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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

… for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path took an unexpected turn when, … unbeknownst to her, a college professor sent her essay about Thomas Carlyle to the Nebraska State Journal for …
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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

… priority pieces for art conservation,” says archivist Tracy Tucker, “but these represent only our most critical needs. …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. … has to offer. A museum exhibit, bookstore, archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the …
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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

… The former location of the Mr. Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia  was described by Willa Cather as a little island … prototype for Mr. Shimerda, committed suicide in February 1881 and was buried on his own farm, near the cross-roads. … and in all that country it was the spot most dear to me.” — My Antonia Country Tour United States …
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Cather Symposium: Ireland

… words to the Willa Cather Foundation’s education director, Tracy Tucker, at ttucker@willacather.org by 15 January 2018. …
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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

… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … a choice as it might first seem: Ryder speaks convincingly about the classical foundation found in Cather’s work, …
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