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Our Final Ántonia Story!
… Image Our Final Ántonia Story! December 31, 2018 As we began celebrating the …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… Second Home once provided Cather with a nurturing and encouraging atmosphere in which to work, while Red Cloud and … described this house as the Ferguesson family home in her final short story, "The Best Years." Over the years, the … called Black Hawk for the town in Cather's novel, My Ántonia . The room has its own ADA- accessible entrance and …
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Support
… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red … an early twentieth century farmstead of an immigrant farm family in Nebraska. Our aim is to create a space that …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the … the twentieth century. While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will …
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Cather Legacy Society
… an excellent way for you to leave a legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation … to his former students turned best friends. With his final act of kindness, Loren will continue to touch the … the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … She was a self-made woman who spent most of her adult life living and working in New York City. Among other narratives, …
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Organization History
… is still widely used by scholars as a valuable source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett … Register of Historic Places. A $1.2 million endowment campaign followed to successfully match a challenge grant … fundraising campaign, known as the Campaign for the Future , to address capital improvements, program, staffing, …
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