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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… made. Though she postpones making selections, in a June 13 letter, Cather mentions to Mrs. Sherwood that she’s … roof on the church. It seems then, as now, the old church building was being improved and repaired! But we know from … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… to the Willa Cather Foundation over several years. In 1987, acclaimed actress Julie Harris accepted the invitation of … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
Posted: 10/20/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January … staff to develop instructional supports around Cather’s stories and novels, but also to treat educators to engaging … like, she’s messy, and that is what I love about her. If My Ántonia connects readers to the world of immigrant …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Coverage p. 3 Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4 Mailing of Newsletter p. 4 … Summer Art Workshop p. 2 Cather Graduate Seminar in 1981 p. 4 Lucy Gayheart Panel at Conference p. 5 Cather … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… and restore the original interior features Retrofit the building with new electrical and mechanical equipment prior … was completed by Carson Stone & Supply of Omaha using 3D scanning technology to replicate the intricate engraving … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… The Center will occupy Red Cloud’s historic “Moon Block” building following a restoration of the 1886 structure. … the Willa Cather Foundation must raise $144,000 by June 30th. Donors can send contributions to the Willa Cather … added that the Foundation is also enjoying an increase in tourism as visitors discover all the Midwest has to …
Posted: 01/04/2015
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud … restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Moon Block building in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The project was made … of scholars, students, and readers young and old.” Public tours led by members of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of …
Posted: 08/21/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… its initial goal with contributions totaling $123,270 to aid in the restoration of the Willa Cather Historic … and dining rooms, alongside additional efforts to seal the building envelope and restore the interior. Thanks to the … home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Farmers and Merchants Bank
… Image Farmers and Merchants Bank This building, constructed in 1888 and known as the Garber Bank, … former Union Army Officer, the founder of Red Cloud (1871), and the third governor of Nebraska (1875-1879) who … "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy Gayheart . 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Self Guided Tour Garber Bank Building …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 04/05/2022
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 … a street that was brick when it got closer to the church (a 3 minute walk if I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). … I want to have a job on top of that. I like being busy and building relationships with coworkers. MAGGIE —My internship …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 08/17/2021