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One of Ours
… Image One of Ours Book Club Resources Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, … finds what he has been searching for all his life. In One of Ours (1922) Willa Cather explores the destiny of a …
Posted: 05/03/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023
Cather Sesquicentennial
… with Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation, NWCC • 6:00-7:00 p.m. • Joslyn Castle & Gardens, Omaha, NE … in 1942 • With actors Deanne Lorette, Steve Routman, and NWCC Board of Governors member, Peter Cipkowski • New York … Celebration , 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET, with Peter Cipkowski, NWCC Board of Governors member, and readings by Boston-area …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 04/19/2024
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 representing Nebraska at National Statuary … “Willa Cather was always a champion for Nebraska. While her writing spans settings that include the desert Southwest, …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 04/03/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping … Willa Cather stamp, Cather 100th Birthday newspaper, WCPM newsletter (1987), and letters and documents surrounding …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… us for an evening of readings to celebrate 150 years of Willa Cather, one of the most significant and treasured American … to creating healthy communities through the art of writing. Since its inception in the fall of 2021, the Ames …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 02/05/2024
Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Exterior of the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Earliest image of the Willa … Cather Center in 2017, stated, “Through Willa Cather’s writing, we have a better understanding of one of the most …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 01/18/2024
Cather 150 Campaign: Advancing Her Legacy and Enriching Lives
… help the National Willa Cather Center provide classroom resources for teachers, preserve historic sites associated … donors across the nation has helped to expand our arts and educational programming; curate new exhibits; care for … and many photographs and objects are now showcased online. Learn About the NWCC Collections Browse the Collection NWCC …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 01/11/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book, April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Guided Town Tour
… depot in many of her works, such as in an early scene in My Ántonia . The Depot also figures prominently in “The … home is the J. L. Miner House, the home described in My Àntonia , where Ántonia worked. Anna Sadilek Pavelka, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies
… an association copy was owned, at some time, by someone who was “associated” with the book, in a variety of … early journalism, and in her fiction (“Old Mrs. Harris” and One of Ours ). Books owned by people associated with the production …
Posted: 01/02/2024
Last Updated: 01/08/2024