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The Willa Cather Foundation
… times, and the pleasures of her artistry; Organization of conferences and seminars that generate new research and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/08/2024
Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures … items and welcomes authors for book talks and signings. LEARN MORE Willa Cather's Childhood Home & Guided Tours … these special places for the enjoyment of all today. LEARN MORE The Prairie Landscape Outside of town, in Webster …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the … replied. “I am sorry to have been so long in answering your letter and I will be delighted to write you a little … Bennett continued, however, and in 1958, he wrote, “I am sending to you today . . . six items of my work which I want …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … the narrative proper begins with the very autobiographical experience Cather described. Transposed to Jim Burden, the … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Discover
… of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. For Readers For Readers For Writers For … Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great American writer. Through our scholarly endeavors, …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 12/27/2023
Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … its stabilization and preservation. Her intention is to donate the property to Willa Cather's Virginia , a … and promotion of Cather's Virginia legacy. The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 12/06/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a … Cather’s brother James Cather is born. Silas Garber begins building the Farmers and Merchants Bank in downtown Red …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Pavelka Farmstead
… 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of … My Ántonia at 100 (issue theme) — Willa Cather Review, Volume 60: No. 3, Winter 2018 New Scholarship on My Ántonia … Plains Quarterly , Spring 1994, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln From the National …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 09/08/2023
Press Room
… and his creation of the Willa Cather sculpture: updated in spring 2022 with sculpture casting process] " Willa Cather … Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather Spring Conferences and biennial International Cather Seminars , …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Organization History
… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023