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Serena's Album

… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

…   1893   Document TEX-250-391-062 Plat of B&M Railroad Lands Burlington & Missouri River Railroad co. 1880   … and journals, Union College, Western Literature, Prairie Schooner, etc   Box 46 Cassettes and Recordings … 1968   Book April Twilights Willa Cather 1968   Magazine Prairie Schooner : Emily Dickinson Edition (vol. 51 no. 4)   …
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 … Library, Fort Collins, CO Nov 9-12 —  Willa Cather and the Counterculture: An Immersive Weekend in Taos, New Mexico . …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather Center’s Opera House in Red Cloud. Following the livestream at the Nebraska …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Library, Jaffrey, New Hampshire FREE-OF-CHARGE Special Events Tuesday, Jun 25, 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm ET The Jaffrey …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … home will be preserved as a cultural attraction for the learning and the enjoyment of future generations. “This … help the National Willa Cather Center provide classroom resources for teachers, preserve historic sites associated …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … Poems  is released.  A Lost Lady , a novel based in part on events in the lives of Silas Garber and his wife Lyra …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… 1.  In addition to program notes on selections related to Cather’s works, this recent interview reveals more about Red … on a Fulbright and then to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel,  The Song of the Lark .  “That is when … from Prague and sang in all the major opera houses of the world.  How does performing in your hometown opera house …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 1968  Editor: Miriam Mountford  TITLE:  Evil, Vision, and Artistic Purity: The Existential Implications of Willa … Conference--1971 p. 1  What Others Say About Us p. 1  New picture of Cather p. 2  Restoration— Grace Episcopal Church … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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