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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
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Hotel Garber Construction Expands and Advances

… described its potential to attract smaller and mid-size conferences through modernized meeting spaces and food … makes plans to prepare for the opening, it has been a busy spring and summer at the construction site. The rebuilt …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… historic station has many artifacts related to the rail industry IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000 To Support Site … historic sites for our visitors.  The Willa Cather Foundation is the only Nebraska-based organization to … their institution." —Cyndee Landrum, Acting IMLS Director   About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The …
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Paint Analysis at Our Historic Sites

… paint palette and a restored porch: August 2024 Image Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation, was … article were matched from the determined Munsell colors by Tracy Tucker.   About David Arbogast Arbogast Paint Analysis …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image The NWCC Bookstore features every book written by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other … toward him at once. He has the first essential elements of literary taste. After the children have read these two …
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Seeking New Board Members

… Seeking New Board Members Join Our Board of Governors! August 6, 2024 Are you interested in serving on the Board of Governors of the Willa Cather Foundation? For the fiscal year of board service beginning … members of the Board. Applications are due by September 5. About the Willa Cather Foundation The Willa Cather …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour August 6, 2024 Our visitor services coordinator and expert … University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently pursuing a … to get better at the Prairie Tour, particularly talking about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. I …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … Rights, speaks to the diversity of Nebraska and our state’s place in the nation’s history.” University of … I aim to capture her standing, as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Home Rededication and Ribbon Cutting! Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, … reopening of this National Historic Landmark and its status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty … the construction site of the future Hotel Garber. Read More About the Restoration "I have a funny little room in the …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… virtual book launch and reading of Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather (at 7:00 p.m. CT). Birthday …
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