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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Image Front cover of the September 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: … plains, under its clear skies, in contact with the hardy pioneers who subdued its frontiers. And her voice, at once … the passing of those splendid men and women, the sturdy pioneers who brought our fruitful acres under subjection and …
Posted: 09/05/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… recalled. “I was cast in an opera at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and fell in love with it.” After college, … I thought it was nothing special. I was surrounded by good voices. I had classmates with lovely voices. My mother's family all seemed to have excellent …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Novels
… Novels If you are an educator and would like to contribute a lesson … Document The Song of the Lark Review Questions 137.76 KB O Pioneers! Alexandra Tames the Wild Land "Bergson had spent … of his sons rode herd there in open weather." Document O Pioneers High School Curriculum Unit 474.73 KB Document O …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/28/2023
Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Image A special and collaborative evening of celebration! Image Image Image THIS IS AN … and the critically acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2023
Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections
… Image Fine Books & Collections • Summer 2023 Image Article in Fine Books … Nebraska inspired some of her personal novels including O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . 'The land belongs to the future,' …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023
Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings
… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings August 1, 2023 As …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023
One of Ours
… Image One of Ours Book Club Resources Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, … Willa Cather explores the destiny of a grandchild of the pioneers, a young Nebraskan whose yearnings impel him toward …
Posted: 05/03/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023
Alexander's Bridge
… Image Alexander's Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s … made. Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be considered her first real attempt at a book, …
Posted: 07/15/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023
Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… Image Nolan Bennett Image Lucy Koenig Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns! Spending their … novels to seven, after first being introduced through O Pioneers! He came to the internship upon the recommendation …
Posted: 07/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/07/2023
68th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Image Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 1, 2023 | 9am - Saturday, Jun 3, 2023 | 9pm National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud … Theatre Library Association. She curated the 6-disk set Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers , honored with a Special …
Posted: 06/08/2022
Last Updated: 05/31/2023