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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep … nodding in time to his bites as he ate down toward them.” — My Ántonia When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path … Willa Cather Foundation awards each year. Furthermore, our Ántonia Scholarship, named for Cather’s most famous literary …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation

… Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation December 20, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and staff … County woman who inspired Cather's beloved character Ántonia. In the card, Cather wrote "Wishing Annie a Happy …
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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection

… An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection April 26, 2019 Would you like to directly support our preservation … expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will be …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young and … and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … of the Lark . So after that, I’ll move on to the famed My Ántonia . I try to take my reading out to the Willa Cather …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church

… Church It was here that Annie Pavelka, the prototype for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became a residential home. Visitors will notice …
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Suicide Grave

Image Suicide Grave The former location of the Mr. Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia  was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis Sadilek, the prototype for Mr. Shimerda, committed suicide in February 1881 and was …
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Cather Symposium: Ireland

… Image Cather Symposium: Ireland October 13, 2017 Cather Symposium: Ireland June 28–July 1, 2018 … Cather family, and taking place during the centennial of My Ántonia , the symposium will explore themes deeply resonant …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society January 23, 2017 Like her parents and grandparents before her, Jane Renner … to mind a class at Creighton University in which reading My Ántonia helps foster understanding of the modern wave of …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society

… Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her first Spring Conference many years … This is what scholars should do with knowledge. Part of my response was also due to Red Cloud itself and the … that experience, however, Ryder was assigned the reading of My Antonia in 8 th grade. Something in the text spoke to …
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