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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… 2025 January 6, 2025, marks another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film adaptation … in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood, "Wasn't it funny about sister Jessie playing about in the movie world with 'A …
Posted: 01/06/2025
Last Updated: 01/21/2025

A Lost Lady

… Image Vintage cover of A Lost Lady A Lost Lady Book Club Resources "If her image flashed into his …
Posted: 05/03/2023
Last Updated: 07/14/2023

"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 … courses. Their inaugural June 2019 publication of A Lost Lady in Brazilian Portuguese, Uma mulher perdida , has …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… Shadows on the Rock (1931), Lucy Gayheart (1935), and Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940). Cather died from a cerebral hemorrhage on April …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Welcome New Board Members

… Wolfe, Amy Neff Balmanno, Timothy Bintrim Welcome New Board Members April 2, 2026 Three new members of the … John Pavelka, Amy Neff Balamanno has a unique tie to the Foundation and appreciates the work to keep her family’s story alive. “I'm passionate about the mission of the Foundation because of the continued …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Serena's Album

… earnest, or in jest,” but this separate document has been lost. The list of questions posed in Mental Portraits is … traveling companion, Adella Hurlbutt specifies “A Cultured Lady.” She is the soul of practicality in her desire if … owners, Sir William Vestey, the first Baron Vestey. Lady Vestey died in 1941 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Robert H. Wolfe

… began at age twelve when his grandmother loaned him A Lost Lady . He has since read all of Cather’s novels and numerous works about her, but repeatedly returns to A Lost Lady for its exceptional style and language.   "I grew …
Posted: 01/07/2026
Last Updated: 03/05/2026

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… from what she’s read and heard. For example, in  A Lost Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, … cities in Europe where I used to love to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner … gave her inspiration and insights. The house—now owned and operated by the Willa Cather Foundation—is a retreat for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

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