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Serena's Album

… young and mostly female — the opportunity to put on performances for their friends, trying on identities and … was a favored amusement, “when he wins.” High Five was a form of Pitch popular in the 19th century. Right Rolla … “Free Silver” political issue of the 1890s. His advocated reform is “Suppression of liquor traffic.” The temperance …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Lucy Gayheart Willa Cather 1935     Book  BK-207-029 Obscure Destinies Willa Cather 1932     Book BK-207-030 Death Comes … (Tauchnitz Edition) Willa Cather 1935     Book BK-207-038 Obscure Destinies (Tauchnitz Edition) Willa Cather 1933     …
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

… 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

… virtual book launch and reading of Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather (at 7:00 p.m. CT). Birthday …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… uncle and aunt of Willa Cather) stake a homestead on the Divide, a broad stretch of land between the Little Blue and … short story to be published in a national magazine, “On the Divide,” appears in  Overland Monthly . Annie Sadilek …
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

… Issue  Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: The Themes That Bind--Obscure Destinies  AUTHOR: Claire Mattern p. 1  TITLE: "Two … AUTHOR: Patricia Youngue p. 2  TITLE:  On the Title--Obscure Destinies AUTHOR: JoAnna Lathrop p. 3  TITLE: The …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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