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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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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 … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… her introduction for the 2023 Penguin Classics edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop, Fajardo-Anstine   writes, "The novel reminded me …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … of the novel Woman of Light and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina & Corina , a finalist for the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … While the reading and understanding of Cather's twelve novels and various other works are the primary attraction, … and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she would later put them too in some of her novels. During her time on …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, with majors in History and English Literature. Antonia lives in Minnesota, …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … Editor: John J. Murphy  TITLE: Key Modulations in Cather's Novels About Music  AUTHOR: Merrill M. Skaggs, Drew … 19.1:3; donation of family photos by, 20.3:2 Austen, Anna (later Anna Lefroy), 22.3/4:1 Austen, Jane, 22.3/4:1, 2 …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are encouraged to … from Cather's fiction, journalism, and letters written or set in Pittsburgh between 1896 and 1929 • Birthday cookies …
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