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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
… Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research. Cite as: [item #], Betty Kort Collection. Willa … The material is in English. Access and Use: Open to research. Digital copy and transcription are available online. … Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research. Cite as: [item #], Blanche Cather Ray Collection. …
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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 Valley of Virginia. Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation … stabilization and eventual restoration and programming. ABOUT THE BIRTHPLACE The Cather birthplace remains a …
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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 …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most popular writings, … 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 Biography
… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels Sapphira and the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
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