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2016 Scholarship Recipients
… of the Norma Ross Walter and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarships. Ashley Morrison of Millard South High School … a frequent visitor to Red Cloud, and a firm believer in education for young women. The Antonette Willa Skupa Turner … talented young people and are a fundamental part of our educational mission. For more information about the …
Posted: 06/29/2016
Last Updated: 08/24/2016
New Items Join our Collection
… collection are four of the original Benda illustrations to My Ántonia . These illustrations join two additional Benda …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 10/29/2015
New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital
… Image New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital September 9, 2015 LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. … Not so. In the new NET Television documentary and NET Radio series, Yours, Willa Cather , the private person is … from her friendships with a select group of women. The NET Radio series begins Saturday, Sept. 5 and runs through …
Posted: 09/09/2015
Last Updated: 09/21/2015
61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers
… Call for Papers September 8, 2015 “Both Bitter and Sweet”: Cather, Literature, and the Great War CALL FOR PAPERS The … broaden and extend our understanding of Cather’s work both about and during the war years. Subjects of interest … Tracy Tucker, along with a short resumé or vita ( ttucker@willacather.org ). The 61st annual Willa Cather Spring …
Posted: 09/08/2015
Last Updated: 09/08/2015
Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society
… one of the annual gatherings since that time. “I first read My Ántonia as a sophomore in high school, and Cather has …
Posted: 07/23/2015
Last Updated: 08/14/2015
2015 Scholarships Awarded
… Image 2015 Scholarships Awarded July 2, 2015 On June 5, the Willa … the Norma Ross Walter and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarships, a new program provided five high school … visitor to Red Cloud, Walter was a firm believer in education for young women. The Antonette Willa Turner … member Virgil Albertini, are a fundamental part of our educational mission. …
Posted: 07/02/2015
Last Updated: 07/02/2015
Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge
… Image Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge December 29, 2011 The Willa Cather Foundation is excited to promote continued reading of … List: January: Alexander's Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
Cather Homestead
… location of the Cather homestead—the Burden homestead in My Ántonia . Willa Cather came here in 1883. Even then she … was the complete dome of heaven, all there was of it.” — My Ántonia Country Tour United States …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015
Catherton Cemetery
… Ann Caroline Cather, Willa's grandparents—the Burdens in My Ántonia . "The moonlight silvered the long billowy grass …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015
Murphy Grave
… given by J. L. Miner, prototype for Christian Harling in My Ántonia , to be the Catholic Cemetery. Around 1904, most … Murphy graves remain. James Murphy was the prototype for My Ántonia 's Larry Donovan. He died of tuberculosis in … always able to make some foolish heart ache over it.” — My Antonia Country Tour United States …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 01/29/2015