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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … popular in the late 19th century, usually purchased in stationery stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as … Richard II: “Nay, let us share thy thoughts, as thou dost ours.” The “autographic confessions” in Serena’s album span …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Douglass Cather   Document TX-50-1000-020 Boak Birth and Death Records     Document TX-50-1000-021 Receipt  James … daughter, Willa Cather April 4th, 1923 No slipcase Death Comes for the Archbishop BK-50-303 Willa Cather 1927 pre-publication 1st …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of Willa Cather's birth. The year also marked the 100th …
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 … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This …
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 … in more than fifty years.  A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood Home was … historic sites and landscapes related to any other American writer. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … in an area near Back Creek, Virginia. Also joining the Cathers at Willow Shade is Willa’s maternal grandmother …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… anything else. Is there a Hamilton of the opera world in terms of popularity? If so, what might it be? [ Perhaps …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Interest p. 2  1964 Spring Conference p. 3  Relatives and Death of Elsie Cather p. 3  Growth of Scholarship Fund and … Chautauqua" p. 2  "Sunday at Crete" p. 2  TITLE: On Death Comes for the Archbishop  AUTHOR: Beverly Bohlke, University of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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