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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

… available for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy … genealogy Burlington & Missouri River Railroad journals building records financial instruments Related Materials:   … materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Through Darkness to Light

… 1865. They moved in constant fear of being killed or recaptured, returned, and beaten as an example of what would happen … bear. Occasionally, they were guided from one secret, safe location to the next by an everchanging, clandestine group … Arts. Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… Railroad and how the movement became connected with the Great Plains. Hayes explores how the Underground Railroad …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… structure, which has fallen into disrepair, will require significant restoration in order to be saved.  Virginia … features, the cost to restore this site will no doubt be significant.  Your donation will help with future efforts to …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … Willa Cather Childhood Home reopened for tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The … and extensive repairs to the windows and doors sealed the building envelope, which will limit exposure to the elements …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… by singularities. When Philip Roth died in 2018, New Yorker editor David Remnick held that “he was in competition … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Timeline

… captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon become 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

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