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Cather Book Club: Sapphira and the Slave Girl

… On April 21 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Bennett Book Inventory Box 17—Mementos, Photos, Gifts, Notes, including: Map of Grand Manan Drawings … of Life 1894 W. Cather Lutes, Della T. The Country Kitchen 1945 Cherry Pudding 115 Lytton, Robert Bulwer, Lord …
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Through Darkness to Light

… grows on the north side of trees. An estimated 100,000 enslaved people chose to embark on a journey in search of … Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… with art and history! Nebraska historian Bill Hayes discusses the issue of slavery in the U.S. during the 1850s and … the Civil War! If you would like to bring students, please contact Director of Education and Engagement Rachel Olsen at … an ASL interpreter, or any other accommodations, please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … will require significant restoration in order to be saved.  Virginia realtor Katherine Solenberger purchased the … rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick … of the renowned writer's sesquicentennial with the National Willa Cather Center. Suggested donations of what you can pay … respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
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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 …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… who is said to be the model for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature

Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia before moving to Nebraska Image Special presentation by Ashley Olson Special Events Sunday, Oct 22, 2023 | 3 - 4pm Museum of the Shenandoah …
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