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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. …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … her family moved to rural Webster County, Nebraska, and later to the town of Red Cloud, where she lived until … personal and cultural environments. While six of Cather’s novels were inspired by her Nebraska experiences, her …
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Willa Cather Biography

… harder than other scrub-women" (Lewis 30). Journalist and Teacher, Writer and Poet, 1895-1912 Image Photographic … from Princeton; in 1929, Cather was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters and later the American Academy …
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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

… 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 …
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Reading Willa Cather: A 150th Birthday Celebration

… Image Willa Cather wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett, c. … HERE Join us for this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured … overview of her life and work will explore her turbulent biography and uniquely American voice. Sprinkled into the …
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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 …
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Virtual Author Series: Brad Bigelow

Image Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts Author Series Thursday, Feb 19, 2026 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Delve into the life and work of an important Willa Cather scholar with the return of our virtual author series! Brad Bigelow will share …
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Finding Aids

… undated Photograph PHO-62-006 Red Cloud High Commencement Class of 1895 unknown 1895 Photograph PHO-62-007 Roscoe … 1896 Photograph PHO-62-008 Roscoe Cather teaching 8th grade class unknown 1897 Clipping TEX-62-009 Judge Schaper … C.F. Cather Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose,  vol. 1 1909 n/a Funk and …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist October 16 is Ask-An-Archivist … Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you …
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