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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to … Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 04/25/2024
Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 04/03/2024
Willa Cather Memorial Prairie
… of the prairie are available by pre-arrangment. Please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Hommage: Willa Cather
… Willa Cather Center, May 21–August 10, 2024. The exhibit includes the work of artists from Massachusetts and …
Posted: 03/19/2024
Last Updated: 03/23/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … and deliberate, unconscious. It must, indeed, be a way of living" (78). The Early Years, 1873-1890 Cather was born in …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … to discover family artifacts and encounter the lived world of the Cather family. A modest one-and-a-half story … to discover family artifacts and to encounter the lived world of the Cather family. Project Highlights Efforts to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture
… Image Image Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol—June 7, 2023 Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture Signed by sculptor Littleton Alston June 7, 2023 …
Posted: 06/01/2022
Last Updated: 10/08/2023
50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… spirit and courage of pioneer life, which she knew so well. Usually this was life in Nebraska, but she turned also … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of … her name became established in the east. She had become known as one of Nebraska’s leading newspaper women and had …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … to discover family artifacts and encounter the lived world of the Cather family. A modest one-and-a-half story …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023