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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… of English, Emerita), editor of the Scholarly Edition of  Sapphira and the Slave Girl  (2000) and  Willa Cather’s Southern Connections  …
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Serena's Album

… United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the House. Mr. Keifer, Jr. had served as his father’s secretary … C. Tinkham’s home town of Homer, Illinois was an important location for this family. Serena’s mother Lora White, her … of” manners. Cather drew upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in …
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Finding Aids

… Genre: Address books (https://lccn.loc.gov/sh94007949) People Name(s): Abbot, Edith, 1876-1957 Adams, P.H. … Georg Homo Sum 1880 n/a Ebers, Georg Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt n/d Bessie Seymour '91 Eggleston, Edward The … Juvenal 1890 n/a Livy The History of Rome, Books XXI and XXII 1905 Elsie Margaret Cather Logan, John A. The Great …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not have been Richard Harris’s first choice … were all taken, so I looked and said, ‘Well, I did read My Ántonia a few years ago and liked it a lot,’” Harris … hopes that his future gift will support the continuation of events like the annual spring conference for the next …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic journalist in Lincoln and …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Gifts p. 1  Death Notice of Edith Lewis p. 2  1973--Cather Centennial Year, Cather Stamp p. 2  Increasing Interest in … conference p. 3  Excerpt from Nation 1920 book review of Youth and the Bright Medusa p. 4  …
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Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The 2010 Willa Cather Spring … Girl, Death Comes for the Archbishop Cookbooks (The Cather Foundation Archives contains the Cather family collection of …
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