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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … Belle Barclay chooses Yellowstone Park. Designated a national park in 1872 — the first in the United States — …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

…  ____________ Bulk dates:  1878-1921 Finding Aid created by Lucy Koenig and Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2023 Copyright: … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … (Copy pp. 47-72 199-200)     Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F05 Lucy Gayheart  Typescript (Copy pp. 22-118)     Magazine …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cather Sesquicentennial

… , as well as publication centenaries of  A Lost Lady  and  April Twilights and Other Poems . Willa Cather’s prolific writing … by the Associació Internacional Duana de les Arts April 11 —  The National World War I Museum & Memorial , …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

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

… She also holds a writing pen and paper. The Nebraska state flower (goldenrod) and the state bird (Western meadowlark) …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Library, Jaffrey, New Hampshire FREE-OF-CHARGE Special Events Tuesday, Jun 25, 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm ET The Jaffrey … Hampshire, join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the lecture will be readings of Cather’s work and letters. Our presenter is …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… lighting for enhanced interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … 1903  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… reveals more about Red Cloud’s own special artist's musical interests, highlights of her career, and the origins … on a Fulbright and then to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel,  The Song of the Lark .  “That is when … else that you’d like to add? Kate Quinn, a popular historic fiction writer, was my student at Boston University from her …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … access to specific articles and special features of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. … 1964  Editor: Miriam Mountford  Aim and Interpretation of Catherland p. 1  Plow is a Symbol of Cather Museum p. 1  … p. 3  Cather Garden Dedicated p. 3  New Signs Placed on Country Roads p. 4  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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