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Serena's Album

… Album In February 1887, Serena White of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, received a friendship album entitled Mental … from Serena’s neighbors and friends in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. Serena and Florence White Serena and Florence. … eldest child of Arthur and Lora White. Her family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree     … TX-50-1000-041 Photocopies of 28 and 29               Newspaper TX-50-1000-043 Charles F. Cather Obituary …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cather Sesquicentennial

… the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are encouraged to … , Kansas City, MO: 5:30 p.m. CT— Rachel Olsen, Director of Education & Engagement, will talk about Willa Cather's One …
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 representing Nebraska at National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. … Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather Center’s Opera House in Red Cloud. Following the livestream at the …
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 writers of … groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the … 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

… to any other American writer. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia … conservators from the Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The project was supported by the State of Nebraska – Department of Economic Development and the Willa …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County … the Little Blue and Republican rivers in south central Nebraska, 16 miles northwest of Red Cloud. Charles and Mary … name to “Willa” later.  Silas Garber is elected governor of Nebraska. 1874  — Willa Cather and her parents move into the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… voice and violin arrangement. This aria is indirectly mentioned by Thea in The Song of the Lark , since she often … Massenet’s “Meditation for Violin from Thais” — One of Ours includes a direct reference to this famous violin … Thank you! We look forward to your homecoming and to your gift of classic opera on the Red Cloud Opera House stage in …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … Marymount College of Kansas p. 2  TITLE: From a 1922 Review of One of Ours  AUTHOR: Burton Rascoe (New York … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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