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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… for the Archbishop" Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Special Events Discussion #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As … pre-order Taylor's book on our website. Stay tuned for more information about a special celebration of Taylor's new book …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner
… she said. As part of its mission, the Willa Cather Foundation helps support K-12 educational initiatives by providing books, …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather Legacy … “The scholars were kind to each other, non-competitive, supportive of young scholars, and receptive. This is what … she wanted her legacy to include an organization that supported her as a young, budding scholar, and through its …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains
… Helicotylenchus, the "spiral" nematode, collected at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie A special science exhibition in the … the story. Unseen and Underfoot was conceived by Powers and others in UNL's Nematology Lab to "show the other half.” The …
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"Books Old and New"
… as Willa Cather always did—and that the Willa Cather Foundation continues to do in her name. "Cather and the … day as they are the reason for our mission—which you can support in many ways, including a browse in our National …
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Organization History
… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … upon our many blessings but also the nostalgia, and history, of Thanksgivings past. Thanksgiving seems to have …
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