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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 …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … dates ranging from 1871-1963, focused around Willa Cather’s location and/or writing and career, plus microfilm of Willa … clippings   WCPM trivet      WCPM plate     Willa Cather Childhood Home Plate (1977)     WCPM metal flower keychain   …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… , as well as publication centenaries of  A Lost Lady  and  April Twilights and Other Poems . Willa Cather’s prolific writing career and …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… She joins Ponca Chief Standing Bear, installed in 2019, as one of two new sculptures that represent Nebraska. The … in the centenary year of her Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
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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 …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … restoration in more than fifty years.  A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood … Willa Cather Bookstore will have an extensive offering of gifts and books at 15% off. Visitors on tour in December …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … Cather visits Red Cloud. 1901  — Cather takes a job teaching high school students in Pittsburgh and moves into … Lady , Cather vows not to allow any more adaptations of her works. She later stipulates this in her will. 1935  — In the …
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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 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of … and "About Jim and Elsie"  Reprints of Cather's Early Works p. 2  TITLE: A Note on The White Bear Stories  AUTHOR: … Mellanee Kvasnicka p. 4  TITLE: Book Review: Approaches to Teaching Cather's My Ántonia, S. Rowsowski Editor p. 4  …
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