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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society

… to mind a class at Creighton University in which reading My Ántonia helps foster understanding of the modern wave of … Society, please contact Executive Director Ashley Olson, at 402-746-2653 or aolson@willacather.org. …
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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 first Spring Conference many … 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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Seeking Volunteers & Part-time Staff

… to be dissolved into something complete and great.” – My Ántonia Over 8,000 visitors from forty states and five … from across the country and around the globe Contact us at 402-746-2641 for further details or to apply! …
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National Willa Cather Center to Offer New Opportunities

… original illustrations by W. T. Benda that appeared in My Ántonia , Cather family quilts, and Red Cloud Opera House … contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at 866-731-7304 or aolson@willacather.org. Donations of various sizes will …
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Pavelka Farm Served as 4th Tourism Serves Site

… Pavelka Farm Served as 4th Tourism Serves Site December 20, 2016 Nebraska Tourism’s … provided part of the setting for Cather's beloved novel, My Ántonia . Over forty volunteers that assisted with the …
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Pavelka Farmstead Selected As Tourism Serves Site

… project will take place in Bladen, Nebraska, November 4 and 5 . Nebraska Tourism Serves brings volunteers together … provided part of the setting for Cather's beloved novel, My Ántonia . Those assisting with the cleanup will do a number …
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2016 Scholarship Recipients

… honors Pavelka, the prototype and inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda Cuzak, the eponymous character in Cather’s … fund, please contact Tracy Tucker, Education Director, at 402-746-2653 or ttucker@willacather.org. Application forms for …
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New Items Join our Collection

… collection are four of the original Benda illustrations to My Ántonia . These illustrations join two additional Benda … in the novel when it was released in 1918. The image of Ántonia driving cattle in a blizzard (shown to the right) is …
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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital

… fiction of the 20th century including the novels My Ántonia and O Pioneers! . But the voice of the private Willa … Janis Stout, the NET project includes original video, audio, photography, and commentary. The voice of Willa …
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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers

… Call for Papers September 8, 2015 “Both Bitter and Sweet”: Cather, Literature, and the Great War CALL FOR PAPERS The years 2014–2018 mark the centennial of the First World War and represent a time to re-examine Cather’s … Tracy Tucker, along with a short resumé or vita ( ttucker@willacather.org ).  The 61st annual Willa Cather Spring …
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