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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The … is a late nineteenth century floral pattern that she selected. Applied directly to the acidic wooden boards …
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Finding Aids
… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather for gifts are included in this …
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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
… by December 6; sign up online or call 540-662-1473, ext. 240. Admission to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley …
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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 … and Twelfth Woman in the Collection June 7, 2023 A bronze sculpture of Willa Cather by artist Littleton Alston was …
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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
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … on December 7, 1873, the eldest of an eventual seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
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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 … Cather Stamp to be Issued p. 1 TITLE: Storyteller for Children AUTHOR: Bernice Slote p. 1 TITLE: "Wee Winkie's … TITLE: "Dissolved into Something Complete and Great": The Cathers and the Beginnings of Webster County AUTHOR: Ann …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… the Bright Medusa, Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first publication with Alfred A. Knopf. Joanna A. Blitch of Greensboro, North Carolina, was selected from artists from around the country who submitted … Art in Winston-Salem. Those paintings, and that preserved home, gave me lots of vital clues about how people in …
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