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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Virginia, an organization dedicated to preserving Cather’s birthplace which receives generous support from the Marion … Valley and later embraced the complexities of her Virginia birthplace—including the stories of those who inhabited what … novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles northwest of Winchester, in the …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Comes for the Archbishop and the Prix Femina Américain for Shadows on the Rock . Cather was the first woman to receive an honorary …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of … Cather. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather, 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most … volumes— The World and The Parish  (two volumes) and T he Kingdom of Art —is indicative of the tremendous drive the …
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Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… Image The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Image Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture Third … , MA 01240 United States PURCHASE TICKETS The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with The Mount , … times. Cipkowski's lecture will explore Cather’s turbulent biography and uniquely American voice, which set a new …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Hampshire, join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … of Cather's life and times will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the … scholar at UCLA and Vice President of the National Willa Cather Center Board of Governors. As Willa Cather …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. 1912 At the Tufts Library in Weymouth, MA Special Events Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 | 2 - 4pm Tufts Library 46 … and gradual emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should enjoy this opportunity to hear her poetry and learn about the creative energy behind it.” Marketing …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist October 16 is Ask-An-Archivist Day! October 16, 2025 October is American Archives Month, a time when archivists across the country … educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the archives to local history …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in … agreement   1840 Document TX-50-1000-069 Charles F. Cather biography     Stationery OBJ-50-1000-070 Willa Cather's …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … understand shaped the world we are living in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains … Blind d’Arnault. It utilizes archival imagery and artist biography to inspire patrons to grapple with larger …
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