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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… a paradigmatic American narrative and continues to invite new and varied interpretations.  This program, to be held at … is scheduled for April 7, 2018, at 2 p.m.  “ My Ántonia : New Readings for a Centennial Celebration” opens new opportunities for understanding  My Ántonia  as a …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
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Finding Aids

… Cite as: [item #], Betty Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa … Jeremiah Smith   1793 Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field   …   Miscellaneous papers  Documents   Pat Phillips Materials Board minutes, conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… were all taken, so I looked and said, ‘Well, I did read My Ántonia a few years ago and liked it a lot,’” Harris … Willa Cather Review ,  Cather Studies , and editing the scholarly edition of  One of Ours.  “She was a first-rate …
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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 … at 11:00 a.m., and 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.  World renowned author Willa Cather spent her formative years in Red Cloud …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Image George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic … publish there; it serialized her first novel,  Alexander's Bridge , in 1912. Once she had completed her second novel …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting Visitors p. 2  Nebraska Activities and Publications p. 2  … p. 1 Letter from the President p. 1  Cather Second Home Lodging p. 54 Willa Cather: Canyon, Rock & Mesa Country …
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Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… of food and drink in Cather's writing. This day of scholarly papers and discussion will be followed by two days … production: agriculture and the Great Plains ( O Pioneers , My Antonia, One of Ours , etc.) as well as agriculture in … their papers for possible publication in a special expanded edition of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Please …
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