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Jorn Olsen Photography

… River to the vivid colors of an autumn sunset over the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, Olsen creates magnificent images of … May 2 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. prior to a production of Catherland:The Musical at the Red Cloud Opera House. …
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WCF Collection Grows

… Willa Cather Center and the new archival facility to be housed within it, additions to our archival collection … through the generosity of both new and old friends of the Foundation. Inscribed Cather photos, historic family photos, … family items which had been given to her mother. To inquire about archival holdings or schedule a visit, please contact …
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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

… and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be focused on Cather the poet, on poetry, and on today's poets … -10:45 a.m. Remarks by Thomas Reese Gallagher, Willa Cather Foundation Vice-President and Leslie Levy, Willa Cather … prose is "poetic," very few readers have had much to say about Cather's own poetry. In 1962 scholar Bernice Slote …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… from a professional writer, the workshop incorporates tours of seven local historic sites relating to Cather's … home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Guided tours of Cather's childhood home and other historic … Friday, May 18 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 & 3:00 p.m. Town tour of Cather historic sites 6:00-9:00 p.m. Writing …
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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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Essay Contest Winners

… as fiercely as if they had never happened before." ~ Willa Cather As we celebrate the 100th publication anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is …
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