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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short Biography of … . After the publication of her first novel, Alexander’s Bridge , Cather left the magazine to focus full-time on her …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny enclave of French culture that was …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather Bennett's Book Helped Launch Cather Studies February 11, … the 75th year of The World of Willa Cather , written by Mildred Bennett, a school teacher, author, researcher, and … and interviews with Bennett's own unpublished memoir.  The Mildred Bennett Collection , comprised largely of Bennett's …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… $5 off their ticket purchases with a special code!  Contact Jeniffer Beahm, Development Coordinator, at jbeahm@willacather.org . or (402) 746-2653 Willa on Wednesday …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of … groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the … a fireproof vault for safe keeping of town records.” Her gift was part of a pattern of philanthropists funding public …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should …
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Finding Aids

… association with them are available on microfilm: The Index of Pittsburg Life , The Library , The Home Monthly , … 10/3/1968 The Red Cloud Chief 10/1/1873 to 11/22/1923 The Index of Pittsburg Life 10/6/1900 to 1/4/1902 The Library … Book Inventory Box 11 Research Materials Full box of index cards and notes for Mildred Bennett's book,  The World …
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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

… Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author … his new book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts,  a biography that chronicles Virginia Faulkner’s career as a … what author Timothy Schaffert calls “mad devotion to Willa Cather.”  Spend an evening with Bigelow as he …
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