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… thing I miss most is the opera house.” —Willa Cather, 1929 Moon Block Adjoining the Opera House is the Moon Block, named for its original investor, Michigan Senator John Moon. The Moon Block is home to the National Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather Biography

… northern Virginia to the pioneering prairie of the Nebraska Divide—a sensitive child at a critical age—was in many ways … for an incipient writer: though sparsely settled, the Divide between the Republican and Blue rivers offered her … put them too in some of her novels. During her time on the Divide, Cather attended a one-room school house, but Charles …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm instead. Lucy Gayheart  is serialized in  Women’s Home Companion  and …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Image International Seminar Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023 | 12am - Friday, Jun 23, 2023 | 12am The New School 65 W … and professional life. Seminar check-in is at the Lang Café building, located at 65 W. 11th, first floor. A full … Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich Village Take an hourlong stroll …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude … Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader history of the community. In our organization’s early … to eat and plenty of water to wash it down with, but how long can a man subsist on bread and water, besides you say …
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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… made. Though she postpones making selections, in a June 13 letter, Cather mentions to Mrs. Sherwood that she’s … roof on the church. It seems then, as now, the old church building was being improved and repaired! But we know from … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… writing and connected it to her own life. “When she writes about her childhood, you can’t help but think about yours . When she writes about her brothers and … Cather Foundation and the works of Willa Cather, and we welcome any materials related to her 1987 appearance in Red …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… to do despite the struggles presented by the pandemic. In terms of furthering our mission, virtual programming allows … local and regional residents? Engagement can be a nebulous term, and to a certain degree, I like it that way. I guess …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Issue  Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: The Themes That Bind--Obscure Destinies  AUTHOR: Claire Mattern p. 1  TITLE: "Two … AUTHOR: Patricia Youngue p. 2  TITLE:  On the Title--Obscure Destinies AUTHOR: JoAnna Lathrop p. 3  TITLE: The …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… and restore the original interior features Retrofit the building with new electrical and mechanical equipment prior … was completed by Carson Stone & Supply of Omaha using 3D scanning technology to replicate the intricate engraving … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice …
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