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Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow

… music through the air out of the silence of the attic. As one of the members of the committee that worked to raise the … Perry (“G. P.”) Cather, the model for Claude Wheeler in One of Ours , was their middle child (of five). Many once carefully …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year January 6, 2021 One silver lining of 2020 was that we were able to get … started volunteering last year he was quite clear about one thing. “I don’t want anything, I don’t want anything … anonymity is not likely to happen in a small nonprofit like ours where we are appreciative of, and reliant upon, the …
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Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley

… Image Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley April 6, 2020 An avid … a frequent visitor to Red Cloud, Frank Markley has been a member of the Willa Cather Foundation for a staggering … It was this visit that motivated Markley to become a member. Afterward, he made regular visits to Red Cloud in …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live in the Des … stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us to picture what life …
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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers

… writing of that period, particularly her 1922 novel One of Ours , which won the Pulitzer Prize. Scholars are invited to … are not limited to: • the critical and popular reception of One of Ours , the novel’s stance on the war, and comparisons …
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Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

… Image Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge December 29, 2011 The Willa Cather Foundation is excited to promote continued reading of … List: January: Alexander's Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: …
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George Cather Home

… Cather home, just south of Bladen, was the setting for One of Ours . In the pasture west of the house, George and Frances … of George Cather, was the prototype for Claude Wheeler in One of Ours . “When he came up the hill like this, toward …
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Old Mill Dam

… Image Old Mill Dam Old Mill Dam was the site of the mill in One of Ours . The mill dam was destroyed in the Republican River … dripping silence. He remembered how astonished he was one day, when he found Mr. Royce in gloves and goggles, …
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Bladen Cemetery

… just southeast of town, is where G.P. Cather, hero of One of Ours and Willa Cather's cousin, is buried. "He died …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The … Conference, to be held June 3-5, will offer three days of events on the fresh topic of food and drink in Willa … based on Cather's Nebraska story, " The Bohemian Girl . " O Pioneers! and " The Bohemian Girl " will be the featured …
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