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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital

… fiction of the 20th century including the novels My Ántonia and O Pioneers! . But the voice of the private Willa … Janis Stout, the NET project includes original video, audio, photography, and commentary. The voice of Willa …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … motto is from Pope’s “Essay on Man,” a line well-loved by newspaper writers. Mrs. Keifer’s father-in-law, J. W. …
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Finding Aids

… York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping TX-50-1000-055 … notes. Most entries are in Cather’s hand; a few are in another hand, possibly Edith Lewis’s. Language:  The material …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org …
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Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… with no silver remaining on the glass at all. Archivist Tracy Tucker has made some careful experiments on more intensive … you will consider donating them to a repository. Archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker would be happy to talk with you about …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film adaptation … September 13, 1923 ). The local Sunday School Association, later in September 1923, hosted a lecture called "The Menace … books even reach the public. Mrs. Keating reads 3 hundred novels a year! . . . 'Someone asked me today, why I bought …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month

… Archives Month, a time when we educate students and patrons about the value of archives. It’s easy to make the … the very fabric of democracy, since the French Revolution ushered in the idea of centralized, publicly accessible … you might imagine! In our organization's earliest days, Mildred Bennett, our founder, spent a great deal of time …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… Image Grant Reynard's 1948 letter to Mildred Bennett Image Grant Reynard's "Mike's Blacksmith … Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the … many acquaintances, friends, and relatives, inquiring about their willingness to speak about the author. The …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies

… Willa Cather’s personal copy of her 1903 book of poetry , April Twilights , falls in this category. It includes emendations …
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Alexander's Bridge

… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious … the two women and the lives they represent, in Alexander’s Bridge , Bartley grapples with intense indecision and guilt. …
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