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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… St Winchester , VA 22601 United States Willa Cather’s  My Ántonia  solidified her growing esteem as a keen observer of … University, Professor of English, Emerita), editor of the Scholarly Edition of  Sapphira and the Slave Girl  (2000) …
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Serena's Album

… Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather Foundation. For its fascinating look at the writer in … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … political issue of the 1890s. His advocated reform is “Suppression of liquor traffic.” The temperance movement was …
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Finding Aids

… TX-50-1000-003 Framed transcript of TX-50-1000-002     Notebook OBJ-50-1000-004 Notebook Douglass Cather   Journal … and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s founder, Mildred Rhoads Bennett. The collection contains … 1890 n/a Daudet, Alphonse The Immortal: Or, One of the "Forty" 1893 Willa Cather Day, Thomas The History of Sandford …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the  Willa Cather … 2013 Harris has been a regular attendee at the Willa Cather Spring Conference since 1987, and he’s traveled across the … will support the continuation of events like the annual spring conference for the next generation.  “I think that …
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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 more …
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Willa Cather Biography

… published which have changed just how Cather is seen and understood. Two of the most prominent recent volumes are … a countryside and a people. That relationship, he knew, cannot be gone after and found; it must be long and deliberate, … The Song of the Lark  (150)—the Willa Cather who was about forty years of age was ready to do what was needed to …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… ISSUE  Editor: Miriam Mountford  Aims of the WCPM p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting … Wide Interest in Willa Cather p. 3  10th Anniversary of Foundation p. 3  Future Event with John G. Neihardt p. 4  … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  …
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Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 … in a special expanded edition of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Please send your proposals, as well as questions …
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