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… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk
… their migration. Like the character she inspired in My Ántonia , Emily Caroline Smith Cather moved to Nebraska … the Garbers in A Lost Lady , the Burdens and Miners in My Ántonia , and Dr. Archie in The Song of the Lark . … as Emmaline Burden, is an important character in My Ántonia as the grandmother of the novel's narrator, Jim …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… and communities have access to museums and libraries to learn from and be inspired by the trusted information, … contain about our diverse natural and cultural heritage. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow us on Facebook and …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her shelf the day … read. Since then she’s continued to read Cather, but it’s My Ántonia that she revisits every few years. “Once I found … at that time in Victorian literature and academia, so I got my MLS and eventually ended up here at the University of …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
Image Image Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home March 6, 2023 It was a chance roadtrip with her father after college that first interested Jaydene Miner Drew in her Nebraska family history. Her father, James Hugh …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society
… glad he was from Red Cloud. That has brought Cather into my life, and so many meaningful experiences and … enjoy the experience of human connection. Of course there’s my interest in Cather and her work. But in the long run, … experience of being in Cather’s hometown. “If you read My Ántonia , for example, the land truly becomes one of the …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing … stops include Quebec City and Jaffrey, New Hampshire. “My heart is drawn back there, and Cather loved it too,” …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… Detective" Educators can put these resources to use in myriad ways. Bellringers that use archival resources are … text. This cartoon , though published thirty years before My Ántonia , draws inspiration from a popular motif that … does a threshing machine work?" The page below, related to My Ántonia, is an example of an FAQ Sheet exercise. Not only …
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One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center
… event is SOLD OUT! Join us for a full day in Red Cloud, home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather! On this … will experience the “Divide” as described in O Pioneers! , tour the recently restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed …
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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience
… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened in December 2023 after a …
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