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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our … children, as well as some unidentified people. Diplomas and teaching certificates, commencement program for Roscoe and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights
… from the Archive: April Twilights April 3, 2023 Though Willa Cather is well-known around the world as a novelist, … work. At the time April Twilights was published, Cather was teaching high school in Pittsburgh. Though she had initially … hold a number of poetry typescripts, including unpublished works like “The Easter Rabbit” and “I Cannot Say, Forget.” …
Posted: 04/03/2023
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater
… of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the … with his creative endeavors, Mater has also ventured into teaching graphic design and Southeastern Native art workshops. Although the classes are currently on hold due to …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
Music on the Prairie
… of the Pioneers (“Tumbling Tumbleweeds”) as well as musical greats Hank Williams and Ernest Tubbs and the classic … south of Des Moines, Iowa, where she teaches writing and literature classes and coordinates the creative writing … in The Mochilla Review, The Sequel, Heritage of the Great Plains, and Eureka Studies Teaching Short Fiction. Her …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud
… Image Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud June 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors invites you to … his time between composing, painting, performing and teaching. Tickets: $150*—Patron Ticket ($110 tax-deductible) … and appreciation of the life, times, settings and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning Nebraska author, Willa …
Posted: 09/09/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Image A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual series, Prairie Writers' Workshop will provide participants with the rare …
Posted: 06/29/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation is gearing up for a year-long … is not only to promote the study of Cather’s life and works within the larger community, but also to highlight the … discussion questions, activities, assessments, and teaching strategies. Teachers who lack classroom sets of My …
Posted: 12/20/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Newly Appointed Board Members Announced
… Newly Appointed Board Members Announced January 9, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation, along with a global community of … three new members to its board of governors. Marian Fey works in the Millard Public Schools in Omaha as the Clarke … Willa Cather’s life and work.” James Jaap is an associate teaching professor of English at Penn State Greater …
Posted: 01/09/2018
Last Updated: 01/09/2018
Celebrating 100 Years of My Ántonia
… Novel”: Celebrating 100 Years of My Ántonia 63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Red Cloud, NE | May 31–June … for consideration include: Examining My Ántonia or Cather’s works in light of immigration and diversity in the United … from the late 19th century through today; Approaches to teaching, understanding, and interpreting challenging …
Posted: 10/13/2017
Last Updated: 10/25/2017