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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National … the parlor and attic are reminiscent of descriptions in The Song of the Lark . Cather wallpapered her attic bedroom …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… Willa Cather Center — to plan around your Red Cloud visit. Nick Powers, our Visitors Services Coordinator, can also assist you in planning your visit: npowers@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. PLEASE NOTE : The …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather … In addition to overseeing a growing archive of Cather letters and photographs, the addition of the Willa Cather … she did her first writing and where the wallpaper that she selected and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… winds—and a rare sweltering day while in the Childhood Home attic—as he has moved around to different Willa … Lark in Red Cloud? Two reasons: even though Thea Kronborg's home hometown of Moonstone is nominally in Colorado, much of … atypical width. Do you have a specific favorite author or place where you have typed a book? It's a tough question, …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The … three Cather novels in their entirety: O Pioneers !, The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia . These will be the 72nd, 73rd and 74th …
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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related … Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, historic photographs, art and decorative arts, journals, and rare … Pen holder Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal purse Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-2 …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… "foremost citizen" and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia and One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour … Farmstead, the famed setting at the end of Willa Cather's My Ántonia Shop at the National Willa Cather Center …
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Historic Sites
… John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both My Ántonia and "Neighbour Rosicky," were married in this … and Irene Miner. The Miners inspired the Harling family of My Ántonia . Cather dedicated My Ántonia “to Carrie and … farm family in Nebraska. “We turned to leave the cave; Antonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children …
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Book Club Resources
… childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” The Burlington Depot, the … book club visit to Red Cloud. O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia …
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