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Our Final Ántonia Story!
… Image Our Final Ántonia Story! December 31, 2018 As we began celebrating 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 …
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Serena's Album
… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … drew upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of …
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Support
… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of … Sponsor Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest Exhibit The Burlington Depot has … to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather Foundation is continuing to work alongside stakeholders in …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… Second Home once provided Cather with a nurturing and encouraging atmosphere in which to work, while Red Cloud and … described this house as the Ferguesson family home in her final short story, "The Best Years." Over the years, the … called Black Hawk for the town in Cather's novel, My Ántonia . The room has its own ADA- accessible entrance and …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will include: The Conclusion of the … to those who are solely interested in Cather. Exhibit themes are explored with the inclusion of people of color, …
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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
… in the centenary year of her Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska … .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … for Statuary Hall, and I'm thrilled that Nebraska will finally have a literary heroine representing our state in …
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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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