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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark with a series of special …
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Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society

… break. During the visit, they learned about the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. The couple … of a climate-controlled archive within the National Willa Cather Center was particularly pleasing. The couple …
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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 … visitor to Red Cloud, Walter was a firm believer in education for young women. The Antonette Willa Turner … member Virgil Albertini, are a fundamental part of our educational mission. …
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Jorn Olsen Photography

… wildlife, Hastings photographer Jorn Olsen has captured the raw and natural beauty of the state with a click of the …
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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 … Cather's Poems, now in preparation, will be among the last volumes published in that series by the University of … be sent by February 15, 2012 to: Robert Thacker Canadian Studies Program St. Lawrence University Canton, New York …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie …
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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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