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One of Ours

… Willa Cather explores the destiny of a grandchild of the pioneers, a young Nebraskan whose yearnings impel him toward …
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Death Comes for the Archbishop

… Catholicism.   Instead of the Nebraska prairies that made Willa Cather famous, Death Comes for the Archbishop … theme – Catholicism. Many critics hail this novel as one of Cather’s best and most well-structured narratives which …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees

… Southeast High School); runner up, Ava Hoffschneider (Pius X High School); and second runner up, Trinity Houchin … women seeking higher education. Antonette Turner generously established both the eponymous Antonette Willa Skupa … For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen at …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann

… in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty

… Shepley Sergeant. Two different writers with distinct styles. Cather was the novelist while Sergeant was the …
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My Ántonia

… symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning heroines in American … undemonstrative strength make her emblematic of the virtues Cather most admired in her country. We first meet Antonia …
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Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… of the Auld Library  and the purchase of books. Charles Cather was elected the first president of the library board. … what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is significant; … the family's involvement with the Auld Library, and from Willa's own writing, just how much the Cather family valued …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!

… between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … Collection.  “I have already learned so much about Willa Cather and what the preservation of an author looks …
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Historian Hugh Ryan

… York , NY 10011 United States “The Two Greenwich Villages: Willa Cather’s New York City in a Time of Transition” Join us at the 18th International Willa Cather Seminar for this free and engaging talk about …
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Authors Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall

… United States '"Raw and relentless/gaudy and extravagant": Willa Cather's New York' Join us at the  18th International Willa Cather Seminar in New York for this free program at …
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