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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… of American and European cultures on the prairie. Col. Max Frazier (ret.) (U.S. Airforce Academy,  Associate …
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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

… that belonged to the Cather family.  Click here to explore individual objects in the collection! For a broad view of … genealogy Burlington & Missouri River Railroad journals building records financial instruments Related Materials:   … materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud …
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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 …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather Center’s … said in an interview, “I had searched for books telling about the beauty of the country I loved, its romance, and … added, “History Nebraska has been proud to host and support the Willa Cather National Statuary Hall Committee’s …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… N.Y. Times p. 3  Mass Vestment Donated p. 3  Watkins' Book Includes Cather p. 4  … Prayer for Tomorrow: Cather's A Lost Lady, Dakota Style p.17 AUTHOR: Mary Ruth Ryder TITLE: Frederick M Link … Overing, Robert: Willa Cather and Mari Sandoz, Differing Viewpoints of the Early West, 16.4:2 Parkman, Francis, 22.3/4:1 …
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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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