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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… only tell a portion of the story, and that’s where the art comes in. Every object, every paper, is a part of a web that … . In September 1947, just a few months after Willa Cather’s death, Mildred Bennett, newly settled in Red Cloud after the … Hampshire, Willa Cather was working on “Death Comes To the Archbishop” [sic] there. I believe this was 1926. Oddly …
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Willa Cather Biography
… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies
… youngest brother, the namesake for “Jack-a-Boy.” A copy of Death Comes For the Archbishop inscribed by Willa Cather to her father Charles …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … in an area near Back Creek, Virginia. Also joining the Cathers at Willow Shade is Willa’s maternal grandmother …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration
… Image Willa Cather Image Join us at the Boston Athenaeum Special Events … Childhood Home, a National Historic Landmark. Guided town, country, and prairie tours provide visitors with an immersive place-based …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration
… My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to conclude a …
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Book Club Resources
… My Ántonia One of Ours One of Ours A Lost Lady A Lost Lady Lucy Gayheart Lucy Gayheart Death Comes for the Archbishop Death Comes for …
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Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson
… fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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