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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Cather’s most moving scenes, such as the suicide grave from My Ántonia and the beautiful Divide.  Gallery and …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023   Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… house, the railroad depot, and the landscape. It’s one of my favorite places in all of America.” The Campaign for the … which is central to Cather’s most celebrated novel, My Ántonia. Adding to the success of the campaign is a Save …
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Ken Burns Announces Creation of National Willa Cather Center

… Image Ken Burns Announces Creation of National Willa Cather Center March 18, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation has … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red …
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National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage

… Image National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign … is to raise the balance required of $915,129 by Spring 2015 in order to let bids and enter the construction phase … Willa Cather Foundation through an expanded bookstore, art gallery, and backstage facilities for the adjacent Red Cloud …
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National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage

… of June 30, 2014 from the Peter Kiewit Foundation of Omaha, Nebraska, as well as meeting a grant requirement of the … the country. Once complete, the Center will become a great Nebraska destination and provide an incredible tribute to … (CDBG) in the Tourism Development Category through the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED). …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… Image Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper Flowers in her "Rose … by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960. It can be visited by guided tour from the National Willa Cather … would later write the bedroom description, and a papering experience, into The Song of the Lark (1915) when describing …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, 2021 … enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered … you help ensure that her work is ever present—and that future generations continue to learn, reflect, and be …
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