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Alexander's Bridge
… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s … made. Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be considered her first real attempt at a book, …
Posted: 07/15/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… are wonderful companions on your daily commute! Enjoy! The Song of the Lark Image Part I: "Friends of Childhood" The playlist developed in conjunction with Part I of The Song of the Lark reflects the colorful people and cultures …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… publication anniversary of one of her greatest novels: A Lost Lady . In conjunction, we will host an invitational exhibit, … important writers of the twentieth century. As we read A Lost Lady , Cather’s artistry and her memory are on full …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 06/14/2023
Visions Seen in the Air
… contributing artists to contemplate the essence of Willa Cather’s home town and to convey, through any medium, that … sense of place and feeling of home that would later inspire Cather as she created her six Nebraska novels. Exhibiting artists include: Shane Booth, Susan Hart, …
Posted: 05/31/2023
Last Updated: 05/31/2023
Organization History
… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group of … used by scholars as a valuable source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small … museum, reflecting the settings for six of Cather’s twelve novels and many of her short stories. For the first …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive
… Annotations from the Archive The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the … houses research notes and first-person source materials for early Cather studies The Blanche Cather Ray Collection, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Catherland by Shane Booth
… fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” – Willa Cather Using his 1867 studio camera and Voightlander lens to … Willa Cather grew up, and where she based several of her novels describing life on the prairie in the early 19th century. My photographs evoke a sense of place, …
Posted: 01/20/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Plain Views: Pastel and Photography
… women and children seek to portray the stark existence of early Nebraska settlers as well as reveal the deep-rooted … of these Nebraska settlers are echoed in the enduring novels of Willa Cather. Cather observed in O Pioneers! , “We come and go, …
Posted: 08/12/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
… materials that were central to our understanding of early Red Cloud and Willa Cather’s adolescence here, as well as her … 2022. You can see selections from the exhibit in an online gallery HERE and for more about Crossroads: Change In Rural …
Posted: 02/25/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!
… Interns! June 15, 2022 This summer, the National Willa Cather Center, with support from the Nebraska Cather … our interns create will cover topics related to Cather’s novels, as well as sculptor and Creighton University … 2022. His favorite area of history is European medieval and early modern history, and he looks forward to learning and …
Posted: 06/15/2022
Last Updated: 07/19/2022