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"Hard Punishments": Fragments of a Lost Work

… of a Lost Work December 16, 2011 At her death in 1947, Willa Cather was working on a story -- or perhaps a novel -- set … Charles E. Cather, who died in March 2011. In our Fall 2011 Willa Cather Newsletter & Review , we have published …
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Virtual Birthday Party

… Image Virtual Birthday Party November 21, 2012 Join the Willa Cather Foundation as we celebrate the birthday of one of the world's foremost authors, Willa Cather! In honor of Cather's 139th birthday on …
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Essay Contest Winners

… as fiercely as if they had never happened before." ~ Willa Cather As we celebrate the 100th publication anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! , the Willa Cather Foundation is …
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The New Virginia Church

… this area. Because this was a Methodist church, the Cathers did not attend services here but instead went to the Baptist services held in the old Catherton schoolhouse farther north. Looking east of the New … Virginia Church, you see the site of the sod school house Willa Cather attended her first year in Nebraska. Country …
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Bladen

… of the founder of the Lincoln State Journal and friend of Willa Cather, the town of Bladen boasts the home of G.P. Cather and his wife and the Bladen Opera House, where Anna …
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Bladen Cemetery

… The 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 believing his own …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska

… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth Century" says, "from the literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and …
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Celebrate Cather's Birthday!

… Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st … and publicity about the events will be provided by the Willa Cather Foundation. In the past, a variety of events …
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New Collection of Letters

… of Letters December 15, 2014 Our growing collection of Cather papers and objects was enhanced recently with the … to donate this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return … home in Red Cloud—for preservation and study in the National Willa Cather Center when it opens in 2016," said …
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Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition

… Image Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition October 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is delighted to announce their membership … Park posters of the 1930s and will be available soon at the Cather Foundation bookstore. Other coalition partners …
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