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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 …
Posted: 12/07/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Through Darkness to Light

… 1865. They moved in constant fear of being killed or recaptured, returned, and beaten as an example of what would happen … square miles, Michna-Bales traveled roughly 2,000 miles to visit actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers … Arts. Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at npowers@willacather.org . Advance notice is necessary to …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Presentation at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Special Events Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 2 - 3:30pm ET Museum of the … at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For further information on the event and the nonprofit Willa Cather’s …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

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 … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings … On December 7, Cather’s 150th birthday will be fêted with guided holiday tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … oration in the Red Cloud Opera House. One of only three members in her class, Cather is the only student not … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia … history of Willa Cather, Olsen will detail how the writer’s early years in Frederick County, Virginia, and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels   Sapphira and the Slave Girl   and   My Ántonia . …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023

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