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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 …
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Finding Aids
… Douglass Cather Document TX-50-1000-020 Boak Birth and Death Records Document TX-50-1000-021 Receipt James … daughter, Willa Cather April 4th, 1923 No slipcase Death Comes for the Archbishop BK-50-303 Willa Cather 1927 pre-publication 1st …
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Through Darkness to Light
… House, 2013 Photographs Along the Underground Railroad Art Gallery Tuesday, Feb 10 - Sunday, Mar 15, 2026 | All day … worked together in harmony for freedom and justice. Willa Cather depicted parts of this journey in her novel Sapphira … Girl (1940), basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather family stories from Virginia. Through Darkness to Light: …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains
… at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support of the Baldwin …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa Cather’s … contribute to the community at large.” The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration
… Image Image A Presentation at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley … the Shenandoah Valley also includes access to the museum's galleries and gardens. Walk-ins welcome as space permits. …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most …
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Willa Cather Biography
… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book, April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879 — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880 — Willa Cather’s second oldest … the Harling family of My Antonia . 1885 — The Red Cloud Opera House is built on the second floor above the town’s …
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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. …
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