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2015 Scholarships Awarded

… Image 2015 Scholarships Awarded July 2, 2015 On June 5, the Willa … the Norma Ross Walter and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarships, a new program provided five high school … Since 1987, the Willa Cather Foundation has awarded over 45 scholarships totaling more than $156,000 through the Norma …
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Jorn Olsen Photography

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Monday, Mar 16, 2015 | 12am - Sunday, May 3, 2015 | … where new experiences, places, and the unfolding of artistic vision are all gathered and synthesized while …
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WCF Collection Grows

… Grows February 12, 2015 As plans progress for the National Willa Cather Center and the new archival facility to be housed … advertising, Cather letters, and wonderful pieces of Willa Cather Foundation history have been added recently—all …
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25th Anniversary of the Norma Rose Walter Scholarship Program

… Walter Scholarship Program April 20, 2011 Since 1987, the Willa Cather Foundation has awarded 29 scholarships totaling more … award-presentation--held on April 29th at the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference--had special guests in …
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View "Portraits of the Prairie" Exhibit

… the Prairie" Exhibit November 4, 2011 It is often called "Catherland"-Webster County, Nebraska, where the quintessential American novelist Willa Cather spent her childhood and found inspiration for … take us to Red Cloud, Cather's childhood home; to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, a botanical jewel of …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be focused on Cather the poet, on poetry, and on today's poets from the … have long noted her sharp presentation of herself as prairie poet with "Prairie Spring" at the beginning of her …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… K. Stillwell, artist in residence. The workshop will take place in Red Cloud, Nebraska; the childhood home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Guided tours of Cather's childhood home and other historic sites relating to her life and …
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2013 Spring Conference

… while." These words ring as true today as they did the day Cather penned them, 100 years ago. Our spring conference will celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit … will serve dinner on the Cather Prairie. 58th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference "Fortunate Country": O …
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"Hard Punishments": Fragments of a Lost Work

… of a Lost Work December 16, 2011 At her death in 1947, Willa Cather was working on a story -- or perhaps a novel -- set … Charles E. Cather, who died in March 2011. In our Fall 2011 Willa Cather Newsletter & Review , we have published …
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Virtual Birthday Party

… Image Virtual Birthday Party November 21, 2012 Join the Willa Cather Foundation as we celebrate the birthday of one of the world's foremost authors, Willa Cather! In honor of Cather's 139th birthday on …
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