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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… Welcome to the home of Willa Cather Willa Cather Willa Cather is one of the … Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for … of her writing. Begin by reading Cather's novels, short stories, and poetry; then delve into Cather criticism and …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… lighting for enhanced interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… While  My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes of enduring friendship and tenacity in the face of …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters of Willa Cather (Knopf, 2013), and of the … Cather’s Virginia is based in Gore, Virginia, the first home of one of America’s greatest writers. Pulitzer … the complexities of her Virginia birthplace—including the stories of those who inhabited what she described as “that …
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Finding Aids

… Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015 … 1880   Document TEX-250-391-053 Financial Agreements, Clark Cather and George P. Cather   1878-1882   Document … of Warsaw n/d n/a Pound, Louise, ed. American Ballads and Songs 1922 H773-4. 100 Poushkin, Alexander The Prose Tales …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … said in an interview, “I had searched for books telling about the beauty of the country I loved, its romance, and … as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness will join less than a dozen …
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Historic Sites

… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts for her works and, through each volume’s extensive … apparatus, established the making of and biographical contexts of each volume. Complementing the scholarly editions … and medicine. James Woodress, who published the whole text, called it "a ringing defense of scientific inquiry" …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail

… Image Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  … issue: Poem for Cather by Leonard Gilley, reprinted in 1966 Prairie Schooner p. 3  …
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