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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room: $139/night + $15 service fee+tax Price for entire home: … bedroom, called Black Hawk for the town in Cather's novel, My Ántonia . The room has its own ADA- accessible entrance and …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The … plots are woven into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy
… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … items and welcomes authors for book talks and signings. LEARN MORE Hotel Garber Now Open! A Boutique Hotel in Red … rooms, a sizeable two-bedroom loft, two spacious multi-use workshop and meeting spaces, Forrester's Restaurant, and a …
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Support
… uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an … significant restoration in order to be saved. In May 2023 a Virginia realtor purchased the house, sparing it from …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… their individual and collective struggles and successes. SUPPORT THIS PROJECT Who was Emily Caroline Smith Cather? … Cather PHO-4-W689-132. WCPM Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archivesat the National Willa … Additional steps will need to be taken to stabilize and support the lid to display the decorative interior. The …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the inspiration for …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… understanding of the immigrant experience September 8, 2023 Abbie Loomis was thirteen years old when she discovered … Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her shelf the day …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, 2023 It was a chance roadtrip with her father after college … generation in the J.L. Miner House, or the Harling House in My Ántonia . He was the grandson of the home’s namesake and son …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” Considering this, it’s not surprising that when … trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate plans. As … is a testament to Cather, the town, Board members, and staff who make things happen – but from their own …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Image Kohout at Willa Cather's grave in Jaffrey, NH Image Viewing Cather's … Nebraska. Kohout grew up in Texas, but each summer she visited her mother’s family in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has … work can continue long past her lifetime, and visitors can experience the same engaging tours, conferences, and …
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