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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

… for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy … 1880   Document TEX-250-391-053 Financial Agreements, Clark Cather and George P. Cather   1878-1882   Document … Cordially yours, Willa Cather Dust jacket very good   The Song of the Lark BK-50-308 Willa Cather 1915 1st printing …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

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 …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Enjoy an afternoon filled … escaped to freedom and traveled roughly 2,000 miles to visit actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers …
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 … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa Cather’s … contribute to the community at large.”  The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … She would later write the bedroom description into The Song of the Lark (1915): “The ceiling was so low that a …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … itself. As Skaggs also maintained, Cather "fashioned fictions of such intricacy and resonating depth that all of … from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service was conducted at Grace Episcopal Church in …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon become the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… influenced the novels   Sapphira and the Slave Girl   and   My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. Please …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023

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