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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, crossing … dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of …
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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, … alter a student’s future, and the Willa Cather Foundation offers several scholarship opportunities that can …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation
Image Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation December 20, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and staff wish you all the joys of the season. This year's holiday card was reproduced from an undated Christmas card Willa Cather sent to …
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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection
… expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will …
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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. Where are you from, what are … 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
Image St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic 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 the "poor …
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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 of … 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
… Cather family, and taking place during the centennial of My Ántonia , the symposium will explore themes deeply …
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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 …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… 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 her. …
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