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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an … 19th century. Right Rolla reveals more of his interest in card-playing. “Never looking at the card in the bottom of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and Virginia Cather, … Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal … Emerson The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution 1912 n/a Verne, Jules Five Weeks in a Balloon n/d n/a Verne, Jules Michael …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… times, which makes his involvement with the Willa Cather Foundation all the more meaningful.  Image Harris (back … the people who were established were encouraging and supportive. There was no competition, but a lot of … work, he shares his hopes that his future gift will support the continuation of events like the annual spring …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

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

… and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career and introduce … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Lathrop p. 1  TITLE: Something That Endures  AUTHOR: Sister Lucy Schneider, Marymount College of Kansas p. 2  TITLE: … Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by John Bergers p. 2  TITLE: "Candle-Lit … S. Shannon, daughter of Roscoe Cather dies p. 11  First scholarly volumes to be produced p. 37  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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