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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… speaker Rebecca Romney , scholarly plenaries, and a mixed media exhibit by Susan Hart . Other highlights include the …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 09/08/2026

Cather Legacy Society

… an excellent way for you to leave a legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation … to his former students turned best friends. With his final act of kindness, Loren will continue to touch the … the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … Hall Collection. On December 7, the  Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened  to visitors after an extensive  … download the National Willa Cather Center app for virtual tours . Organizations or communities that would like to …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue … Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

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 … , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This presentation … a fireproof vault for safe keeping of town records.” Her gift was part of a pattern of philanthropists funding public …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879  — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration … the site opened to visitors in 1967 and was later gifted to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1978. The transformative restoration set to begin soon will ensure the 140+-year-old home is …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 16.1  Winter 1972 Editor: Miriam Mountford  Cather Horne Named … this issue:  John Bergers' paintings available as Christmas cards p. 41  From the Guest Editor, John J. Murphy p. 42  … 34  Photographs of guests at the Second Cather Home p. 35  Holiday gift listing p. 37  Summary of International Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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