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The Professor's House
… to a new home. While the rest of his family is excited about the move, St. Peter can’t seem to detach himself from … over the course of a few years, is an excellent example of Cather’s ability to use complex structures and a simplistic … fill in the gaps. The Professor's House is a true show of Willa Cather's skill as an accomplished writer. Download …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… celebrated our 2023 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and National Willa … up, Trinity Houchin (Minden High School). This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is Campbell Collins (Collins … awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $200,000 and have assisted more than …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… Register Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne … in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty
… Street. This novel explores the friendship between Willa Cather and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant. Two different writers … of English and Creative Writing, Emeritus. In 2018, Literary Arts awarded him and his wife, Marjorie Sandor, the …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library
… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … Double Major, she has an interest in creative writing, literary studies and indigenous studies. Lucy became …
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Historian Hugh Ryan
… York , NY 10011 United States “The Two Greenwich Villages: Willa Cather’s New York City in a Time of Transition” Join us at … Willa Cather Seminar for this free and engaging talk about the Greenwich Village surroundings that harbored and …
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Press Room
… O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), My Ántonia (1918), One of Ours (1922), A Lost Lady …
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Country Tour
… in it, the whole country seemed somehow, to be running." — My Ántonia The Country Tour highlights twenty historic sites … of the Webster County countryside, including settings from My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, One of Ours, short stories …
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Event Archives
… Making a Place Exhibit Opening! Special Events: Friday, Mar 1, 2024 | 3 - 6pm We are excited to welcome guests to the … Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud , on March 1, 2024! As we celebrate Nebraska's Statehood Day, we hope … light refreshments served. Learn More Image Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather Special Events: Wednesday, Feb 28, …
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