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Historic Sites
… an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … removing redundant facilities from major lines. To save the building from destruction, it was moved from its original …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 publications on Cather and her works appearing since … and this was a decision that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic … letters. A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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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
… 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: 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 … 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 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… p. 1 First Foreign Charter (Japan) by WCPM p. 1 Don Connors teaches a new course offering at UCLA p. 1 Cather … Landmark-Cather Home p. 2 Four New Board Members: D. Connors, R. Borton, V. Borton, W. Mountford p. 3 Death … Junipero Serra p. 20 Upon his return from Europe, Don Connors visits Cather's Southwest p. 20 …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… lobby Developing and installing new exhibits for the space About the building Construction of the Farmers and Merchants … and churches of the era throughout the United States. It includes a Colorado sandstone facade; intricately carved … at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. NOTE: Archival images in the banner slide show are from the Willa Cather …
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