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Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

… County dairy farm near Red Cloud, along with his older brothers, Henry and Laird, and parents Clyde and Eleanor … to return some of it to Red Cloud. “He was a big fan of the Willa Cather Foundation,” she added, “so I am pleased that we …
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Maureen Corrigan - "All the Glittering Prizes"

… Jun 3, 2022 | 7 - 8:30pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States NPR book … the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Corrigan's remarks will also address how books are valued and evaluated in our modern … as she reviews select works from the hundreds of advance reader copies she receives annually. Corrigan will sign …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… fixing any errors. Currently, I’m reviewing the archive’s photo collection and then digitizing them for future use. … are, unfortunately, missing. But there are some really good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants … I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with …
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Career Opportunity for a Program Associate

… Opportunity for a Program Associate November 4, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation seeks an outgoing and enthusiastic … The ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team A life-long learner who embraces …
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Career Opportunity for a Finance & Administration Coordinator

… a Finance & Administration Coordinator November 4, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation seeks an organized and detail-oriented … the arts The ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team A life-long learner who embraces …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… and reliant upon, the generous support and good graces of others. Leroy is a humble man and another reason we wanted … Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… Photographer, and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … for the Mountfords, the Obitz's, Helen Cather Southwick and others, out of my work in the area as a photographer and a …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild … the trail on the Laramie Plain of Wyominng in  The Song of the Lark , "where the wagon-trails of the … the landscape.] However, sunflowers were nothing new on the Plains. As early as 5,000 years ago, Native Americans …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young and emergent … to do), but I would say my favorite book is tied between O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark . The former because … archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the Opera House, or our conferences. It was …
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Newly Appointed Board Members Announced

… Newly Appointed Board Members Announced January 9, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation, along with a global community of scholars … working with various Pittsburgh groups and by working with others to help research and preserve Cather’s Pittsburgh …
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