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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to honor and celebrate Willa Cather’s sesquicentennial  and to expand …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
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Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… Image Image Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol—June 7, 2023 Own A Piece of … by the artist. Cather is portrayed hiking through the open prairie with a walking stick, wearing a brimmed hat and … a piece in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Read more about—and view—the June 7, 2023 unveiling ceremony at the …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … furnishings, circa 1890 Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home December 5, 2023 The reopening of the …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … many immigrants in the region and listening to their stories. 1884  — Willa Cather and her family move into town. … depressing stay in Red Cloud, Cather accepts a job in Pittsburgh as the editor of the  Home Monthly . She begins …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… available— The Library is pleased to partner with the National Willa Cather Center to commemorate Willa Cather’s 150th birthday. …
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