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Press Room
… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … in Cather's work—in particular O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), My Ántonia (1918), One of Ours (1922), A …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Early Magazine Days
… (March 28, 1897), with these observations at the start of Cather's early and prolific career in magazine writing and … literary tastes are, her club standing, her home, her legal studies, how she came to take them up etc. You know what I … bank he is president of. Well I did'nt mean to write you a volume, and of course nothing may come of it. But my …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There are few things more …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 12/20/2022
Remembering Our Fallen
… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … affected by World War I and the death of her cousin, G.P. Cather. She won a Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours which was … on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Earl Bates as "Will Rogers in the 21st Century"
… Will Roger’s Follies. Long before CNN, Walter Cronkite, FOX News, Judge Judy, Rush Limbaugh, or the Colbert Report, the … the day of the show and can be purchased online at www.WillaCather.org or by calling the Opera House at (402) 746-2641. … Bostock, and Larry and Connie Bostock. Programming for the Cather Foundation’s Red Cloud Opera House is also made …
Posted: 11/04/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca
… of the Year: Angela Duca March 8, 2022 The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce that Angela Duca has … as a tour guide, and now as a volunteer," National Willa Cather Center executive director Ashley Olson said. "We're … Cather Pioneer Memorial, volunteers collected clippings and news about our work, our volunteers and staff, Cather …
Posted: 03/08/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2022
Welcome, New Board Members!
… New Board Members! December 11, 2015 We at the Willa Cather Foundation are proud to work with a board that … University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor’s degree in news editorial journalism with a focus on criticism. She … fashion and reading. In addition to her role on the Willa Cather Foundation board of governors, she sits on the …
Posted: 12/11/2015
Last Updated: 02/23/2016
New Collection of Letters
… of Letters December 15, 2014 Our growing collection of Cather papers and objects was enhanced recently with the … to Sidney and Beatrix Mizer Florance. A childhood friend of Cather who later studied music in Chicago, "Trix" Mizer … more than 30 years, this collection of letters includes newspaper clippings of contemporaneous music reviews, news …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/23/2014
"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"
… is partly responsible for my choosing the path I have chosen." A singularly memorable event during the 2009 Spring …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014
Cather's Letters Published
… Image Cather's Letters Published March 25, 2013 The Selected Letters of Willa Cather , co-edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, was … letters offer a new glimpse into writer's life" UNL News Release: "Jewell co-edits first book to reveal Willa …
Posted: 09/11/2014
Last Updated: 09/11/2014