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Cather Book Club: Sapphira and the Slave Girl

… On April 21 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Sapphira and the Slave Girl . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at …
Posted: 12/07/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Finding Aids

… copyright restrictions for later publications. Acquisition Information:  This collection came to the WCF in 2008, … copyright restrictions for later publications. Acquisition Information:  Forthcoming. Access Restrictions:  The record … copyright restrictions for later publications. Acquisition Information: This collection was digitized in the 1980s by …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/10/2025

Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl  (1940) is of increasing interest to contemporary …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 05/13/2025

Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… to the elements and ensure an improved environment for collections. The exterior was repainted in the familiar … Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The project was supported by the State of Nebraska – Department of Economic … of visitor amenities, and an endowment for preservation and collections care. Former First Lady of the United States, …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering,  O Pioneers!  and  My Á ntonia , but … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — … Cather visits Red Cloud. 1901  — Cather takes a job teaching high school students in Pittsburgh and moves into … Lady , Cather vows not to allow any more adaptations of her works. She later stipulates this in her will. 1935  — In the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels   Sapphira and the Slave Girl   and   My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023

Bibliography

… The Writings of Willa Cather   Novels Alexander's Bridge  1912 O Pioneers!  1913 The Song of the Lark  1915 My Ántonia  1918 One of Ours   1922 A Lost Lady  1923 The …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

17th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Church, attended by some Cather relatives and featured in Sapphira and the Slave Girl .   Co-Directors: Marilee Lindemann, University of …
Posted: 08/22/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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