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Final Phase of Cather Center Construction Underway

… The Moon Block locally and The Duke Block in Cather’s The Song of the Lark , the fully restored building will become permanent …
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Willa Cather’s “Hiawatha Dress” On Exhibit

… Image Image Willa Cather’s “Hiawatha Dress” On Exhibit July 31, 2019 Just a few weeks remain to see Willa Cather’s “Hiawatha Dress,” currently on exhibit in American …
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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus

… Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus December 21, 2020 Willa Cather's only known letter to her partner Edith Lewis, …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… little girl. Characters like Lucy and Thea Kronborg of The Song of the Lark shaped Mary’s aspiration to be an artist from a young …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

… when you think about old times, won't you?" Cather wrote in My Ántonia . "And I guess everybody thinks about old times, …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… aims to memorialize the writer's prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched … Cather through school-assigned readings of O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . But, it wasn’t until later, as a New Yorker, … Cather’s work and the impact it had on the world outside of my home state. The more I’ve gotten to know Willa Cather, …
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Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of …
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New Photos Join the Jack and Irma Cather Collection

… Image New Photos Join the Jack and Irma Cather Collection November 19, 2020 Throughout the year, … to light, including a John A. Bulkley portrait of teenaged Willa Cather, circa 1888. Bulkley, a Civil War veteran from … note on the back of the card identifies Jack Cather, Willa Cather’s youngest brother, at center. We would love to …
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Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered

… Image Unknown Cather Manuscript Discovered January 28, 2020 Our dedicated … if Cather had written more than that. In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center was fortunate to discover this … available to the Cather community,” she said. The National Willa Cather Center actively seeks archival and collection …
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Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Cather Second Home Guest House At the corner of Sixth and … death of Cather’s parents (father in 1928, mother in 1931). Willa Cather's parents purchased this home in 1903 and left their little rented home at Third and Cedar where Willa had spent her formative years. She was 30 at the time. …
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