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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 Foundation Collection Continues to Grow
… Image Willa Cather Foundation Collection Continues to Grow September 25, … of a family that figures importantly in Willa Cather’s life and work. And so it was that as President of the Board … and a new home at the National Willa Cather Center. Items saved, items treasured. I’ll always wonder about this happy …
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Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings
… Image Willa Cather writes in New Hampshire Annotations from the … she was a dedicated reader of her press, and that she often saved and sent home clippings for friends and family. … the advertising, the worse it is for me. It disturbs my life and my work too much." Sitting for a portrait was, …
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Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather
… Image Annotations from the Archive: The Death of G.P. Cather June 20, 2022 The centenary of One of Ours , Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winner for fiction, allows us … invaluable. Browse Collection You can view our One of Ours Gallery for collections related to G.P. Cather and the novel …
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… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop Become a Member …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… 1. In addition to program notes on selections related to Cather’s works, this recent interview reveals more about Red … on a Fulbright and then to Vienna, where she first read Willa Cather’s novel, The Song of the Lark . “That is when … heroine is an opera singer. The plot is loosely based on my life growing up on a farm in Nebraska and of Norwegian …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year
… Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities … Leroy grew up in the Holdrege area, but spent most of his life in Red Cloud. He was a well driller for over forty …
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