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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… & Collections Feature Article in Summer 2023 issue August 1, 2023 Willa Cather, the National Willa Cather Center, and … some of her personal novels including O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . 'The land belongs to the future,' said one of the …
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Dane Church
… halo looked like a ring of cheese. Cather was furious. In 1927, a tornado destroyed the little church, and when Ondrak heard of the damage, he reportedly cried, "My Yesus! My Yesus! Blown all to hell!" The Dane Church and … Norwegian cemetery that refuses to bury Mr. Shimerda in My Ántonia ; Francis Sadilek, the prototype for Mr. Shimerda, …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… celebrated our 2023 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and National Willa … up, Trinity Houchin (Minden High School). This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is Campbell Collins (Collins … awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $200,000 and have assisted more than …
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John William Boone & Cather
… the state university. Written before the Aeneid , a foundational text of all Western literature, the Georgics … into a new artform. This exhibit was developed with the support and assistance of: Humanities Nebraska John William Boone Heritage Foundation Missouri State Archives Nebraska State Historical …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center
Image Annotations from the Archive: Cather in Santa Fe Image A 1909 Omaha Bee advertisement for Apollinaris Water Image Steriopticon Image Original illustration from My Ántonia The Collections at National Willa Cather Center The National Willa Cather …
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Press Room
… universal themes—and elevated them to a national and international readership (while also elevating Nebraska in … Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather Spring Conferences and biennial International Cather Seminars , which aim to foster appreciation and scholarship …
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Country Tour
… Image The Divide Country Tour "As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea...and there was so much …
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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 … museum, reflecting the settings for six of Cather’s twelve novels and many of her short stories. For the first … Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed responsibility for day-to-day management and …
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Event Archives
… Jacob Friefeld & Angela Bates Author Series: Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Immerse yourself in Great Plains and … Reserve Tickets Learn More Image Celebrating Cather at 150: A Guided Holiday Tour Special Events: Saturday, Dec 2, … the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the Archbishop ) …
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Honors and Achievements
… Image Cather on the Cover of Time Magazine 1931 Honors and … on the 100 greatest novel lists for Time , the New York Times , and Publisher’s Weekly Received honorary … My Ántonia on its list of 100 novels that shaped America Inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame (1962) and New York …
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