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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Guided Town Tour
… (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family lived in this home from 1884-1904. Willa Cather describes it in great … son Anton brought his body here from the crossroads burial place; and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cather (Willa Cather’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Reflections on 2023
… around the nation. We fulfilled our mission—to advance Willa Cather's legacy locally and beyond through education, … ways last year. Here’s the top ten: A Willa Cather sculpture by Littleton Alston unveiled in National Statuary …
Posted: 01/08/2024
Last Updated: 01/08/2024
A Pittsburgh Playlist: Celebrating Willa Cather at 150
… journalism written in and about Pittsburgh, which was her home 1896-1906 and a favorite writing retreat until 1915. A … reading. This event is free, but please RSVP. It will take place in the CLP Lecture Hall. …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023
Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month
Image October is American Archives Month! Annotations from the Archives: American Archives Month October 3, 2023 Since 2006, the Society of American Archivists and archivists across the United States have celebrated American Archives Month, a …
Posted: 09/26/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023
50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational News from Cather …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023
“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… kept her audience laughing and gasping at the daring but simple exposition she gave the meaning of art.” ‘No Nebraska …
Posted: 09/05/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives
… Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives … in the newly-formed Webster County. Several of our earliest collections feature museum objects and papers related to the … our archivist with any questions about the collection or to learn more about our collections which may not yet be …
Posted: 08/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Visit
… public. Historic sites like the Willa Cather Childhood Home provide an intimate look at the lived world of Cather … tours. Immerse yourself in the small prairie town that is home to the nation's largest collection of nationally … historic sites dedicated to an American author—the place that served as a setting in half of Cather's novels …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 08/31/2023
The Professor's House
… a change in his domestic life, his family moving to a new home. While the rest of his family is excited about the … of his writing for his historical books, but it also is the place where his favorite student, Tom Outland, became …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023