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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … will require significant restoration in order to be saved.  Virginia realtor Katherine Solenberger purchased the … rural origins of a great writer who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  …
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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 … turned down speaking engagements, lectures, and even club appearances, but she was urged by her publisher, Alfred … women. Alfred says one can't refuse to take a medal, no matter how little one wants it." To do so, she tells friend …
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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 a chance to reflect on the life—and death—of Willa Cather’s first cousin, Grosvenor …
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Support

… and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop the Bookstore Become a Member Become a Member Make A Donation Make A …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… later won a medal in an Austrian shooting competition.  “My parents worked and saved so that I could go to college … “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech immigrants as in My Ántonia and Mr. Schimerda was a violinist in the Prague … Thank you! We look forward to your homecoming and to your gift of classic opera on the Red Cloud Opera House stage in …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year

… mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner de Jager, on our facilities … a volunteer, and with his tractor he tills gardens around town. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, Leroy has … alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of …
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