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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… a private fundraising effort as part of the Center’s Campaign for the Future , which raised more than $7 million for restoration … Laura Bush served as the Honorary National Chair for the campaign’s public fundraising effort. Mrs. Bush, who also …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024
Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold
… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … and an Editorial Board member of the Willa Cather Review . Tracy Tucker is the Director of Collections & …
Posted: 05/08/2024
Last Updated: 05/14/2024
National Willa Cather Center Scholarship
… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / ELIGIBILITY The purpose of the National Willa Cather Center Scholarship is to provide financial … Cather’s writing made an impression, or detail the value of living in a rural community in which the Red Cloud Opera …
Posted: 03/12/2024
Last Updated: 03/12/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … Cather critic, the late Susan J. Rosowski, published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home
… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … assembled an excellent team to examine the long history of the home, which was built in 1879 and has … of the house shows, at magnification, the original brick foundation, much of which was lost during 20th century …
Posted: 12/03/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… as a cultural attraction for the learning and enjoyment of future generations. The restored home will create a more … is a key component of the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future , which has raised over $8 million for restoration of …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … a Jewish couple from Europe who allow her to borrow books from their personal library. Mrs. Wiener introduces …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration … took ownership of the Willa Cather Childhood Home from History Nebraska in 2019 and is committed to preserving and … cedar shingle roof, gutters, and downspouts Repair of the foundation and reconstruction of window wells Retention of …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
18th International Willa Cather Seminar
… , NY 10011 United States "Bright and Beautiful and Alive": Willa Cather's New York Intersections We hope you will make plans … well as the 2022 Warren Johansson Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich …
Posted: 06/05/2019
Last Updated: 06/22/2023
59th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Sebastian in Lucy Gayheart : he "had missed the deepest of all companionships, a relation with the earth itself, with a … p.m. Foraging on the Cather Prairie 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Gallery talks with Peter Brown and Catherine Meier 4:30 … on the Plains: Challenges to Restoration and Love of Place" with Sue Maher, Tom Lynch, John Price, and Dan …
Posted: 07/28/2014
Last Updated: 05/24/2023