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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner
… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … to share a love of Willa Cather and local Webster County history, and a new and growing friendship between the sixth …
Posted: 10/22/2019
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … half of the 20 th Century. Her stories are the American story. Embedded in her work is a portrait of who we are and …
Posted: 05/24/2017
Last Updated: 06/28/2017
Organization History
… Register of Historic Places. A $1.2 million endowment campaign followed to successfully match a challenge grant … Willa Cather Center (NWCC) was born after a $7 million campaign to restore and adaptively reuse the historic Moon … fundraising campaign, known as the Campaign for the Future , to address capital improvements, program, staffing, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … upon our many blessings but also the nostalgia, and history, of Thanksgivings past. Thanksgiving seems to have …
Posted: 11/20/2019
Last Updated: 05/23/2023