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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… Image Image Special Events Saturday, Apr 7, 2018 | 2 - 4pm John Handley Regional Library 100 W Piccadilly St Winchester , VA 22601 United States Willa Cather’s  My Ántonia  solidified her growing esteem as a keen observer of …
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Serena's Album

… albums, were enduringly popular in the late 19th century, usually purchased in stationery stores rather than … was first published in 1951 in The World of Willa Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather Foundation. For … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. …
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Finding Aids

… conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing Cards     Keys     NSHS Documents Correspondence   1987 board …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… enjoys a beverage with Bob Thacker & Mark Madigan at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift Inspired by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not … all the more meaningful.  Image Harris (back left) tours Walnut Canyon with David Porter, Bob Thacker, and John …
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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 …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost … a succession of other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 2.1  Spring 1958  Editor: Mildred R. Bennett  Officers and Board of Governors p. 1  Staff … p. 1  "Nethersole's Carmen" p. 2  "John Drew in 'Rosemary'" p. 2  "Mansfield's 'Shylock"' p. 3  TITLE: O … R. Bennett  TITLE: Review of Marion Marsh Brown's and Ruth Crone's One Point of the Compass: Willa Cather in the …
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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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