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Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration

… respected Willa Cather scholar, is currently writing a biography of Cather. He is co-editor of The Selected Letters …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … language, and sensitive explorations of place. Her life and work still inspire insightful scholarly analysis. … her formative Nebraska experiences into an international literary legacy.  Cather died in 1947, and was laid to rest …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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

… $5 off their ticket purchases with a special code!  Contact Jeniffer Beahm, Development Coordinator, at jbeahm@willacather.org . or (402) 746-2653 Willa on Wednesday …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/14/2024

Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library

… join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American … , The Professor’s House , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set a new standard in American literature. This presentation … a fireproof vault for safe keeping of town records.” Her gift was part of a pattern of philanthropists funding public …
Posted: 06/05/2024
Last Updated: 06/05/2024

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 …
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 … Cather’s poetry provides clues that help us to define her biography. While socially isolating, Cather fans should enjoy this opportunity to hear her poetry and learn about the creative energy behind it.” Marketing …
Posted: 03/30/2020
Last Updated: 04/01/2020

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 … his new book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts,  a biography that chronicles Virginia Faulkner’s career as a … the site celebrates the work of little-known writers. Learn more about Brad Bigelow …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 12/26/2025

Finding Aids

… James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and Virginia Cather, … Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal … Emerson The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution 1912 n/a Verne, Jules Five Weeks in a Balloon n/d n/a Verne, Jules Michael …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 11/17/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan and, riding across the countryside with … for many. Webster County: Visions of the Past , by Mabel Skjelver. For general Webster County history, building … these, occasionally, in our used book section, eBay, or ABE Books. These sell for $75 to $150, and they're worth it. …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

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