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Maureen Corrigan - "All the Glittering Prizes"

… The New York Times , The Boston Globe and The Nation among others. She is an associate editor of and contributor to … Corrigan's appearance is made possible by the Nebraska Cather Collaborative and the Philip and Helen Cather … Cather Collaborative is a joint effort of the National Willa Cather Center and the University of Nebraska's Cather …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… outreach project, as well as on the front lines of tour and visitor engagement in our bookstore. Thara is also … walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with small towns before I came to Red Cloud. My Mom had left to go back …
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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

… Janet Maruhn. Janet is Jim Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner … a volunteer, and with his tractor he tills gardens around town. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, Leroy has … alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of …
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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 … in Lucia’s memory. If you are so inclined, you may donate here .  OBITUARIES in The New York Times : LUCIA …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in  My Ántonia , he remembers the … found sunflowers being grown by many of the tribes they visited in the 1500s and took those seeds with them as they … 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

… 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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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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