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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

… of Mormon settlers, scattering seeds along their trail so others could follow their path to the West. This speculative … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the  Willa Cather Memorial …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. … Cloud, surprised you the most? How might you describe it to others? What surprised me the most was the amount of …
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Newly Appointed Board Members Announced

… Appointed Board Members Announced January 9, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation, along with a global community of scholars … Cather Seminar, and will be co-editing the Cather Studies volume 13. Dr. Jaap resides in the East End neighborhood of …
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Celebrating 100 Years of My Ántonia

… Novel”: Celebrating 100 Years of My Ántonia 63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Red Cloud, NE | May 31–June 2, 2018 … derivative works, fan studies, literary pilgrimage, and others. Please send 350-500 word proposals of individual …
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Ecotourism on the Great Plains: Red Cloud Workshop

… local development officials, conservationists, and others interested in building up the region’s nature-based … wild places. The workshop, put on in conjunction with the Willa Cather Foundation, will be held at Red Cloud Opera House, …
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25th Anniversary of the Norma Rose Walter Scholarship Program

… Image 25th Anniversary of the Norma Rose Walter Scholarship Program April 20, 2011 Since 1987, the … scholarships totaling more than $ 140,000 through the Norma Ross Walter Scholarship program. This year marks the 25th …
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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

… I came across one image that I liked very much. In it, Willa Cather is holding a small baby, her niece Helen Louise … accomplished public figure. I discussed this image (and the others in the gallery exhibit) as part of the Cather …
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"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

… XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses the Cather Spring Conference. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Willa Cather is partly responsible for my choosing the path … glass windows in memory of her parents. I had assumed, as others had before me, largely on the strength of Death Comes …
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