Search Results

56 results found

Rachel Olsen

… Image Rachel Olsen Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… English teacher, Rachel enjoys developing activities and content designed to preserve Cather’s rich literary history. … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution … some basic video production skills, I learned how to create content for our app, and I created a virtual author series. …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… 1850s and the controversy surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and how the issue affected people moving to the … to freedom and traveled roughly 2,000 miles to visit actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers passed … Civil War! If you would like to bring students, please contact Director of Education and Engagement Rachel Olsen at …
Posted:
Last Updated:

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Rooms at Hotel Garber are available! Click on the booking link to claim a room before they are all spoken for. Rooms …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Echoes of the Archbishop

… Image Willa Cather at Mesa Verde Image Willa Cather's circa 1924 map of … Lewis’s Tall Tales of the Southwest,” by David Harrell. In Vol. 33 of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. pp. 4-8.  …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… 150 years can be examined in close detail. Our archivist, Tracy Sanford Tucker, regularly hosts individuals and small groups for … Cather in your classroom—please reach out to archivist Tracy Tucker at ttucker@willacather.org to schedule a time …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Short Stories

… please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen, at  rolsen@willacather.org .  As always, the Willa Cather …
Posted:
Last Updated:

School Field Trips

… Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement at rolsen@willacather.org to help you schedule your field trip. …
Posted:
Last Updated:

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … and My Ántonia will share the spotlight at the forthcoming Willa Cather Spring Conference. My Ántonia will complete its … Jane Smiley will deliver the Friday evening keynote titled "Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer," which …
Posted:
Last Updated:

NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… onsite in Red Cloud, Tucker and education coordinator Rachel Olsen were able to focus on creating the photographs, … "We've thought of this as the first phase," said Olsen, who hopes to connect with teachers who would like to …
Posted:
Last Updated: