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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather
… She joins Ponca Chief Standing Bear, installed in 2019, as one of two new sculptures that represent Nebraska. …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 10/07/2024
Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The … is a late nineteenth century floral pattern that she selected. Applied directly to the acidic wooden boards …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024
Guided Seasonal Tour
… festive yet modest Christmas decorations that reflect the late 19th century holiday traditions observed in the rural Webster County community of Willa Cather's childhood. Christmas-themed passages from My Ántonia are also part of this wintertime itinerary. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected …
Posted: 08/23/2024
Last Updated: 12/12/2024
Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration
… Romney and Winchester.” Indeed, Cather’s final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940), is set near her birthplace just a few miles …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024
Finding Aids
… Jeremiah Smith 1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field … figure in the community. Family correspondence also includes photos of Elsie Cather, baby picture of Roscoe, … 73 folders Abstract: This collection of correspondence includes letters, farm service documents, and tax documents …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/14/2024
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 … 7, 2023, at 11:00 a.m ET. A special thanks to Willa Cather Foundation member Peg O’Dea Lippert, for conceiving the idea …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024
Historic Sites
… town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass was about to begin. Anna Sadilek and John Pavelka, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024
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 … Cather critic, the late Susan J. Rosowski, published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Image Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail August 22, 2022 Our archives are home to not only Willa …
Posted: 08/17/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of Contents This Table of Contents for the Willa Cather Review was compiled by Virgil and Dolores …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023