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Historic Sites

… attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The Song of the Lark. The home was acquired by the Willa Cather Foundation … nights, and joyous awakenings on summer mornings.” — The Song of the Lark Burlington Depot Red Cloud’s Burlington …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … in an area near Back Creek, Virginia. Also joining the Cathers at Willow Shade is Willa’s maternal grandmother … Red Cloud, the town’s third train depot, built in 1897 and visited by Cather on return trips, is now on the National …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

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 … Kendall Elizabeth Kendall  is a nonfiction writer and the author of  Balanchine and the Lost Muse  and  Where She …
Posted: 06/05/2019
Last Updated: 06/22/2023

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 …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… examine the windows at Grace Episcopal Church. During his visits, he evaluated their condition, performed some minor … the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … suggests that these specifications were important to the Cathers. In letters to Douglass Cather, Sherwood explains …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… If you have any such memorabilia, please contact archivist Tracy Tucker via email, ttucker@willacather.org . For the digital archive description …
Posted: 10/20/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Image Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January … staff to develop instructional supports around Cather’s stories and novels, but also to treat educators to engaging … like, she’s messy, and that is what I love about her. If My Ántonia connects readers to the world of immigrant …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … 1964  Editor: Miriam Mountford  Aim and Interpretation of Catherland p. 1  Plow is a Symbol of Cather Museum p. 1  … p. 3  Cather Garden Dedicated p. 3  New Signs Placed on Country Roads p. 4  … Cather - Alfred A. Knopf Correspondence and One of Ours p.101 AUTHOR: Richard C. Harris TITLE: Focusing on Cather's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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 …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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