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Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… Image Image Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol—June 7, 2023 Own A Piece of … a piece in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Read more about—and view—the June 7, 2023 unveiling ceremony at the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts … from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance space of the National Willa Cather Center, was built in 1885 …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … many resources from our archive to search for clues about how the house was constructed, updated, and used over … available, but local government officials were concerned about the dangers posed by wire fences , while others …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … town of Red Cloud are officially organized. 1872  — Charles Cather and Mary Virginia Boak marry on December 5 at the … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a …
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A Pittsburgh Playlist: Celebrating Willa Cather at 150

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Readings from academics and students … States REGISTER HERE To honor the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather’s birthday, a group of academics and students … letters, fiction, poems, and journalism written in and about Pittsburgh, which was her home 1896-1906 and a …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… Library from Glenda J. Pierce, member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, and Jeff Kirkpatrick; it will be … open hours . This event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture  and artist Betty …
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Announcing the Inaugural Cohort in the Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… Image Inaugural Willa Cather Residency for Writers Announcing the Inaugural Cohort … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia … National Willa Cather Center.   In her discussion about the life and history of Willa Cather, Olsen will …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.” 50 Volunteers, 34 Extra Postal Workers, 11 Nebraska Towns, a … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational  News from Cather …
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