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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World
… Presented by Steve Shively Special Events Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 | 2 - 3pm CT Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre 307 … and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her novel My Ántonia. Now retired, Steve Shively taught English at …
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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather
… Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as a … Upcoming Events Recent News Recent News The Big Read of My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities & Organizations …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Kohout’s great grandmother, Belle K. Simons, died in 1972 at 102 years old and is buried in her hometown of Red … 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 …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… though, let’s think small. Since we will soon kick off our My Ántonia Big Read activities, let’s start there and focus on … contains four boxes of correspondence dating from the late 1940s to the late 1980s, contains hundreds of recollections …
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… The Center occupies Red Cloud’s historic “Moon Block,” an 1887 structure that was fully restored and given new life as … Pavelka Farmstead to its period of significance. Readers of My Ántonia will recall the farmstead and the fruit cave from …
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Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda
… Image Author Series Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Join us for a discussion of Svoboda’s answer to Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia ! Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as …
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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 from … movement of well-established U.S. families who sought new opportunity in the American West. The Cathers themselves … from other countries and migrants from the U.S. The stories are different—one group generally more financially …
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Reading Willa Cather
… 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie
… Image Willa Cather Memorial Prairie The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is a botanical treasure … National Birding Site and is a partner site of the Chicken Dance Trail. We are also partners in the Great Plains …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources August 1, 2024 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, … Cather’s inspirations from her girlhood. Often, however, archives are presented in popular culture as sequestered …
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