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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
… Boone & Cather "for I shall be the first... " In Cather’s My Ántonia , narrator Jim Burden encounters the ancient Roman … to render her Nebraska experiences in a new way. In a 1918 review for The Dial , Randolph Bourne writes of My …
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The Collections at National Willa Cather Center
… 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 …
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Press Room
… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, … YouTube @WillaCatherFdn (National Willa Cather Center) Images This selection of images is available to the the … image needs that you may have. Historic Sites & Misc. Image Galleries The Collections at the National Willa Cather …
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Country Tour
… in it, the whole country seemed somehow, to be running." — My Ántonia The Country Tour highlights twenty historic sites … of the Webster County countryside, including settings from My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, One of Ours, short stories …
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Organization History
… Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group of local citizens led by Mildred R. Bennett, … work; the St. Juliana Catholic Church , of the novel My Ántonia the Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a pair …
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Event Archives
… Making a Place Exhibit Opening! Special Events: Friday, Mar 1, 2024 | 3 - 6pm We are excited to welcome guests to the … Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , on March 1, 2024! As we celebrate Nebraska's Statehood Day, we hope … light refreshments served. Learn More Image Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather Special Events: Wednesday, Feb 28, …
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Honors and Achievements
… Image Cather on the Cover of Time Magazine 1931 Honors and Achievements The Pulitzer Prize & More “Miss … of Arts and Letters (1944) Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters Received a William Dean Howells … Michigan, and Nebraska The Library of Congress included My Ántonia on its list of 100 novels that shaped America …
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