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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an … 19th century. Right Rolla reveals more of his interest in card-playing. “Never looking at the card in the bottom of …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Image Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm … depart Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed … literary legacy is at one with the very soul of the places that so inspired her brilliant career — and still …
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Finding Aids

… Stephen, 1906-1987 Then or Tien? c/o Todd, Frank L. Trowbridge, Augustus Tyrrell, William Undset, Sigrid Van … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … her family. Some pre-publication copies of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather …
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Amy Balmanno

… Image Amy Balmanno Fresno, CA Amy Balmanno is a great-great-granddaughter of Anna and John … up in California and spent many summers in Blue Hill with my great-grandmother, Antonette Pavelka Kort. When she first read My Ántonia as a teenager, Cather's novel helped her envision …
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Amy L. Springer

… Image Amy L. Springer Red Cloud, Nebraska Originally from New Orleans, Amy Springer first came to Red Cloud as a Willa Cather … American Authors" course, where I was first enchanted by My Antonia and its enduring sense of place, and deep …
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Jack F. Preis

… traveler of the Midwest and Great Plains. "I first read My Ántonia in college while, during my summers, I was working on a farm in Illinois. When I read …
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Book a Guest Speaker for Your Group

… use the booking form to request a date. Presentation Topics My Ántonia : The Story of An American Novel Death Comes for the … Book” Willa Cather and the American Frontier: Exploring My Ántonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather: …
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Willa Cather, American Voice

… with, President of the Board of Governors of the National Willa Cather Center, Peter Cipkowski Special Events Friday, Mar 6, … Cather. Willa Cather wrote many of her greatest works while living at 5 Bank Street between 1912 and 1927. One of the …
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Home for the Holidays

… Christmas Tour Special Events Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025 | 3 - 4pm Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025 | 4 - 5pm Saturday, Dec 20, … depictions turn up in novels and short stories such as My Ántonia and "The Burglar's Christmas." She likely carried …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an … Depot ( thread on canvas). 100th anniversary copy of My Ántonia. $5,000 X X X X X X $2,500 X X X X X   $1,000 X X …
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