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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… Image Image A Presentation at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley … the Shenandoah Valley also includes access to the museum's galleries and gardens. Walk-ins welcome as space permits. …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… nine years old, her family moved to rural Webster County, Nebraska, and later to the town of Red Cloud, where she lived until attending college at the University of Nebraska. Cather’s career began in Pittsburgh, where she … While six of Cather’s novels were inspired by her Nebraska experiences, her writing spans settings that also …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… critical monographs have been published which have changed just how Cather is seen and understood. Two of the most … among close readers of Cather show no sign of abating any time soon. Beyond such publication, seminars and … a countryside and a people. That relationship, he knew, cannot be gone after and found; it must be long and deliberate, …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather Bennett's Book Helped Launch Cather Studies February …
Posted: 02/09/2026
Last Updated: 02/26/2026

Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home

… in thirty years—from our online bookstore! [University of Nebraska Press: 2019] The Mount  is a turn-of-the-century …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/14/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… Image Image Jaffrey Public Library, Jaffrey, NH (courtesy image) Image The Jaffrey Public Library, Jaffrey, New Hampshire FREE-OF-CHARGE Special Events Tuesday, Jun 25, 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30pm ET The Jaffrey … and gradual emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… Library in Weymouth, MA Special Events Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 | 2 - 4pm Tufts Library 46 Broad Street Weymouth , MA … emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers!, My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023

National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… Image National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month March … widely recognized that writing poetry represented some of Willa Cather’s earliest literary endeavors. Even after … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should …
Posted: 03/30/2020
Last Updated: 04/01/2020

Finding Aids

… 2015 Copyright: National Willa Cather Center Extent:  Two boxes Abstract:  The Betty Kort Collection was donated by … Container type: envelope om Betty Kort Collection, Box 1. Abstract:  Willa Cather started this address book in … of the book contain lists of travel items and notes about offices and translators. Subject Terms Genre: Address books …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

… Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author … with Bigelow as he discusses his research, his expertise about Faulkner’s life, and how she contributed to Cather’s … celebrates the work of little-known writers. Learn more about Brad Bigelow …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 02/06/2026

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