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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, …
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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … identifies as her favorite character in romance. They had three children, two of whom survived to adulthood. Addie was … two more would be born in the next several years. The tiny settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her …
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Support

… Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest Exhibit The Burlington Depot has undergone … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an … will recall the farmstead and the fruit cave from from the final scenes of the novel. Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
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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 …
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Cather Legacy Society

… an excellent way for you to leave a legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation … to his former students turned best friends. With his final act of kindness, Loren will continue to touch the … the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
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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 … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional …
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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 …
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