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Cather Sesquicentennial
Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events throughout 2023 and 2024. December 7, 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of Willa Cather's birth. The year …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 05/10/2024
Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Charles and Mary Virginia Cather rented the home through 1904. Many of Cather’s books depict life in Red Cloud and … Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 04/25/2024
Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into over …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 04/03/2024
Cather Legacy Society
… estate plan takes into account the people, places, and causes you care about. Joining the Cather Legacy Society is an … inspire others and provide financial security to enable us to engage in long-range planning. Your planned gift will … your philanthropic needs. If you have questions, please contact your financial advisors or Ashley Olson, Executive …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life and literature of …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … graduates from the University of Nebraska and joins the staff of the Courier . While still working for the … House. (It would not reopen until after the Willa Cather Foundation begins its restoration efforts beginning in 1991 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … crown jewel of the Willa Cather Historic Sites and the best location to glean a more complete understanding of the daily …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F function to search the … Cather Week at Union College AUTHOR: Deborah Leonard-Lethbridge p. 17 WLA Meets in Denver p. 18 TITLE: In Pursuit … Ántonia p. 45 Four Cather letters received from Alice Woodbridge p. 46 James Work calls for quotations from Death …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023
Join Our Team
… Since its founding in 1955, the Foundation has been headquartered in Cather's hometown of rural Red Cloud, Nebraska. … members at all experience levels who share our values of Connection, Creativity, Inclusiveness, Learning, … Curation Orient guests to our bookstore, exhibit, and art gallery spaces Encourage visitors to sign our guestbook as …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 04/25/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of … Private Library No. 19 Aldrich, Mrs. Thomas Bailey Crowding Memories 1920 Christmas greetings to my dearest father, … Library Number 44. Second sticker reads: W. Cather Jr. Winter, William Gray Days and Gold 1894 n/a Wister, Owen …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 02/17/2024