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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives

… and Home-Building in the Archives August 22, 2023 While Willa Cather was the member of the Cather family who shared life … and real estate records collected by George P. Cather, Willa Cather's uncle; correspondence related to land …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell

… Online Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay Powell … is free but requires registration.  Throughout her fiction, Willa Cather mentioned forty-seven operas. References to …
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Novels

… at rolsen@willacather.org .  As always, the Willa Cather Foundation is available to provide additional resource … of Willa Cather's Red Cloud for your group. Please contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information. One of Ours Claude … her heart, was it, or under her cheek? Anyhow, it was about her somewhere, that warm sureness, that sturdy little …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the buildings will become a mixed-use facility, including gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… the years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the two buildings will become a mixed-use space, including gallery and exhibit areas that will highlight important …
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Youth and the Bright Medusa

… is a collection of eight short stories by the prolific Willa Cather. Four of the pieces contained in this collection were … The Troll Garden (1905). However, it makes sense that Cather would place these short stories next to each other. …
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The Professor's House

… over the course of a few years, is an excellent example of Cather’s ability to use complex structures and a simplistic but powerful narrative. Cather is selective in her descriptions and the characters … fill in the gaps.  The Professor's House  is a true show of Willa Cather's skill as an accomplished writer. Download …
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Dane Church

… cemetery are known locally as the Dane Church. During Cather's time in the area, the church hired a Czech … Ondrak to paint an altarpiece, "Christ in the Garden." When Willa Cather took her father to see it, Charles Cather observed …
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The Song of the Lark

… Image Vintage cover of The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark Book Club Resources In this powerful …
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One of Ours

… been searching for all his life. In  One of Ours  (1922) Willa Cather explores the destiny of a grandchild of the pioneers, …
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