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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … Gere, and Dorothy Canfield. 1892  — Willa Cather becomes literary editor of the  Hesperian , student publication of … poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion Edith Lewis. 1905  — Cather’s first …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… most of her professional writing life in New York (1906-1947), first in Greenwich Village and later, after she had … and professional life. Seminar check-in is at the Lang Café building, located at 65 W. 11th, first floor. A full … Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich Village Take an hourlong stroll …
Posted: 06/05/2019
Last Updated: 06/22/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… is Cather’s letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, sent on June 7, 1928. Written just three months after her father’s death, … 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

Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the … The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … short a time. From David Helvern’s letter to the editor, 1875: I think [an aid organization] in every township or road …
Posted: 12/16/2022
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 … your job evolution over the past five years? I like to try new things and one of the things I loved about teaching was … programs and resources because it gave me a chance to learn new things. I learned some basic video production skills, I …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Officers and Board of Governors p. 1  Aims p. 1  Progress Report and Building Fund News p. 1  Publications p. 2  … Programs p. 2  World Wide Interest in Cather p. 3  Annual Conference p. 4  Acknowledgements p. 4  … Cather Foundation present, The International Cather Seminar 2011 Willa Cather and the Nineteenth Century p.84 Discover …
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 … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … Cather Foundation, 413 N. Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970. To learn about naming and recognition opportunities …
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.  … Foundation, 413 North Webster Street, Red Cloud, NE 68970 or give online at www.WillaCather.org. The campaign is … 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

… Image Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 … delivered moving remarks for the dedication of the National Willa Cather Center. A former teacher and librarian, Mrs. … spoke to its continued relevance. “Thanks to the talent of Willa Cather we have a better understanding of one of the …
Posted: 08/21/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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