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Reading Willa Cather

… Events Sunday, Jun 14, 2026 | 12 - 1pm CT The Ritz Theater 345 13th Avenue Northeast Minneapolis , MN 55413 United … Her groundbreaking novels — including  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia ,  One of Ours ,  The Professor’s House , and  Death …
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All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an …
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Country Tour

… in it, the whole country seemed somehow, to be running."  — My Ántonia The Country Tour highlights twenty historic sites … of the Webster County countryside, including settings from  My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, One of Ours,  short stories …
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Schoolhouse Enters Portfolio of Historic Structures

… The New Virginia School in rural Webster County in the 1883-1884 academic year. One-room schoolhouses would later become fixtures in her literature, including  My Ántonia ,  One of Ours , and “The Best Years.” When repair …
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Serena's Album

… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
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Reading Willa Cather — Building Community

… Image Traveling Exhibit Banner Image Traveling Exhibit Banner Reading Willa Cather — … the genesis for each of the books — ideal for libraries, galleries, or other third spaces Book-club kits, complete …
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… or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Pavelka Farmstead … or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Preserve the … and conservation before it can be exhibited.   Learn More and Support Collections Conservation …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… 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 Your Boutique Retreat Nestled in … sites related to an American author's life and works. LEARN MORE The Prairie Landscape Immerse Yourself in the …
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Finding Aids

… Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900 Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree     … OBJ-50-1000-016 Willa Cather     Document Tx-50-1000-017 Articles of Indenture     Document TX-50-1000-018 Jeremiah …
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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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