cather Seminar, June 11-17, 2017
Image Save the Date: 16th International Cather Seminar, June 11-17, 2017 March 8, 2016 Mark your calendars for the next International Cather Seminar, scheduled for June 11-17, 2017, at Pittsburgh's Duquesne University. During Cather's ten years in …
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Prairie Exploration Backpacks Now Available
Image Prairie Exploration Backpacks Now Available February 15, 2019 To make your visit to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie a memorable experience, you can now borrow a fully outfitted backpack from the National Willa Cather Center . Our sixteen backpacks …
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Erica J. Ryan Lecture Sets the Tone for Conference
Image Erica J. Ryan Lecture Sets the Tone for Conference May 20, 2020 Erica J. Ryan, Associate Professor at Rider University, will join us virtually as a part of this year's Spring Conference, delivering a lecture that is sure to be a critical piece of …
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Celebrating Juneteenth
Image Image Image Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community convened for the 17th International Willa Cather Seminar at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. During our week …
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Take the Willa Cather Review Reader's Survey!
… Image Take the Willa Cather Review Reader's Survey! March 7, 2022 In an effort to better serve our members and the Cather community, we are conducting a brief survey (nineteen …
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