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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist … Death Comes for the Archbishop , the novel featuring the story set in 1851 of Father Jean Marie Latour traveling to …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner
… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … to share a love of Willa Cather and local Webster County history, and a new and growing friendship between the sixth …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … half of the 20 th Century. Her stories are the American story. Embedded in her work is a portrait of who we are and …
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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 … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive … the coming school year; Adella L. Hurlbutt would have had teaching responsibilities as well. She was one of the two …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… Image Cather's Thanksgiving postcard to her niece, 1909 … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," … and through a general consent. . . . But our great National feast day was originated by a private individual, …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains
… Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art Gallery Monday, Mar 17 - Saturday, May 17, 2025 | All day The … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode …
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"Books Old and New"
… Image The NWCC Bookstore features every book written by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of … in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August … shone well before she was famous for her novels and short stories. [For more about Cather's editorship at The Home …
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Organization History
… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group of …
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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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