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Rachel Olsen

… Image Rachel Olsen Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and … of my job is our Teacher Institute program that takes place each summer. We launched this last year, and it was so … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Enjoy an afternoon filled … escaped to freedom and traveled roughly 2,000 miles to visit actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers …
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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Willa Cather at Bowdoin College Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250 Spring Conference … Jun 4 - Saturday, Jun 6, 2026 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 …
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Echoes of the Archbishop

… p.m.- Lunch 1:30 p.m.- Field Trip 5: San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail 2:30 p.m. - Cathedral Basilica of St. … Ideology of Cather's Catholic Progressivism,” by Guy Reynolds. In  Cather Studies 3   and scanned and attached here. … Paul Horgan Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest , by Arnold Berke The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West , by …
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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 …
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Short Stories

… contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information.   "A Wagner Matinée" "When the musicians came out and took their … perceiving a shadow of change in one's environment." A Wagner Matinée Instructional Support "Paul's Case" "The …
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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. …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … being changed by the difficulties and the beauties of the world they must contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The …
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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… tools has been on our list of goals for years," said Tracy Tucker, education director and archivist at the National … digital learning." With few guests onsite in Red Cloud, Tucker and education coordinator Rachel Olsen were able to …
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