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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 …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/02/2024
Last Updated: 01/08/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

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 …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023

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 …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023

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 …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023

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 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

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 …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 09/27/2023

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 …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

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