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Our Final Ántonia Story!

… Image Our Final Ántonia Story! December 31, 2018 As we began celebrating the …
Posted: 09/06/2018
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the … six cozy guest rooms and two-and-a-half baths.  Book Now About the Guest House Image The Cather Second Home is a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2026

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … motto is from Pope’s “Essay on Man,” a line well-loved by newspaper writers. Mrs. Keifer’s father-in-law, J. W. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… of $1,000 or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Pavelka … of $1,000 or more will be featured on the exhibit's credit panel. Learn More and Become an Exhibit Sponsor Preserve the …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… was restored to its period of significance in 2021. The foundation was stabilized, lighting and mechanical systems … & weather, physical hardships) Agricultural technology SUPPORT THIS PROJECT DOWNLOAD PDF Design, fabrication, and … Farmstead will cost approximately $195,000. Names of supporters who contribute $1,000 or more will be featured on …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… to the Foundation Why a Bequest?  This simple method of remembering the Willa Cather Foundation assures that some … the Immigrant Experience Abbie Loomis first discovered My Ántonia as a teenager and has been reading her mother's copy …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

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 … of its soil, and I did not find them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

Organization History

… source work for Cather’s early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, … of Governors. The group recognized Cather’s importance to American literature and Red Cloud’s unique potential to … noted:   In dedicating this Memorial to Willa Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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