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Nationwide Ántonia Scholarship Opportunity
… Pavelka, prototype for Ántonia Shimerda in Cather’s novel My Ántonia and Mary Rosicky in Cather’s short story … will be asked to write an essay on Cather’s novel My Ántonia or her short story “Neighbour Rosicky.” … 2018, as we celebrate the 100th publication anniversary of My Ántonia. Applications will be available online by …
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Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long celebration of the …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections
… workers, and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour …
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2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca
… of the Year: Angela Duca March 8, 2022 The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce that Angela Duca has … whose selfless service is at the heart of the Willa Cather Foundation's work. Each year the Willa Cather Foundation …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist
… and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … York, and Nebraska, Woods Lindley is perhaps best known to Cather enthusiasts for her exquisite landscape and intimate … Conservancy to purchase the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to provide an endowment for its management and …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to various settings around North America that appear in Willa Cather’s novels. They recently spent time in Red Cloud where … at a beautiful October sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020
… Image Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college … of one scholarship, who will study agriculture or secondary education. Each scholarship requires an essay, and all of … " page on our website. You can also contact our Education Specialist Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… and buildings in and around Red Cloud and Webster County. Using Victorian-era and traditional photographic processes … So I learned about Cather and sought out her other works, contacted the Foundation, and on a return visit to New … I used early photographic processes, hand coating paper and contact printing the negative, or used a special paper in …
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Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice
… As the world remembers the end of the Great War, we at the Willa Cather Foundation would like to share—again— Telling War Stories: …
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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. Where are you from, what are your interests, and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, …
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