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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship

… Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Due February 28 About the … Pavelka, prototypes for both Anton and Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel  My Ántonia  and Anton and Mary Rosicky in … generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/28/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… NE Oct 19 — Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World , Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre, Wymore, NE: 2:00 p.m. CT, … Cultural Park , Tivoli, NY Oct 22 — Willa Cather: Life & Literature , 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET • Explore the intersections …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Organization History

… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group … intertwined with Cather’s fictional worlds. Bennett’s 1951 biography  The World of Willa Cather  is still widely used by scholars as a valuable …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Cather Weekend on Governors Island

… – Nolan Park Governors Island , NY 10004 United States The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) is partnering with the Empire State Center …
Posted: 08/01/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather

… Image Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather June 20, 2022 The centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us … enthusiasts, and others curious about our Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National WIlla …
Posted: 06/20/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner

… Image MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner October 25, 2019 “You have a little Willa Cather right here in Bladen,” Antonette Turner told a crowd … she said. As part of its mission, the Willa Cather Foundation helps support K-12 educational initiatives by …
Posted: 10/22/2019
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, … enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Welcome New Board Members

Image From top to bottom right: Robert Wolfe, Amy Neff Balmanno, Timothy Bintrim Welcome New Board Members April 2, 2026 Three new members of the National Willa Cather Center’s Board of Governors were enthusiastically welcomed at a recent board meeting. …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Remembering Jennifer Hein

… literary heritage. During a visit to Red Cloud for the 2024 Spring Conference, she expressed excitement about the Center’s … the addition of new permanent exhibits. After attending the conference, she remarked on how energizing it was to connect …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … was an American humorist whose popular Samantha Allen novels were presented as if written by the heroine’s foolish … of church music. Hattie’s favorite amusement, “Jack Stories,” come from Appalachian oral tradition, tales of a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

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