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Willa Cather Book Club

… again! Beginning with O Pioneers! (2013's One Book One Nebraska selection), the group plans to read a variety of … 100th publication anniversary and with One Book One Nebraska readers in mind. WHO: Anyone interested in reading … Willa Cather Foundation, 413 North Webster, Red Cloud, Nebraska WHY: Because Red Cloud hosts the largest living …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… also marked the 100th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize for  One of Ours , as well as publication centenaries of  A … matching funds provided by the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick County, … which receives generous support from the Marion Park Lewis Foundation. Andrew Jewell , a highly respected Willa Cather …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings

… magazine wrote. Other women in the series included another Nebraska native, social worker Grace Abbott, as well as … more generally around the world, but most heavily here in Nebraska. "To let young people know that recognition is … women to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Nebraska in 1917, and in 1931, Cather was again the first …
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Cather Weekend on Governors Island

… and publications. We’ll be offering Willa Cather books and other merchandise as special giveaways. Information on a … make her famous, she made a mark as a poet. Her first book, April Twilights (1903), was a collection of poetry and her poems …
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Annotations from the Archive—The Right Reverend George Allen Beecher Letters

… George Allen Beecher, who served as Bishop of Western Nebraska from 1910-1943, shared a long friendship with Willa …
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Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner

… County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner September 25, 2019 Some kids growing up … and she has a copy of Sapphira and the Slave Girl and the Selected Letters in her stack of books to read next. When asked about …
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Cather's Letters Published

… Image Cather's Letters Published March 25, 2013 The Selected Letters of Willa Cather , co-edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
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Echoes of the Archbishop

… to change rooms. For questions about the program, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen at …
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