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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … She would later write the bedroom description into The Song of the Lark (1915): “The ceiling was so low that a …
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Serena's Album

… notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … are identical (for example, they both cite Cadmus, the mythological Phoenician prince who introduced the alphabet … from Honolulu to San Francisco. The U.S. Grant was a U.S. Army Transport ship that also carried passengers. No …
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Finding Aids

… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Henry Goddard Lesser, Joseph Litchfield, Ethel Marantz, Sammy Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937   McEnerney, Genevieve Green Hamilton, 1871-1941 McNemy, Helen Sprague (Mrs. Leon) Mellen, Mary Virginia Auld, …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for their … Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. More than that, Cather's memorable … success as a farm family, it also symbolizes the immigrant stories and rich multiculturalism that shaped the Great …
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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Though associated with the Great Plains, American author Willa Cather spent much of her childhood in Frederick County, … which receives generous support from the Marion Park Lewis Foundation. Andrew Jewell , a highly respected Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, was selected from over seventy artists to create the Willa … of Virginia, among others, many of her most well-known stories are about Nebraska and its people. I hope her … Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Andrew Jewell and Melissa Homestead praised Cather's selection as a representative of …
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Historic Sites

… from the ages of ten to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and Cather's attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The Song of the Lark. The home was … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
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Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail

… the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa Cather’s letters, but to many of the … family struggled to survive, was the author of hundreds of stories and poems, the proceeds of which helped to keep the … Collection Kate M. Cleary: a Literary Biography with Selected Works , by Susanne George-Bloomfield …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … Miriam Mountford  Aims of the WCPM p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting Visitors p. 2  Nebraska … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  …
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