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Virtual Book Talk with Julie Olin-Ammentorp

… The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence , and Cather’s My Ántonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop.  Yet despite … status and their perennial popularity, Wharton (1862-1937) and Cather (1873-1947) have rarely been studied …
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Omaha to Red Cloud Bus Tour

… Image Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015 | 7am - 9:30pm Willa Cather Foundation 413 North Webster St. Red Cloud … Childhood Home Garber Bank of A Lost Lady Harling House of My Ántonia Burlington Depot Grace Episcopal Church St. Juliana …
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Reception and Premiere of Prairie Songs

… Foundation for the premiere of  Prairie Songs: Remembering Ántonia  by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, May 5th. …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates

… recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family … Cather Center in Red Cloud. The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Vol. 45, Summer 2001 . The Blue Book of Nebraska …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection

… thirty original oil paintings by John Blake Bergers (1931-2011), a professional artist who dedicated his life to … Harris joined four hundred other Cather enthusiasts for bus tours of Webster County literary sites, visits to St. … an Omaha benefit performance “for the Cather Foundation building fund,” Bennett wrote. The performance would have to …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the … The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … family still lived in the stockade. The school began June 3rd, 1871. She was paid $12.00 a month. …
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Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters

… Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters October 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's … time in getting to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail

… to know that the story has rung true to someone besides myself . . . . Anyone who has lived in one of those little … McKelvie, who served as Nebraska governor from 1919 to 1923, also recognized Cather’s knack for aptly recording the … in his 1921 letter, “but when I got into your book- “My Antonia” [sic] - it so interested me that I stayed up …
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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!

… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of … Opera House  is now celebrating its 20th season since a complete restoration in 2003. Watch traveling productions on …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Image Image Image Special Events Thursday, Apr 27, 2023 | 7pm Discussion #1: My Ántonia As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to …
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