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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Cleary, though delivered indirectly. Cleary, who in 1884 moved to Hubbell, Nebraska, where she and her family … to know that the story has rung true to someone besides myself . . . . Anyone who has lived in one of those little … 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 … [Catch a viewing party, or watch live on C-SPAN when her sculpture by Omaha sculptor Littleton Alston is installed in …
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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 commemorate acclaimed …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job … our organization responded to the pandemic by embracing virtual programs and resources because it gave me a chance … go? Something I’m excited to tackle is re-envisioning our tours and educational services once all of our Cather sites …
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Ongoing Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates
… Historic Site Restoration & Campaign Updates April 22, 2021 Thanks to your many generous contributions to our Campaign … was home to Anna Sadilek Pavelka, prototype for Cather's Ántonia. Restoration will make it available for guided tours … The original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… 2.1 Spring 1958 Editor: Mildred R. Bennett Officers and Board … Coverage p. 3 Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4 Mailing of Newsletter p. 4 … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip … Old World Connection: The 6th International Seminar (Quebec 1995) AUTHOR: None listed p. 50 TITLE: Cather's Manifesto …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future
… Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future January 14, 2020 Today, we announce the Willa Cather Foundation's … house, the railroad depot, and the landscape. It’s one of my favorite places in all of America.” The Campaign for the … which is central to Cather’s most celebrated novel, My Ántonia. Adding to the success of the campaign is a Save …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published
… Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published January 10, 2012 Fragments from Willa Cather’s Lost Work Published … include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923), all of which …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame
… into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame March 21, 2011 Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall … national recognition for novels such as O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, in which she drew on her own experiences of growing …
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Music on the Prairie
… welcome to explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and learn about recent restoration efforts. The 608-acre … Place-Based Identity: A creative-nonfiction workshop focused on connections between self and place With … Artist-in-residency June 2-5, 2011 The 4th annual Prairie Writers’ Workshop will provide participants with the rare …
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