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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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The New Virginia Church
… this area. Because this was a Methodist church, the Cathers did not attend services here but instead went to the Baptist services held in the old Catherton schoolhouse farther north. Looking east of the New … Virginia Church, you see the site of the sod school house Willa Cather attended her first year in Nebraska. Country …
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Bladen
… of the founder of the Lincoln State Journal and friend of Willa Cather, the town of Bladen boasts the home of G.P. Cather and his wife and the Bladen Opera House, where Anna …
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Bladen Cemetery
… The Bladen Cemetery, just southeast of town, is where G.P. Cather, hero of One of Ours and Willa Cather's cousin, is buried. "He died believing his own …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and … this beautiful, brick street town. Click here to learn more about Red Cloud. Click here to search past issues of the Red …
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Celebrate Cather's Birthday!
… Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st … and the suggested donation. Invitations and publicity about the events will be provided by the Willa Cather …
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New Collection of Letters
… of Letters December 15, 2014 Our growing collection of Cather papers and objects was enhanced recently with the … to donate this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return … the care and study of these letters possible. Inquiries about the letters should be directed to Education Director, …
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Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition
… Image Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition October 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is delighted to announce their membership … Park posters of the 1930s and will be available soon at the Cather Foundation bookstore. Other coalition partners …
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Woodress Research Scholars Grant
… Image Woodress Research Scholars Grant October 6, 2014 The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln … for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in Nebraska and at UNL. … August 31, 2015. The Cather Project will assist with advice about travel, lodging, and a trip to the Willa Cather …
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New Addition to the Archive
… Image New Addition to the Archive October 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation has recently received a fascinating letter … "must, I think, have a very keen and definite feeling about it, but it almost hopeless to try to communicate it to …
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