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Our Final Ántonia Story!

… celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Cather’s My Ántonia in the first 2018 issue of the Willa Cather Review , we asked thirty widely varied readers—fans, …
Posted: 09/06/2018
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Serena's Album

… amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol (it would pass in 1916). Prohibition in Nebraska, for which Cather had … we know that in 1923, at the age of 78, she was a passenger on the U.S. Grant bound from Honolulu to San … U.S. Grant was a U.S. Army Transport ship that also carried passengers. No identifiable member of her family accompanied …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Support

… IRA Rollover Charitable IRA Rollover Volunteer Volunteer Opera House Sponsor Opera House Sponsor Conference Sponsor … lodging for tourists and expanded meeting facilities for events and retreats. It will allow our visitors to the …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… 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: 10/16/2025

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, …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact … legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation can provide you or your estate with … generations to come. Your personal legacy will inspire others and provide financial security to enable us to engage …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

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

… Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … Rights, speaks to the diversity of Nebraska and our state’s place in the nation’s history.” University of … I aim to capture her standing, as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness …
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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