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Annotations from the Archive: Association Copies
… youngest brother, the namesake for “Jack-a-Boy.” A copy of Death Comes For the Archbishop inscribed by Willa Cather to her father Charles …
Posted: 01/02/2024
Last Updated: 01/08/2024
Annotations from the Archives: Cather in Santa Fe
… Enemy and at the same time, finishing the writing of Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the novel was slated for serial publication in …
Posted: 11/06/2023
Last Updated: 11/07/2023
"Willa Cather and the Counterculture"
… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … artists, educators, and others about their experiences living in Taos. The full series can be found here: …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 11/03/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … selling farm loans and insurance downtown and rents a story-and-a-half frame house on 3rd and Cedar Streets. Built … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration
… Image Willa Cather Image Join us at the Boston Athenaeum Special Events … HERE The Boston Athenaeum is pleased to partner with The National Willa Cather Center to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather's …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration
… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
… #4: Death Comes for the Archbishop As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to conclude a … Edward F. Albee Foundation. Chasing Bright Medusas , his biography of Willa Cather, is due from Viking Press in 2023. …
Posted: 04/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
Book Club Resources
… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club … influenced the prolific writer. Sites include Cather’s childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of … in the Cather family’s Second Home with your book club; the location where Willa often returned to visit her family and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023
Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson
… Image Willa Cather, Mary Stuart Masterston, Jeremy Davidson, Hailey … Selections from fiction with musical performance Special Events Saturday, Oct 21, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Kaatsbaan … Nomin Samdan (piano). Selections curated by Willa Cather Foundation board of governors member Peter Cipkowski . …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 09/27/2023
Cather's Santa Fe: A Walking Tour
… Our tour guide, Garrett Peck, will lead us on a 2.5 hour Death Comes for the Archbishop walking tour, retracing Cather's steps through …
Posted: 09/18/2023
Last Updated: 09/19/2023