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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Littleton Alston’s Cather statue in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on June 7. Additional events took … $150,000 for preservation and educational programs. A challenge gift of $50,000 has been offered if $100,000 can be …
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Historic Sites

… “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and Cather's attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The … world and the way back to Red Cloud. Red Cloud was on the main line of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad, and eight … was an important setting in the novel.  The Miner House remained in the family until 1990, when it was purchased and …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … are the primary attraction, in many ways Willa Cather the person looms large in the critical interest her works have … Nebraska P, 2000. Bohlke, Brent L. Willa Cather in Person: Interviews, Speeches, and Letters .      Lincoln: U of …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… on the Rock  is published. 1932  — Cather publishes  Obscure Destinies , her last collection of short stories. From the …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar

… , NY 10011 United States "Bright and Beautiful and Alive": Willa Cather's New York Intersections We hope you will make plans … Village and later, after she had risen to the top of the literary profession, on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side. …
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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 restoration work on the … the house but still close to the creek. . . . The last night of [brick] firing was a gala event. Chicken was rolled …
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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

… thirty original oil paintings by John Blake Bergers (1931-2011), a professional artist who dedicated his life to … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… of contents are listed with the corresponding issue in PDF format. Summer 1957 to Current 1.1  Summer 1957  FIRST … Visitors p. 2  Nebraska Activities and Publications p. 2  Membership p. 2  Reminders p. 2    … 17.4  Fall 1973 Editor Miriam Mountford:  Your WCPM Membership p. 1  Cather Commemorative Stamp--First Day of …
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