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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
… Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … Mrs. Gunn, Anita Hambourg, Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson … in the collection include notes from oral histories collected by Bennett and John March, transcripts of Cather …
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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
… - 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 …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund Funds needed for … its stabilization and preservation. In October 2025, she donated the birthplace property to Willa Cather's Virginia, … contribute to the community at large.” The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
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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 … will resume in March of 2024. Guests who book a tour in the early weeks of that month will have an opportunity to see … 150 Years of Willa Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost … a succession of other places found there too: the desert southwest of The Song of the Lark , The Professor's House …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … will change her birth year to 1876 and her name to “Willa” later. Silas Garber is elected governor of Nebraska. 1874 … lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels, My Antonia . 1882 — Red Cloud becomes a division …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… influenced the novels Sapphira and the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. Please …
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