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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … heartland, the prairie, and one of its charming small towns—a step back in time with an amazing author center and … Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud! Our town and country tours, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie visit, and unique …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… tours for schools or groups who want to learn more about Willa Cather and the town that inspired so much of her writing. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, we offer an array of guided tour …
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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 … me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the  Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  this fall, be …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… 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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Sites Manager Position Open

… Sites Manager Position Open July 23, 2019 The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) seeks a highly-organized, … and grounds. These properties include the National Willa Cather Center (30,000 square feet); the Red Cloud …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography

… to photograph the landscapes and buildings in and around Red Cloud and Webster County. Using Victorian-era and … brought you to Red Cloud this summer? A few years ago I visited New Mexico, attracted by the sights and the setting …
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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia

… Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to Willa Cather that “the thing that teases the mind over and over … If Cather’s  My Ántonia  has ever teased your mind, the  Willa Cather Review  is looking for writers and …
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Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice

… As the world remembers the end of the Great War, we at the Willa Cather Foundation would like to share—again— Telling War …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. … from, what are your interests, and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between …
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Suicide Grave

… Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia  was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis …
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