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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 … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Cite as: [item #], Betty Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   …   Miscellaneous papers  Documents   Pat Phillips Materials Board minutes, conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are encouraged to … from Cather's fiction, journalism, and letters written or set in Pittsburgh between 1896 and 1929 • Birthday cookies …
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 … said in an interview, “I had searched for books telling about the beauty of the country I loved, its romance, and … as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness will join less than a dozen …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Hampshire, join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … of Cather's life and times will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the … scholar at UCLA and Vice President of the National Willa Cather Center Board of Governors. As Willa Cather …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most popular writings, … Willa Cather Bookstore will have an extensive offering of gifts and books at 15% off. Visitors on tour in December …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels,  My Antonia . 1882  — Red Cloud becomes a division … Siebert Cather.” 20 Dec 2006. O’Brien, Sharon. Chronology.  Early Novels and Stories : The Troll Garden, O Pioneers! 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

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … (Four Play Reviews from the Pittsburgh Leader) p. 1  "An American Citizen" p. 1  "Nethersole's Carmen" p. 2  "John … Upon his return from Europe, Don Connors visits Cather's Southwest p. 20  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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