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Serena's Album

… consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … drew upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of …
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Reading Willa Cather — Building Community

… Traveling Exhibit Banner Reading Willa Cather — Building Community Bring programs to your town For decades, the novels of Willa Cather … memories of the struggles and hopes of immigrants and pioneers, while the other is a thoughtfully researched tale …
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Support

… Cather loved about Webster County.   Contribute to this Campaign The Willa Cather Birthplace Support for Future Preservation Willa Cather's birth home, a rural …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My Ántonia . Several different guided tour options include the … the descriptive farmstead and beautiful conclusion of My Ántonia . The 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie on …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … in Red Cloud, Nebraska Subjects: settlement Willa Cather Silas Garber agriculture Webster County history Pittsburg … Grand M., ed. The Women Who Make Our Novels 1919 bookmark reads "mat on Cather" Page, Thomas Nelson Gordon Keith 1903 …
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Amy Balmanno

… Image Amy Balmanno Fresno, CA Amy Balmanno is a great-great-granddaughter of Anna and John … up in California and spent many summers in Blue Hill with my great-grandmother, Antonette Pavelka Kort. When she first read My Ántonia as a teenager, Cather's novel helped her envision …
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Amy L. Springer

… Image Amy L. Springer Red Cloud, Nebraska Originally from New Orleans, Amy Springer first came to Red Cloud as a Willa Cather … American Authors" course, where I was first enchanted by My Antonia and its enduring sense of place, and deep …
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Jack F. Preis

… traveler of the Midwest and Great Plains. "I first read My Ántonia in college while, during my summers, I was working on a farm in Illinois. When I read …
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Book a Guest Speaker for Your Group

… Speaker for Your Group The National Willa Cather Center's staff can provide your book group, library patrons, …
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Willa Cather, American Voice

… with, President of the Board of Governors of the National Willa Cather Center, Peter Cipkowski Special Events Friday, Mar 6, … Cather. Willa Cather wrote many of her greatest works while living at 5 Bank Street between 1912 and 1927. One of the …
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