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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in … of Annie Sadilek, commits suicide and is buried near a crossroads. Cather, on whom almost nothing was lost, will … Poems is released. A Lost Lady , a novel based in part on events in the lives of Silas Garber and his wife Lyra …
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18th International Willa Cather Seminar
… most of her professional writing life in New York (1906-1947), first in Greenwich Village and later, after she had … 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: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… is Cather’s letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, sent on June 7, 1928. Written just three months after her father’s death, … 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
… to the Willa Cather Foundation over several years. In 1987, acclaimed actress Julie Harris accepted the invitation of … 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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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… was around 4 o’clock and the next morning there was not a leaf nor kernel of corn left . . . . They ate every leaf off the potato vines, beets, cabbages, turnips, ate the …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… is identifying processes that we can adopt to make our work loads easier to manage, as well as developing more … cooking. If I can swing a book or two outside of my reading load for work, so much the better. …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Day of Issue p. 1 Willa Cather Centennial Festival--Events at UNL and Red Cloud p. 2 Notice of Mrs. Roscoe … in the Mainstream, #5 AUTHOR: Loretta Wasserman, Grand Valley State University p. 45 TITLE: The 44th Annual Willa … at Bread Loaf with three photographs p. 39 Photograph of Republican River p. 40 WCPM Collectible Christmas Cards p. …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… two elegant vaults that were manufactured by Hall’s Safe & Lock Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although the Farmers’ and …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… Willa Cather Center (NWCC): Please see attached PDF file. About the Willa Cather Foundation The Willa Cather …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center
… Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud … restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Moon Block building in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The project was made … of scholars, students, and readers young and old.” Public tours led by members of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of …
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