THE FOUNDATION 2015 Annual Report To Our Friends and Supporters

Thank you! Lives are enriched by relationships and experiences. Since launching Our Mission a campaign to create the National Willa Cather Center five years ago, we’ve built meaningful friendships and had a number of memorable experiences along To promote Willa Cather’s legacy through the way.

At times, the work to be done seemed unsurmountable. Gradually, funds were education, preservation, and the arts. raised and blueprints were completed. You provided encouragement as plans were put to bid and we moved from contracts to the sounds of construction.

Early on, we could only imagine how the National Willa Cather Center would Our Vision appear as a finished product. And ultimately, it was you who made the Center a reality.

Thanks to you a handsomely restored building will soon be filled with our To become a premier cultural center that precious Cather collections. It stands ready to provide enriching experiences offers broad educational opportunities for you and thousands of others.

We look forward to a grand celebration deserving of Willa Cather’s approval for patrons to experience Cather’s work, at the dedication event on June 3, 2017. Join us. We hope you’ll visit, learn, explore historic landmarks related to her and be inspired. life and times, foster their own creativity, Gratefully, and embrace the arts and humanities.

Lynette Krieger Ashley Olson Board President Executive Director Promoting Cather’s Legacy Since 1955

Core Activities and Accomplishments A Famous Literary Village

●● Completion of a $6.7 million capital campaign to create the Willard Thorp, inAmerican Writing in the Twentieth Century says, “from the National Willa Cather Center literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most famous villages in American Literature.” Nearly 8,000 visitors make the pilgrimage to Red Cloud ●● Organization of conferences, seminars, and symposiums—in Red Cloud each year to experience the place where Cather spent her formative years. and beyond Here our guests step into the Black Hawk of My Ántonia, Hanover of O Pioneers!, ●● Preservation of eleven nationally designated Cather historic sites Sweet Water of , Moonstone of , Frankfort of ●● Conservation of the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , and Haverford of .

●● Guided town and country tours of Red Cloud and Webster County After a visit to Red Cloud, JoAnne and Martin Katzmarek of Washburn, Wisconsin, wrote: “This has been a special treat—to spend time in Willa Cather’s ●● Monthly arts and humanities programs in our restored Red Cloud home and hometown. We have enjoyed her writing and stories and staying here Opera House. helps us to see her creations more clearly. Thank you, thank you, for taking care ●● Preservation of Cather artifacts and archival material of her precious memories.” 1

●● Publication of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review

●● Operation of the Cather Second Home guest house

●● Scholarships for students pursing degrees in English or history

●● Encouragement and cooperation with other Cather programs and initiatives

Acquired in 2011, the Cather Second Home guest house provides our visitors with overnight accommodations in a beautiful historic home once owned by Cather’s parents. Ceremonial Groundbreaking of the National Willa Cather Center

As one of the greatest American authors, Willa Cather is worthy of a museum The Robert and Joanne Berkshire family was among the first to affirm their belief that pays tribute to her influence on our history and culture. For several years, in the importance of this undertaking by making a leadership gift. “Our family has we’ve been planning to make this dream a reality. As we placed our shovels in the a passion for south central , and Willa Cather’s life and writing keep this dirt on June 5, 2015, leadership of the Willa Cather Foundation and acclaimed special place vibrant and alive for the rest of the world. This project will promote historian and guest Richard Norton Smith celebrated an important step in the the author’s legacy and spotlight our great state to an international audience,” creation of the National Willa Cather Center, breaking ground in preparation remarked Joanne Berkshire, our campaign’s honorary chair, at the outset of our for the final phase of construction. campaign. Thanks to the Berkshires and hundreds of supporters nationwide, Cather will soon have the museum she deserves to honor her incredible legacy. As we look back at the groundbreaking and ahead to the Center’s dedication on June 3, 2017, we feel both gratitude and excitement. We’re indebted to many who had a hand in the endeavor—from those who were bold enough to envision the National Willa Cather Center to the supporters that helped us make it a reality.

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Richard Norton Smith leads the audience in a toast to Willa Cather—and the National Willa Cather Center— during his keynote address at the 2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference, June 5, 2015.

The first stage of construction already under way, the leadership of the Willa Cather Foundation and special guests got into the spirit of things with a ceremonial groundbreaking. Fostering Cather Scholarship and Discovery

In the centenary year of Cather’s third novel, The Song of the Lark, more than Conference, the combined events hosted more than 200 participants in the seventy scholars and students from over twenty-one states and five countries two prominent centers of Cather’s Nebraska experience—Red Cloud and participated in the 15th International Cather Seminar on “Cather and the Arts.” Lincoln. Participants included Cather scholars and fans, as well as literature Organized in partnership with the Cather Project at the University of Nebraska− and arts enthusiasts. Lincoln and held in conjunction with our 60th annual Willa Cather Spring

Seminar participants visit Constellation Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska, to view artist Barbara Tetenbaum’s visual representation of My Ántonia.

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Visitors explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie during a wildflower walk at the Spring Conference.

Executive Director Ashley Olson visits with Cather descendant John Cather Ickis during the Spring Conference.

Conference-goers gather for a photo at the New Church during a country tour. Growing the Cather Collection

When Willa Cather died in 1947, she left behind much more than her A unique and eloquent addition to our museum collection was Willa Cather’s celebrated literature. Personal possessions, photographs, rare books, and pieces writing desk. The desk is mahogany, from the “Taylor Made” line by the of correspondence in our collection enable readers and the scholarly community Jamestown Table Company of Jamestown, New York. This small leather-topped to examine Cather’s life and work in a deeper and more meaningful way. Nearly desk came to us through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Stoll Shannon III, who seventy years after her passing, it’s especially exciting when previously unknown received the desk as a birthday gift from Margaret Cather Shannon. pieces emerge.

An important donation to our archival collection recently was the Beatrix “Trix” Mizer Florance and Sidney R. Florance Collection. This group of over twenty-five items contained letters, signed cards, photos, and rare newspaper clippings. A childhood friend of Cather who later studied music in Chicago, “Trix” is one of several possible prototypes for Cather’s Lucy Gayheart, making the addition of these materials especially fascinating for study and research.

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Willa Cather’s writing desk. Ann Shannon Collection, Willa Cather Foundation, OBJ-239-001.

A selection of The Beatrix “Trix” Mizer Florance and Sidney R. Florance Collection, Willa Cather Foundation. E. H. Prettyman served with Willa Cather’s cousin, G. P., in France during the First World War. After G. P.’s death at Cantigny, Prettyman wrote to Frances Cather, G. P.’s mother, describing his courage and reassuring her about his death. Afterward, Prettyman and his mother maintained a long correspondence with Aunt Franc. This photo is part of a collection of George Cather family images recently donated. Detail from the Sayra Cather Wagner Collection, Willa Cather Foundation, PHO-206-030 Conserving the Cather Collection

Whether newly acquired or long-held, archival documents and museum artifacts Another meaningful undertaking was the conservation treatment and cleaning in our care must be exactingly preserved for research and exhibit. In caring of “Jake,” a pen-and-ink drawing by Władysław Teodor “W. T.” Benda, a Polish for the collection, we also invest in essential conservation work to protect and painter and illustrator who Cather sought out to illustrate My Ántonia. At reinvigorate these precious assets. Cather’s insistence, eight illustrations by Benda appeared in the novel when it was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1918. “Jake” is one of six original One important conservation project completed recently was the restoration of a Benda illustrations held in the collection of the Willa Cather Foundation. double-sided oil painting on canvas by Achsah Barlow Brewster. Both artists and writers, Achsah Brewster and her husband Earl Brewster were long-time friends of and Willa Cather. A paper label records the sale of the painting to Edith Lewis at Capri, Italy. The painting is said to have hung in Lewis and Cather’s New York City home. Its recent revitalization ensures that the Brewster painting will be enjoyed for decades to come. 5

Before and after images of “Jake.” Bernard and Nancy Picchi Collection, Willa Cather Foundation, OBJ-58- 1001. Restoration by Hilary LeFevere, Paper Conservator at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center.

Before and after images of the Brewster painting. James and Angela Southwick Collection, Willa Cather Foundation, OBJ-50-077. Restoration by Kenneth Bé, Head of Paintings Conservation at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center. Honoring Cather through the Arts

Willa Cather was in many ways a cultural critic, with wide and varied passions A few of 2015’s highlights: for her favored painters, musicians and singers. An integral part of our mission ●● Catherland, a new musical by Becky Boesen and David von Kampen, had its is providing a wide assortment of engaging arts experiences—for audiences first staged reading at our Red Cloud Opera House. and artists alike. For many of our patrons, an introduction to Cather comes by way of an arts event at our Red Cloud Opera House or another public venue. ●● LARK/SONG, an eclectic theatrical retelling of Cather’s The Song of the Lark In hosting these events, we’re also supporting dozens of artists. Like Cather, written by A. P. Andrews, premiered at our Spring Conference. they have valuable talents to be nurtured and shared. ●● The Fine Things of Youth: Willa Cather’s Lucy Gayheart in Words and Music, a deeply moving production conceived and directed by Tom Gallagher, played to a packed house at the Studio Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska.

●● The Song of the Lark, a song cycle by composer Barlow Bradford focusing on key episodes in Cather’s 1915 novel, was performed in Nebraska for the first time at our Red Cloud Opera House.

●● The acclaimed soprano Sarah Arneson gave a recital featuring music loved by Cather, including arias by Verdi and Puccini.

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The cast of LARK/SONG, who spent three weeks in Red Cloud creating a very contemporary reimagining of a 100-year-old novel. Pictured left to right are Alton Alburo, Kaela Garvin, A. P. Andrews, Adin Lenahan, and Kerri Lowe. (Photo by Kerri Lowe.)

The Porter family commissioned The Song of the Lark in memory of Laudie Porter. The song cycle was first performed at a concert in the Intermezzo Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City in 2010. Pictured Jill Anderson and Evan Bravos performed The Fine here are David “Davey” Porter and his Things of Youth with the able assistance of pianists daughter, Divna, who were present for the Mark Kurtz and the late David Porter. cycle’s Nebraska debut. Providing Cather-Inspired Educational Opportunities

“Wonderful Events Educational programs have always been a cornerstone of our mission. Each year, Like These” we work to provide an array of stimulating learning opportunities for visitors and guests of all ages. From our long-standing offerings to new adventures, there were ample opportunities for our 7,500 patrons to expand their horizons in 2015. “As a graduate student from Taiwan, We were proud to: the opportunity to attend the Spring ●● Host a Road Scholar program featuring a variety of activities and explorations Conference/International Seminar in designed to better understand Cather and her importance in America’s rich June 2015 was a huge milestone for me cultural history. in my academic life. Not only did I get ●● Lead guided tours of Cather’s childhood home and up to six additional historic a chance to visit and experience both properties related to her life and writing. Red Cloud and UNL in person, I was ●● Utilize our Willa Cather Memorial Prairie as an outdoor classroom for also thrilled to meet and learn from the wildflower walks, a night sky viewing, and our inaugural Pollinators Workshop. generous community of Cather scholars, ●● Guide explorations of “Catherland” through country tours highlighting Cather- many of whom I had known only from related sites of interest in greater Webster County. 7 the page. The Conference/Seminar was ●● Serve student groups and educators both instrumental in the completion of with curriculum support materials my thesis as well as personally enriching and customized educational tours. and enlightening. Wonderful events like ●● Provide scholarship opportunities these not only showcase and celebrate for high school students. Cather’s legacy, they instruct and inspire Jess Edgar of the Natural Resources foreign students like myself.” Conservation Service teaches students to make mason bee houses at our inaugural Andrew Wu Pollinators Workshop. Fu Jen Catholic University New Taipei City, Taiwan

Undergraduate students from the University of Nebraska−Lincoln visit Cather’s childhood home as part of Dr. Ann Tschetter’s Nebraska history course. Financial Summary 2015

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

2015 2014 2015 2014 Assets Revenue and Support Cash and cash equivalents $2,184,552 $235,875 Contributions and memberships $795,109 $1,396,333 Investments 1,614,443 3,836,418 Nebraska State Historical Society appropriations 75,273 80,406 Accrued interest receivable 29 29 Grants 693,940 781,230 Pledges receivable, net 180,476 472,685 Sales and admissions 90,670 82,268 Other receivables, net 1,014,441 997,584 Rent income 47,040 33,369 Assets in charitable remainder trust 513,367 536,949 Conferences and seminars 62,417 38,131 Bookstore inventory 40,983 41,109 Change in value of split interest 1,181 9,067 Property and equipment, net 1,971,456 3,104,810 Royalties income 7,097 9,403 Investment in Willa Cather Society 2,719,285 0 Other income 18,462 13,815 Art and historic structures 270,253 265,760 Interest income 107,904 127,704 Total assets $10,509,285 $9,491,219 Investment gain/loss (123,010) (23,423) Total revenue and support $1,776,083 $2,548,303 8 Liabilities Accrued expenses and taxes withheld $44,073 $34,339 Expenses Deferred revenue 967,571 977,853 Program Split interest charitable remainder trust 418,962 444,225 Cost of sales $37,947 $34,621 Capital lease obligations 4,586 7,643 Education and scholarships 70,413 45,186 Total liabilities $1,435,192 $1,464,060 Preservation of sites and collections 16,662 18,350 Historical center operations 140,696 143,950 Net Assets Opera House and programming 157,685 169,246 Unrestricted $4,654,235 $3,082,786 Cather prairie operations 17,665 16,464 Temporarily restricted 2,372,160 2,896,675 Supporting Permanently restricted 2,047,698 2,047,698 Management and general 218,234 226,492 Total net assets 9,074,093 8,027,159 Development and fundraising 69,847 133,025 Total liabilities and net assets $10,509,285 $9,491,219 Total expenses $729,149 $787,334

Increase in net assets $1,046,934 $1,760,969 The financial statements of the Willa Cather Foundation are audited annually by an independent public accounting firm. A copy of the audited financial statements and the Net assets, beginning of year $8,027,159 $6,266,190 Foundation’s tax filing (Form 990) may be obtained by contacting the Foundation office. Net assets, end of year $9,074,093 $8,027,159 The Cather Legacy Support Society The following individuals and organizations were donors to the Willa Cather Foundation in 2015. Space does not permit us to list Anonymous donations under $50.00, but we are grateful for these contributions. Every gift is important to us. Anonymous Virgil and Dolores Albertini, Fairway, KS $100,000 and Above Ann Mactier, Omaha, NE Ruth & Jim Keene III, Omaha, NE Frederick J. & Diane Kaufman, Hays, KS Melvin C. Anderson†, Red Cloud, NE Anonymous National Endowment for the Arts, Rick & Barb Kudrna, Red Cloud, NE Jerry & Midge Kral, Denver, CO Martha E. Artist†, Omaha, NE The Sherwood Foundation, Omaha, NE Washington, DC Dr. Susan N. Maher & Al Kammerer, Robert & Myrna Krohn, Omaha, NE Hazel C. Baker†, Omaha, NE James Sherwood, Lincoln, NE, Donor- Rhonda Pauley, Hastings, NE Duluth, MN Ronald Lapp, Los Angeles, CA William D. Fellows and Everette B. Quinton, Advised Fund of the Nebraska Mr. & Mrs. Joe Ricketts, Little Jackson Carol Mousel, Reno, NV Dan & Leslie Levy, Lincoln, NE Milwaukee, WI Community Foundation Hole, WY Rev. Charles & Nancy Peek, Kearney, NE Bill & Tanya Lindsteadt, Hastings, NE Thomas Reese Gallagher, New York, NY James P. & Angela J. Southwick, Julie M. Schroeder, Omaha, NE Kitty M. Perkins Foundation, Hastings, NE Susan D. McClanahan, Bonita Springs, FL Helen Cather Garner†, Pittsburgh, PA Heber City, UT Brad & Nancy Sherwood, Omaha, NE, Glenda J. Pierce & Jeff Kirkpatrick, Louise Mountford, Lincoln, NE Ella Cather Lewis†, Long Beach, CA US Dept. of Housing and Urban Donor-Advised Fund of the Nebraska Lincoln, NE James E. Mousel, San Diego, CA Abigail A. Loomis, Madison, WI Development, Washington, DC Community Foundation Dr. Susan A. Schiller, Mt. Pleasant, MI Mary Ellen Mulcahy, Omaha, NE Josephine Frisbie†, Omaha, NE Paul G. & Annette L. Smith, Omaha, NE Dayre & Tere L. Williams, Red Cloud, NE Tyler & Ashley Olson, Red Cloud, NE Jane Renner Hood, Lincoln, NE $50,000 to $99,999 John A Yost & G. Wade Leak, Ron & Judy Parks, Omaha, NE Cynthia Mines, Wichita, KS Joanne Berkshire, Omaha, NE New York, NY $1,000 to $2,499 Shari Patrick & Steven Leichter, Warren and Julie Olin-Ammentorp, Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation, Adrian K. Almquist, Bloomington, MN Sands Point, NY Syracuse, NY Omaha, NE $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous David Porter, Saratoga Springs, NY Helen L. Sagl†, Albuquerque, NM Nebraska Community Foundation, Marion A. & Patricia Arneson, Wayne, NE Justin & Ana Armstrong, Red Cloud, NE Project Advocates, LLC, Omaha, NE Amy L. Soderberg†, Beatrice, NE Lincoln, NE The Theodore G. Baldwin Foundation, Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects, Red Cloud Historic Preservation Norma S. Steen†, Grand Island, NE Nebraska State Historical Society, Kearney, NE Omaha, NE Commission, Red Cloud, NE Margaret Lambrecht Votipka†, Fairmont, NE Lincoln, NE Mogens & Cindy Bay, Omaha, NE Edward & Margaret Bates, Lincoln, NE Steve Shively, Logan, UT 9 Norma Ross Walter†, Vallejo, CA President & Mrs. George W. Bush, Erma Bennett, Indianapolis, IN Richard A. & Connie H. Spellman, $25,000 to $49,999 A descendant of Frank H. Woods, Chicago, IL Midland, TX Scott Blankenbaker, Charles City, IA Omaha, NE John A (Jay) Yost and G. Wade Leak, Thomas & Kathy Kelley, Santa Ana, CA Hon. Laurie Smith Camp, Omaha, NE Fred & Deanna Bosselman, Doniphan, NE Janet Sperry, Helena, MT New York, NY Bruce & Gerry Lauritzen, Omaha, NE John W. Carson Foundation, Encino, CA Mark W. & Ashley Bostock, Windsor, CO Dr. Amy Springer, Red Cloud, NE Patricia Phillips, Omaha, NE The Chief Foundation, Inc., Marilyn B. Callander, PhD, Lebanon, NJ †Deceased Kevin & Pam Swisher, Ft. Calhoun, NE James & Trish Schreiber, Meadow Vista, CA Grand Island, NE Roy & Gloria Dinsdale, Omaha, NE Jon C. Teaford, Lafayette, IN The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation, Larry & Lyn Fenwick, Macksville, KS Jack & Judy Ekeler, Fremont, NE Robert & Debbie Thacker, Canton, NY Join the Cather Lincoln, NE The Gifford Foundation, Omaha, NE Equitable Charitable Foundation, Art & Carol Thompson, Eagle, NE Legacy Society Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Humanities Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Grand Island, NE Gary & Marcia Thompson, Lincoln, NE Topeka, KS Inavale Foundation, Cambridge, MA Max Frazier, Monument, CO Gary Thompson Agency, Inc., Krieger Electric Co., Hastings, NE Dr. Richard & Linda French, Hastings, NE The Cather Legacy Society was founded $15,000 to $24,999 Red Cloud, NE Geraldine L. Lewis, Red Cloud, NE Dave & Marietta Garwood, Red Cloud, NE Dr. Kimberly Vanderlaan, California, PA to recognize individuals who make William Barkell, Hastings, NE David L. & Nancy Mousel, Reno, NV Carol Gendler, Omaha, NE Richard & Karen Vierk, Lincoln, NE charitable gift plans to benefit the Willa Robert A. Cary, Portland, OR Nebraska Department of Economic Giger Foundation, Omaha, NE Brad & Katy Wulf, Red Cloud, NE Cather Foundation beyond their lifetime. Thomas Reese Gallagher, New York, NY Development, Lincoln, NE William Heam & Charmion Gustke, Dan Yost, Hastings, NE Gifts received further our mission to Claire M. Hubbard Foundation, Omaha, NE Bernard & Nancy Picchi, New York, NY Nashville, TN John & Ardis Yost, Red Cloud, NE promote Cather’s legacy through education, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE Richard Norton Smith, Grand Rapids, MI George & Judith Haecker, Omaha, NE Michael & Carmen Zalman, Lincoln, NE preservation, and the arts. You may join Woods Charitable Fund, Inc., Lincoln, NE Tom & Sue Tallman, Lincoln, NE Dennis & Sally Hansen, Red Cloud, NE the Cather Legacy Society by making a $500 to $999 $10,000 to $14,999 Carol Hoffman, Juniata, NE future gift intention in your will or through $2,500 to $4,999 Jane Renner Hood, Lincoln, NE John & Gaylene Adler, Omaha, NE John K. & Lynne D. Boyer, Omaha, NE a beneficiary designation. For more Virgil & Dolores Albertini, Fairway, KS Steve & Jill Hornady, Grand Island, NE Marian Andersen, Omaha, NE Cooper Foundation, Lincoln, NE Cather Project, University of NE–Lincoln, Don David & Margaret Hornady-David, Dr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Baker II, Omaha, NE information, contact Ashley Olson, Elise R. Donohue, Clyde Park, MT Lincoln, NE Grand Island, NE Michele A. Barale, Amherst, MA Executive Director, at 402-746-2653 or Bernard K. & Norma F. Heuermann Amy L. Scott Foundation, Omaha, NE Steven S. & Annette K. Huff, Omaha, NE Mary Ellen Barber, Polk City, IA [email protected]. Foundation, Aurora, NE Richard C. Harris, Sea Cliff, NY James W. Johnson & Michael L. Connell, Roger & Shelley Barber, Gretna, NE Paul R. & Lynette R. Krieger, Hastings, NE Heritage Bank, Red Cloud, NE New York, NY Jerry Kenny & Bridget M. Barron, Kearney, NE The Willa Cather Archive, Lincoln, NE Gary & Beverly Meyer, Red Cloud, NE Carol Barnes, Colby, KS Jerry Deines, Omaha, NE Dr. Fred & Mary Bliss, Davis, CA Angela Conrad, Flemington, NJ Wayne Meyer, Grand Island, NE Gary W. & Stacia Barth, Hastings, NE Maria Delongy, Scottsdale, AZ Ken Burns, Walpole, NH Linda High Daniel, Culpepper, VA Fred & Ann Moseley, Cumby, TX Greg Searson & Jo Bass, Omaha, NE Sally J. Dickman, Phoenix, AZ Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, Inc., Marsha Davis, Greeley, CO Donna Lee Moyer, Wood River, NE Judith M. Bassnett, Tucson, AZ Margaret Doane, San Bernardino, CA Kansas City, MO Tom & Kim Dinsdale, Grand Island, NE John & Anne Mulvihill, Kansas City, MO Anne & Nick Baxter, Omaha, NE J. Gerard Dollar, Poestenkill, NY Douglas & Mary Campbell, Lincoln, NE Kate & Sandy Dodge, Omaha, NE Senator John E. & Judy Nelson, Omaha, NE Duane & Clare Baylor, Ralston, NE Angela Duca, Red Cloud, NE Dr. Gary Cook, Cumberland, MD Frank Dowding, Saint Paul, MN James Pearce, Alexandria, VA Barb Bean, Hastings, NE Charles & Linda Duckworth, Omaha, NE Carol & Pat Duncan, Lincoln, NE Jane K. Dressler, Kent, OH Carter Peterson, Wayne, NE Stanley Bean, Sunbury, OH Stephanie Durrans, Pessac, France Ella Epp, Henderson, NE William & Joan Dunfey, Boston, MA Robert & Rebecca Pinker, Olathe, KS Béatrice Mousli Bennett, Los Angeles, CA Susan & Dave Dvorak, Grand Island, NE James L. Farmer, Red Cloud, NE Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA Gary F. & Jean F. Pokorny, El Cerrito, CA Dr. William G. & Robin Bennett, Ruth Eller, San Pedro, CA Ron & Christine Harris, Lincoln, NE John & Bonita English, Red Cloud, NE Gary & Sara Radil, Omaha, NE Vancouver, WA Rondi Erickson, Minneapolis, MN Judy Morhart Hudson, Santa Rosa, CA Louis & Esta Fisher, Lancaster, PA Eugene Rainis, Palm City, FL Kate Benzel, Kearney, NE Duane & Deanna Eversoll, Lincoln, NE Sheila Keeler, Niobrara, NE James L. & Marianne Fitzgibbon, Ray & Ann Ringlein, Lincoln, NE Douglas & Louise Bereuter, Alamo, CA Anne B. Fairbanks, Hastings, NE Paul Koch, Hartington, NE Red Cloud, NE Ann Romines, Alexandria, VA Duane & Ardyce Biede, Hastings, NE William D. Fellows, Milwaukee, WI Sharon Kohout, Lubbock, TX Kathleen & Donovan Foote, Hastings, NE David & Lisa Ryan, Janesville, WI Timothy W. Bintrim, Johnstown, PA Gertrude E. Ferguson, Shawnee Mission, KS Jack & Steph Koraleski, Omaha, NE David & Anne Forsyth, West Roxbury, MA Don & Barbara Saladen, Grand Island, NE Iris A. Bird, Walnut, CA Ben B. & Karol S. Finch, Colorado Springs, CO Kurt Lewis, Denver, CO Kathleen Fowles, Grand Island, NE Pat & Jeanne Salerno, Omaha, NE Laurance Bird, Santa Monica, CA Sylvie Fitzpatrick, New York, NY Bob & Jamie Madden, Pacific Palisades, CA Pamela L. Gallagher & Dean Ott, Kearney, NE Dr. James P. Sandrock, Iowa City, IA Joe Markowitz & Fran Black, Los Angeles, CA Evelyn Funda, Logan, UT Joseph C. Murphy, Hsin-Chuang, Gil & Susan Garcia, Loveland, CO Ann Satterthwaite, Washington, DC Neil Boerboom, Minneapolis, MN William R. Furgeson, Jr., Dallas, TX Taipei, Taiwan Charles & Kathleen Griffith, Central City, NE Bonnie Schiffern, Atkinson, NE John J. Bosley III, Pittsburgh, PA Roger W. Gatz, Hiawatha, KS Dean & Roxine Nelson, Overton, NE Harry Hall, Omaha, NE Paul & Jackie Shapiro, Albany, NY John & Bethann Bostock, Red Cloud, NE Don R. Gerlach, Harvard, NE John & Michele Northrop, Hastings, NE Kurt R. Hansen, Glen View, IL Bob & Carmen Shively, Lincoln, NE Larry & Connie Bostock, Red Cloud, NE Sarah & Milo German, Exton, PA Julie Olin-Ammentorp, Manlius, NY Daniel & Pamela Hewes Hartman, D. Charles Shoemaker & Lynne A. Friedewald, Roger Bradford, Lexington, MA Leslie A. Gordon, Lincoln, NE John F. Preis, Henrico, VA Rio Vista, CA Hastings, NE 10 Charles & Doris Brady, Huntington, IN Walter Gray, New York, NY Gail M. Reals, Springfield, VA Hastings Tribune, Hastings, NE Don & Barb Slaby, Naperville, IL George H. Brockway, Sun City, AZ Frank T. Griswold, Philadelphia, PA Red Cloud Women’s Chamber, Red Cloud, NE Charles & Margaret Hermes, Hastings, NE Hugh Porter & Jill Soltero, Portland, OR Brown, Houston, TX Dr. Mark & Laurie Guy, Grand Forks, ND Republican Valley Arts Council, Ben & Christie Hirschfeld, Kearney, NE Paul C. & Janice Stanko, Lakewood, CO Cheryl & Eve Brunner-Morris, Senator Galen & Marilyn Hadley, Kearney, NE Red Cloud, NE Jon & Christine Hoek, Saratoga Springs, NY Neal & Jackie Stephany, Nashua, NH Lopez Island, WA Elsie Galbreath Haley, Denver, CO Fred & Margaret Sibley, Alpine, NY Steve & Jeni Homan, Kearney, NE Loren Lutes & Janis P. Stout, Brenham, TX Jim Budde, Lincoln, NE Marge Haley, Los Altos, CA Mrs. Eve Simon, Omaha, NE Ron Hull, Lincoln, NE John & Cheryl Swift, Whittier, CA Virginia Burnett, Austin, TX Liz & David Halsted, Kansas City, MO Leonard Sommer, Omaha, NE Clair D. Husby, Arlington, SD John & Denise Taylor, Omaha, NE Susan A. Hallgarth & Mary Ellen Capek, John & Sherry Haluska, Schenectady, NY South Central State Bank, Blue Hill, NE Fran & Will Irwin, Bethesda, MD David L. Tomko, Brookeville, MD Corrales, NM Dale & Debra L. Hamburger, Juniata, NE C. Kay Stahly, Kearney, NE James & Angel Jaap, White Oak, PA Dorothy Tuma, Omaha, NE Linda Chevalier, Council Bluffs, IA John & Ibby Hancock, Omaha, NE Claudia D. Stravato, Amarillo, TX Michael & Jennifer Janezic, Westminister, CO Marvin I. Friedman & Margaret D. Vogel, The Chicken Coop, Grand Island, NE Anthony Haswell, Tucson, AZ Dwight E. Theobald, Red Cloud, NE Andrew & Becca Jewell, Lincoln, NE Potomac, MD Jack L. & Tia Clarke, Newbury Park, CA Nancy Hawkins, Orem, UT Terry & Stephany Thompson, Hastings, NE Donald & Helen Kleiber, Sky Valley, GA Sidney Wade, Gainesville, FL Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather Jeffrey Hayden & Eva Marie Saint, Craig Emmert & Carol Traut, Odessa, TX Doug & Ramona Kluth, Columbus, NE Lynne M. Waldeland, Sycamore, IL LLP, Omaha, NE Los Angeles, CA Sandy Tucker, Grosse Pointe, MI Virginia Knoll, Lincoln, NE William A. West, Denver, CO Beverly J. Cooper, Council Bluffs, IA Linda Healy, South Sioux City, NE Dr. John & Margaret Welch, Hastings, NE David B. & Kelly Landgren, Red Cloud, NE Virgil & Harriett Zade, Red Cloud, NE Barbara Jean Cortesio, Des Moines, IA Amy Henrickson, Grandville, MI Emma Jane Wilder, Kearney, NE Pam Lay, Hastings, NE Doc & Mary Coulter, Hastings, NE James Hersh, Lexington, NE David & Nancy Lederer, Chapel Hill, NC $100 to $249 Mark & Deb Covert, Omaha, NE Luella Hodson, Osmond, NE $250 to $499 Art & Marsha Lienemann, Ayr, NE Julie Agnew, Troy, NY Jim & Barb Criswell, Liberty, MO Tom Hoffman, Ft. Madison, IA Harry Baertschi, Davis, CA Alan J. Lindenfeld, New York, NY Paul & Ellen Alkon, Rolling Hills Estates, CA James G. Croghan, New York, NY Jeanie Hofmeister, Apple Valley, MN Charles & Jane Bauer, Hastings, NE LIPS Printing Service, Kearney, NE Alan & Sharon Amack, Red Cloud, NE Roger & Pat Crook, Red Cloud, NE Priscilla Hollingshead, Red Cloud, NE Richard H. Millington & Nalini Bhushan, Patricia J. Matson, New York, NY Patricia Anderson, Burr Oak, KS Jill Crooker, Pittsford, NY Melissa J. Homestead, Lincoln, NE Florence, MA David S. Katz & Keiko Matsuyama, Susan Anderson, New Prague, MN Jane C. Crow, Columbia, MO Sharon Hoover, Lewes, DE Dave & Cindy Biehl, Elkhorn, NE New York, NY Cheryl Arends, Omaha, NE Beverly A. Cunningham, Lincoln, NE Jason & Ellen Hornady, Grand Island, NE Melissa Bradley, Denver, CO Ana Hays McCracken, San Francisco, CA Jeff & Ashley Armstrong, Red Cloud, NE Connie L. Dake, Beatrice, NE Polly Hulme, Brookings, SD Dale & Tina Broekemeier, Omaha, NE Therese J. McGuire, Evanston, IL Mrs. C. E. Armstrong, Grand Island, NE Liz Dannenberg, Red Cloud, NE Barbara E. Hustwit, Wooster, OH John R. Campbell, Omaha, NE McMaster Enterprise Inc., Kingston, TN Marion R. Austin, Troy, NH Hal & Mary Daub, Omaha, NE John Cather Ickis, Miami, FL Casey’s General Stores, Inc., Ankeny, IA John D. & Deborah Ann Mercer, Oak Park, IL Pamela Baker, Lincoln, NE Dr. George F. Day, Cedar Falls, IA Tim & Susan Irons, League City, TX Beth Jackson, Windsor, CO Patricia Meisinger, Plattsmouth, NE Sharon Rouse, Englewood, CO Birgit Young, Lincoln, NE Stephen Cox, San Diego, CA Vaughn & Ruth Jaenike, Charleston, IL Seth Meisler, San Francisco, CA Pam Russell, Oklahoma City, OK Mark Young & Susan Koenig, Loretta Crippen, Denver, CO Terry & Linda Jehling, Jefferson City, MO Dr. Morris B. & Irene C. Mellion, Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder, Normal, IL Grand Island, NE Courtney Crowley, Red Cloud, NE Mike & Jennifer Jewett, Lancaster, SC Teton Village, WY Dr. Elizabeth Sabiston, Toronto, ON Ray & Carolyn Zeisset, Lincoln, NE G. B. Crump, Warrensburg, MO Kim Johnson, Red Cloud, NE Nancy Moorehead & Keene Metzger, Rita Saenz, Sacramento, CA Ann Damiano, Palmyra, PA Loren Johnson, Murray, UT Cambridge, MA Ms. Otis Rhea Schmidt, Austin, TX $50 to $99 Jaime Danehey, Chicago, IL Roland & Carol Johnson, The Woodlands, TX Mary Ann Mignon, Lincoln, NE Susan Schultz, Tiffin, IA Maureen Adams, Sonoma, CA Molly Darnell, Cheyenne, WY Sally Johnson, Lincoln, NE Sue Miller, Hastings, NE Bob & Suzi Schulz, Red Cloud, NE Henry Altchek, New York, NY Stuart Davis, Ewing, NE Shirley M. Johnson, Lincoln, NE The Hon. Lindsey Miller-Lerman, Omaha, NE Ellen Wheeler Scott, Omaha, NE Heather Althoff, Morristown, NJ John & Nikki DeFrain, Lincoln, NE Cal & Linda Jones, Gatlinburg, TN John A. Mino, Monte Rio, CA Mary E. Sherman, Falls Church, VA Isabel Maria Fernandes Alves, Bill Demke, Omaha, NE The Judy Family Foundation, Annapolis, MD Jack D. Morton, Palo Alto, CA Jeri Shute, Red Cloud, NE Vila Real, Portugal John & Amy Dempsey, Omaha, NE Dale & Jan Juranek, Blue Hill, NE Helen M. Mullen, Hastings, NE Frank & Shirley Sibert, Kearney, NE Sylvia Andersen, Red Cloud, NE Linda Denyer, Concord, CA Richard & Audrey Kauders, Kearney, NE John J. & Sally Murphy, Newton, MA Leonard Skov, Kearney, NE Barbara Anderson, Omaha, NE Muriel R. Dimock, Red Wing, MN Becky Keilig, Ravenna, NE Kathleen Neary, Lincoln, NE Christine Smith, Bellevue, NE Lafe Anderson, Hastings, NE Gerald B. & Kit Dimon, Lincoln, NE Tim & Judy Keller, Lawrence, KS Bob & Mary Nefsky, Lincoln, NE Elaine Y. Smith, Temple Terrace, FL Marlin & Phyllis Anderson, Sycamore, IL Alice Dittman, Lincoln, NE R. Crosby Kemper III, Kansas City, MO Margaret O’Connor, Pomona, CA Keith Smith, Revillo, SD Susan Shively Anderson, Fort Collins, CO Anna Dunbar, Denver, CO Dr. Jim & Cheryl Keyser, Lincoln, NE Suzanne Oldham & Joe Gallagher, Marcus J. & Pamela H. Snow, Ashland, NE Kathryn Arradondo, Teaneck, NJ Robbie Dunlap, Longmont, CO Scott L. Koch, Cottage Grove, MN Prairie Village, KS Chris & Vicki Sommerich, Lincoln, NE Michael Artman, Port Huron, MI Philip Ebert, Lynnville, IA Gene & Connie Koepke, Kearney, NE Jarrod McCartney & Rachel Olsen, Richard & Mara Southorn, Naperville, IL Barbara A. Bachman, Pittsburgh, PA Becky Faber, Lincoln, NE Robin & Ann Koozer, Hastings, NE Red Cloud, NE Sandra Kay Squires, Omaha, NE Kay Baldwin, Bellevue, NE Mark Facknitz, Harrisonburg, VA Angela Korpas, Lincoln, NE Michael Olsson, Los Angeles, CA Lorraine Stanford, Glen Allen, VA Laura Barlament, Staten Island, NY Dennis & Peggy Farney, Kansas City, MO Ron & Betty Kort, Hastings, NE Theresa J. Osborne, New York, NY Sylvia A. Stevens & Dawn A. Nehls, Tim Barnes, Portland, OR Christine Farquhar, Stanford, CA John & Wende Kotouc, Omaha, NE Gary L. Pack, San Francisco, CA Mesa, AZ Sally Barngrove, Pasadena, CA Janet Faubel, DeFuniak Springs, FL Dr. Susan Kress, Saratoga Springs, NY Françoise Palleau-Papin, Paris, France Josephine Stewart, Lincoln, NE Bob & Barb Bartle, Lincoln, NE Brian Ferguson-Avery, Danville, PA 11 Mellanee Kvasnicka, La Vista, NE Louisa Palmer, New York, NY Opal Stivrins, Lincoln, NE Elisabeth Bayley, Chicago, IL Margaret Ickis Fernbacher, Clermont, FL Roy B. Lacoursiere, MD, Topeka, KS Richard Patterson, Lincoln, NE Peter M. Sullivan, Indiana, PA David Beggs, Tallahassee, FL John Flannigan, Chicago, IL Ron & Mary Lambrecht, Red Cloud, NE Father Wayne Pavela, Humphrey, NE Juliet Swoboda, Rancho Palos Verde, CA Vikas Bhardwaj, Kaithal, Haryana, India Julie Kemper Foyer, Mission Hills, KS LandMark Implement, Inc., Red Cloud, NE Louis & Cornelia Pepoy, Holland, MI Lori Minasian & Douglas Throckmorton, Ann Billesbach, Lincoln, NE William S.J. Fraenkel, Harrison, NY Joanne Leaman, Westport, CT Jerry & Mary Ann Petr, Lincoln, NE Potomac, MD Terry Bisbee, New York, NY Patrick & Estella Franken, Tulsa, OK Darrell & Peg Lewis, Scottsbluff, NE Joan S. Petty, Corona del Mar, CA Christina Triezenberg, Holland, MI Georgia Bishel, Hastings, NE LaVern & Connie Franzen, Hastings, NE Geneva Lewis, Bladen, NE Gene & Margaret Pokorny, Jaffrey, NH George Vernon, Monroe, WI Sharon Bishop, Henderson, NE Dawn Gelle & Amy Gabriel, St. Paul, MN Linda Loffredo, New York, NY Sandra Polsak & Walter Brewster, George & Beth Vodapivc, Kennesaw, GA Justin & Sandra Biskup, Lincoln, NE Kathleen Galster, Laramie, WY Abigail A. Loomis, Madison, WI New York, NY Ardis Voecks, La Crescenta, CA Kay Blackstone, Red Cloud, NE Steve & Lisa Bouma Garvelink, Betsy Loyless, Chevy Chase, MD Alberta Pope, Red Cloud, NE Joel D. Wagoner, Blue Hill, NE Terry & Susanne Bloomfield, Walsenbarg, CO Grand Rapids, MI Darrin Lynd, Urbandale, IA Brendan Quinn, Clifton Park, NY Dr. James M. & Michelle Walter, Beverlee Bornemeier, Lincoln, NE William Gaston, Greenville, SC Bernice MacDonald, Hartsdale, NY John & Deb Quirk, Hastings, NE Winston-Salem, NC Krisha Bosselman, Grand Island, NE Tammy Gestring, Red Cloud, NE Mark J. Madigan, Pittsford, NY Brian Abel Ragen, St. Louis, MO Katherine L. Walter & Tim Rinne, David J. Boyer, Palo Alto, CA Paul & Meri Gibb, Niwot, CO John & Catherine Mamer, Minneapolis, MN Helen Raikes, Ashland, NE Lincoln, NE Mallory Boykin, Mobile, AL Charles Gifford & Michele van Deventer, Mary Ann & Eugene Marko, Sioux Falls, SD James Ramsey, New York, NY Laurie Weber, Lincoln, NE Kate Bradley, Omaha, NE Omaha, NE Lucy Marks, Summit, NJ Elizabeth Maxey Ray, Cedar Rapids, IA Webster County Community Hospital, John Breen & Susan Brighton, Lexington, MA Brent D. Glass, Washington, DC Michael Marrone, Duxbury, MA Red Cloud Animal Health, Red Cloud, NE Red Cloud, NE Claire Breihan, Austin, TX Mary Jane Glauber, Louisville, KY Dr. Elizabeth H. Marsh, Morristown, NJ Marianne Reynolds, Red Cloud, NE Charlotte A Welch, Hastings, NE Rev. Joe G. Burnett, Omaha, NE Nancy Lyn Goettl, Mankato, MN Katherine Martin, San Rafael, CA Peter Riddleberger, Washington, DC Rev. Thomas C. Widner S.J., Indianapolis, IN Prof. William Cain, Needham, MA Mark D. Greenberg, Denver, CO Larry & Danell Martin, Lincoln City, OR Elizabeth S. Roberts, Mount Desert, ME Dennis & Cheryl Wilson, Red Cloud, NE Sandra & Mel Carlson, Grand Island, NE Sarah L. Greene, Brooklyn, NY Leslie Maslow, Brooklyn, NY John & Bee Roblee, Saratoga Springs, NY Jeanette Winge, Red Cloud, NE Dr. Isabella Caruso, New Canaan, CT Elizabeth C. Gregg, Winston-Salem, NC Judith Cather McCamber, Galva, IL Carl & Jane Rohman, Lincoln, NE Christina Wolak, Guilford, CT Bain Chadsey, Plainfield, IN Barry J. & Marlea Gruver, Cherry Hill, NJ Jacqueline G. McCauley, La Mirada, CA Martha Ackmann & Ann Romberger, George E. Wolf, Lincoln, NE Dhruba & Andrea Chakravarti, Omaha, NE Dean & Donna Guigas-Siegman, Akron, OH McDermott & Miller, P.C., Kearney, NE Leverett, MA Patty Baker Wolfe, Spring Valley, CA Sarah E. Clere & Tom Horan, Charleston, SC Stacey Guill, Boise, ID Mary Lynne McDermott, Boonton, NJ Sheri Rose, Springfield, OR Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Canton, MA Henri Cole, Boston, MA Phil D. & Shirley Guy, Lilburn, GA Mr. & Mrs. Robert McGill, Walkersville, MD Dr. Aden Ross, Salt Lake City, UT Kevin & Paige Wycoff, Hastings, NE Roy E. Cook, East Granby, CT Doug & Janice Hall, Monroe, NJ Ronald L. McKee, Rockville, MD Dr. Steve Rothenberger, Kearney, NE Thomas & Patti Yaussi, Lincoln, NE Philip M. Coons, Indianapolis, IN Dr. Evelyn Haller, Lincoln, NE Erika Hamilton, Lincoln, NE Carol Litchfield, Waynesville, NC Catherine Pond, Nancy, KY Rosalie Suggs, Noblesville, IN Liam Hannaher, Alexandria, VA Dr. Nina Little, Valley, NE Helen Porter, Atlanta, GA Terese Svoboda, New York, NY Sherrill Harbison, Amherst, MA Sarah Littlefield, Wakefield, RI Arthur & Janice Post, Saunderstown, RI Lynn Swanstrom, Omaha, NE Christopher & Peggy Harrell, Coffeyville, KS Darrel & Roberta Lloyd, Hastings, NE Nancy Potter, West Kingston, RI Kazuko Sakuma Takehara, Meguro-Ku, Brad & Anna Marie Hartman, Havana, FL Stacy Ludwig, Spencer, NE Diane L. Prenatt, Indianapolis, IN Tokyo, Japan Charles & Jeanne Hastings, Hastings, NE Ann Lundberg, Orange City, IA Fay M. Purcell, Decatur, GA Ross Tangedal, Stow, OH Dee & Jerri Haussler, Hastings, NE Vickie MacMillan, Olympia, WA Linda Rathz, St. Charles, MO Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, Batesville, AR Terry Heller, Cedar Rapids, IA William Ferguson & Marcellene Malouf, Neal Ratzlaff, Omaha, NE Sue Tempero, Indianapolis, IN Bob Henderson, Waukee, IA Dallas, TX Andrew H. & Ruth D. Raun, Hastings, NE Dr. Hal & Bette Anne Thaut, Beatrice, NE Thomas & Margaret Hoarty, Omaha, NE Lou & Jean P. Mandler, New Milford, CT Red Brick Cafe, Red Cloud, NE Becky Thomas, New York, NY Rich Hoeckh, Florence, MA Marilyn J. Manlove, Baltimore, MD Lanny & Connie Reimer, Newcastle, WY Bryan & Kathy Thompson, Elkhorn, NE Rev. Nancy D. H. Horvath, Manitowoc, WI Frank R. Markley, Ashland, OH Guy Reynolds, Lincoln, NE Barbara Raess Thomsen, Madison, WI Huntington Library, San Marino, CA James David Martin, Oakland, CA Paula G. Ripple, Dodge City, KS Ruth R. Thone, Lincoln, NE Ron & Sharon Hutchinson, Salisbury, MO James & Georgianne Mastera, Lincoln, NE Francis & Judi Roberts, Kearney, NE Bette Tien, Prairie View, KS Susan J. Thomas & Thomas Hutchinson, Laura Mazzola, San Francisco, CA Mark A. & Linda Robison, Lincoln, NE Carol Tillotson, Lincoln, NE Omaha, NE Jeremiah P. & Constance Mead, Charlotte Rohrbach, Wichita, KS Deloy Titkemeier, Broken Bow, NE John Jacobs, Winchester, VA Chelmsford, MA Wil Rollman, Arlington, MA Keiko Tsuda, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Chuck Johanningsmeier, Omaha, NE Bob & Jane Meehan, Omaha, NE Leota Rolls, Hastings, NE Antonette Willa Turner, Bladen, NE Bruce Johnson, Berthoud, CO Christy L. Meline, Red Cloud, NE Dr. Kari Ronning, Lincoln, NE Elizabeth A. Turner, Fox River Grove, IL Jean Johnson, Omaha, NE Sue Meline, Red Cloud, NE Barbara E. Roshak, Forked River, NJ Don & Caroline Underwood, Marjorie A. Johnson, Fremont, NE Raymond & Carol Michael, Boardman, OR Corinna Ruth, Reedley, CA Pleasant Hill, CA Linda L. Jones, Morris, IL Ann Mikami, Las Vegas, NV Rev. Steven P. Ryan, Omaha, NE Alice & Harry VanTuyl, Middlebury, VT Philip Joseph, Denver, CO Paul Miksch, Red Cloud, NE Ron & Betty Rymer, Phoenix, AZ Mary Linnea Vaughan, Santa Rosa, CA 12 Beth Judy, Missoula, MT Paulette M. Miksch, Colorado Springs, CO Van & Shirley Sandstedt, Hastings, NE Vaughans Printers, Inc., Hastings, NE John Kahle & Katie Pierson, Minnetonka, MN Harvey L. & Patricia Miller, Kansas City, MO Nancy L. Savery, Lincoln, NE Franc E. Wagner, Hastings, NE Bernard L. Kaplan, Metuchen, NJ Cynthia Mines, Wichita, KS Robin Schauffler & Peter Samson, Ruth M. Wahlstrom, Tiffin, OH Dr. William & Beverly A. Karrer, Omaha, NE Carol J. Moen, Anoka, MN Portland, OR Maureen Waldron, Omaha, NE Joanne Katzmarek, Washburn, WI Bonnie Morris, Minneapolis, MN Daniel R. Vasgird & Susan Schenk, Dr. Martha Brownlee Wallace, August G. Kauffmann, Summit, NY Francis Murphy, Amherst, MA Lincoln, NE Santa Fe, NM Charles & Jeanine Kelliher, Kearney, NE Kathe Murphy, Fairfield, CT Richard & Marlene Schilling, Loveland, CO Ellen Walterscheid, New York, NY Christie Kennard, Overland Park, KS Lee & Barbara Myers, Omaha, NE Seth & Antona Schulz, Eldridge, IA Jack E. Watson, Scottsdale, AZ David E Ketter, Fall City, WA James W. & Karen M. Nagle, Alyssa Scott, Coon Rapids, MN Joshua Klein & Beatrice Weinberger, Nella Kincaid, Lincoln, NE Walnut Creek, CA Richard W. Sellars, Santa Fe, NM Larchmont, NY Lonnie & Brenda Knehans, Red Cloud, NE Patricia Needham, Kansas City, MO Lynn Shanley, New York, NY Shirley M. Wenzel, Elmwood, NE Ted Kooser & Kathleen Rutledge, Ann L. Nelson, Fairway, KS Rosemary Sheehan, Dakota Dunes, SD Thomas & Kristina Wesley, Garland, NE Elsa Nettels, Williamsburg, VA Helyn Sibert, Red Cloud, NE Costa Mesa, CA Photo credits: Cover: Cather Larry & Luann Kosse, Campbell, NE Mary Ann Newcomer, Boise, ID Jack & Bonnie Sibert, Lincoln, NE Steve Whayne, West Chester, OH inscription from the Southwick Rare James Kraft, Old Chatham, NY David & Vickie Nolan, Red Cloud, NE Robert Sigler, Omaha, NE Bruce Wheltle, Arlington, MA Book Collection; photo of Cather: Melissa Kucirek, Omaha, NE Sarah Nolan, Red Cloud, NE Christine Hill Smith, Carbondale, CO Claudia M. Whitnah, Martinez, CA Ella Cather Lewis and Catherine Roger & Barbara Kudrna, Lincoln, NE Dennis Nollette, West Hollywood, CA Michael J. Smith, Lincoln, NE Russel Winkelbauer, Omaha, NE Cather Lowell Collection; baby cup Deanna Lackaff, Minneapolis, MN Richard Nordstrom, Kenilworth, IL J. D. Soltis, Bridgeport, CT Barbara Wiselogel, Longmont, CO and childhood home interior: Betty Betty A. Laird, Lawrence, KS Jorn & Mary Olsen, Hastings, NE Robert & Nancy Sorensen, Lincoln, NE Janice M. Wittich, Cross Village, MI Kort; Cather’s cloak and Sleigh with Angie Landes, Cashmere, WA Patricia Oman, Hastings, NE Kelsey Squire, Columbus, OH Joachim & Laura M. Wunderlich, Trailing Wolves painting courtesy of Kathryn Larimer, Omaha, NE Sabine Oswald, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Larry & Mary Stanley, Lebanon, KS Hastings, NE the Nebraska State Historical Society; Matthew Lavin, Pitttsburgh, PA Mike & Carolyn Patterson, San Antonio, TX Teresa Statler, Portland, OR Sarah L. Young, Lawrence, KS Antoinette J. Lee, Arlington, VA Betty Peck, Newhall, CA Ruth Stearns & Mike Mattson, Lincoln, NE John S. Zeigel, Santa Fe, NM W. T. Benda illustration from the Jacqueline Lemmer, Independence, MO David & Karen Phelps, Lawrence, KS James Steerman, Red Hook, NY Nikki Zimmerman, Omaha, NE John W. Sherwood Collection. Page 7: Kathy Lemmer, Atkinson, NE Carol La Pierre, Westfield, NJ Sharon Stonecipher, Hastings, NE Arthur & Chris Zygielbaum, Lincoln, NE UNL students by Beth Burke. All Roberto Lentan, Lincoln, NE Platte Valley Retired Educators Association, Gary & Karen Stott, Papillion, NE other images courtesy of the Willa Carroll Lisle, Harrisonburg, VA Hastings, NE Subway, Red Cloud, NE Cather Foundation. The Willa Cather Foundation

Board of Governors Guy Reynolds Rhonda Seacrest Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Officers Ann Romines James P. Southwick Lynette Krieger, President Alexandria, Virginia Heber City, Utah Hastings, Nebraska Nancy Sherwood John N. Swift Marion A. Arneson, Omaha, Nebraska Whittier, California Vice President Steven B. Shively Gary W. Thompson Wayne, Nebraska Logan, Utah Lincoln, Nebraska Glenda Pierce, Secretary Amy Springer Joseph R. Urgo Lincoln, Nebraska Red Cloud, Nebraska St. Mary’s City, Maryland C. Kay Stahly, Treasurer Sally Stich Board composition as of October 2016 Kearney, Nebraska Denver, Colorado Thomas Reese Gallagher, Robert Thacker The Willa Cather Foundation Past President Canton, New York Leadership and Support Staff New York, New York Lu Williams Ashley Olson Board Members Red Cloud, Nebraska Executive Director Virgil Albertini John A ( Jay) Yost Sara Brownwood Fairway, Kansas New York, New York Program & Marketing Coordinator LauraLea Johnson Mark W. Bostock Advisory Council Windsor, Colorado Administrative Assistant Bruce P. Baker II Marianne Reynolds 13 Katherine Endacott Omaha, Nebraska Pleasant Dale, Nebraska Development Coordinator Laurie Smith Camp Tracy Tucker Max Frazier Omaha, Nebraska Monument, Colorado Education Director/Archivist James L. Fitzgibbon Karin Prellwitz Ramón J. Guerra Red Cloud, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Maintenance Assistant David B. Garwood Cheryl Wilson Sarah Baker Hansen Red Cloud, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Buildings and Sites Curator Joel Geyer Kevin Daehling Richard C. Harris Lincoln, Nebraska Sea Cliff, New York Prairie Curator Jane Renner Hood Sylvia Andersen Andrew Jewell Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Kay Blackstone Ron Hull Janice Hartman Charles Johanningsmeier Lincoln, Nebraska Priscilla Hollingshead Omaha, Nebraska A Newly Discovered Cather Photograph Betty Kort Brenda Knehans Ruth H. Keene Hastings, Nebraska Barb Kudrna Omaha, Nebraska Lisa Mahin Mellanee Kvasnicka Janet Maruhn Thanks to a donor, this exceedingly rare candid photograph Fritz Mountford La Vista, Nebraska Don Richards Hastings, Nebraska has recently come into our collection. We are happy to have it— Lucia Woods Lindley Tour Guides John J. Murphy much happier than the photograph’s subject appears to be at New York, New York Jarrod McCartney Newton, Massachusetts having her picture taken. Our preliminary research indicates Susan N. Maher Heritage Tourism Development Director Julie Olin-Ammentorp Duluth, Minnesota that the occasion may have been Cather’s May 1925 lecture Manlius, New York (The HTDD is supported through a Gary L. Meyer collaborative partnership with the City of Red at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Charles A. Peek Red Cloud, Nebraska Cloud, Chamber of Commerce, Nebraska Kearney, Nebraska Nancy S. Picchi Community Foundation , and Red Cloud New York, New York Community Foundation Fund.) Promoting Willa Cather’s legacy through education, historic preservation and the arts.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Willa The Willa Cather Foundation The State of Nebraska owns Cather Foundation is an equal-opportunity 413 North Webster Street six Cather-related properties provider and employer. and a number of inventoried Red Cloud, NE 68970 artifacts and documents held in Red Cloud. The properties are Design: collectively referred to as the Willa Cather State Historic Site Bunny Zaruba, Sausalito, California 402-746-2653 and are jointly preserved and maintained by the Nebraska State Printing: 866-731-7304 Historical Society and the Willa Cather Foundation. The Firespring, Lincoln, Nebraska [email protected] Cather Foundation acquired the sites in its earlier years and continues to manage them and care for them alongside its own www.WillaCather.org historic properties.

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