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Our Final Ántonia Story!

… the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Cather’s My Ántonia in the first 2018 issue of the Willa Cather … 2018 issue, click HERE .) As these stories arrived in my mailbox, I was amazed and delighted and moved by them. I … I wanted to hear more—and perhaps to chime in with my own story. Enjoy the last of our stories below, my own, …
Posted: 09/06/2018
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Cather Legacy Society

… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined … Legacy Society Brochure   Bequesting a portion of your assets to the Foundation Why a Bequest?  This simple method of …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the … the twentieth century.  While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 04/30/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room:  $139/night + $15 service fee+tax Price for entire home: … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/28/2025

Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member … the house, sparing it from demolition. Her intention is to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/01/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Organization History

… Cather  is still widely used by scholars as a valuable source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, … work; the  St. Juliana Catholic Church , of the novel  My Ántonia  the  Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a pair … and the Pavelka Farmstead, the rural setting for the final scenes in  My Ántonia . A pivotal event was the 1962 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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