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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, … who have volunteered their services for the past three years to bring the unveiling of the statue to … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… on Saturday, June 8th. Attendees are also encouraged to visit, Hommage: Willa Cather , on view at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery, and Travis Hencey's new exhibit, The …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… said National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson. “We are excited for visitors to see the changes and …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… for Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud. Ashley Olson is the Executive Director of the National Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather Biography

… southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny … to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … oration in the Red Cloud Opera House. One of only three members in her class, Cather is the only student not … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Visitors p. 1  Staff Activities p. 1  Publications p. 2  Gifts and Mail Bag p. 2  Future Plans p. 2  … Summer 1975  LITERARY ISSUE Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: Three Chautauqua Articles by Willa Cather p. 1  "The Fourth … from Cather's "Eric" p. 3  Cather Memorial Prairie is Setting for Workshop p. 4  …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… marked the 100th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize for  One of Ours , as well as publication centenaries of  A Lost Lady … Littleton Alston's statuette of Willa Cather, a recent gift to the library where it will be permanently displayed …
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