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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
Willa Cather's Virginia Childhood: A Birthday Celebration
… Image Image A Presentation at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Special Events Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 2 - 3:30pm ET Museum of the Shenandoah Valley 901 Amherst Street Winchester … on the event and the nonprofit Willa Cather’s Virginia, contact Ann Romines at annrom3@verizon.net About Willa …
Posted: 10/07/2024
Last Updated: 10/21/2024
Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials … Jeremiah Smith 1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field … or consult their institution or publisher for assistance. Mildred Bennett Collection Date range: 1932-1989 Bulk …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/14/2024
Guided Seasonal Tour
… While My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes of enduring friendship and tenacity in the face of …
Posted: 08/23/2024
Last Updated: 08/23/2024
Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, was selected from over seventy artists to create the Willa … of Virginia, among others, many of her most well-known stories are about Nebraska and its people. I hope her … Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Andrew Jewell and Melissa Homestead praised Cather's selection as a representative of …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024
Historic Sites
… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … has been the new and ready availability of Cather’s own letters to researchers. These letters are held in archives … precluded by a proviso in Cather’s will. But The Selected Letters of Willa Cather (2013), edited by Andrew …
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 Cather’s letters, but to …
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 … and "About Jim and Elsie" Reprints of Cather's Early Works p. 2 TITLE: A Note on The White Bear Stories AUTHOR: … Mellanee Kvasnicka p. 4 TITLE: Book Review: Approaches to Teaching Cather's My Ántonia, S. Rowsowski Editor p. 4 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023