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Norma Ross Walter Scholarship
… War and a career newspaper editor in California. A lover of Cather and frequent visitor to Red Cloud, she was also a … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
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Ántonia Scholarship
… Annie Sadilek Pavelka, prototype for Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel My Ántonia and Mary Rosicky in Cather's … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… Image Image Image Image Red Cloud Opera House When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud …
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Hotel Garber Construction Expands and Advances
… the Central Community College Education Hub, the National Willa Cather Center, and the Community Center. “We want the added … booth space at recent events, he referred to the excitement about the project as “genuine and palpable” and noted that …
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IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000
… through its Museums for America Program The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce the award of a full … historic sites for our visitors. The Willa Cather Foundation is the only Nebraska-based organization to …
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Paint Analysis at Our Historic Sites
… Image The Cather Second Home Guest House is being repainted in the … including: the Burlington Depot, Pavelka Farmstead, and the Willa Cather Childhood Home (and in the early 1990s at the … from the determined Munsell colors by Tracy Tucker. About David Arbogast Arbogast Paint Analysis Website How to …
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"Books Old and New"
… Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024 Today is … than meat and flour." —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a complete reprint … those that have been tested and tried." Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New …
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Seeking New Board Members
… of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in 2024 Seeking New Board Members Join Our Board of Governors! August 6, … 1, 2025, the Foundation is accepting applications for new members of the Board. Applications are due by September … Center and continues to grow. We are currently recruiting new board members to help steer the organization toward a …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Parks or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently pursuing a …
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Historic Sites
… a small group of like-minded individuals incorporated in 1955, initiating the preservation of the places associated … John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both My Ántonia and "Neighbour Rosicky," were married in this …
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