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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home
… the fence around the property. Only a handful of archival images exist to document the exterior appearance of the home …
Posted: 12/03/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023
Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… , appears in print. Cather agrees to write S. S. McClure’s autobiography. When finished, My Autobiography runs under … The Old Beauty and Others . Cather Timeline Bibliography Bennett, Mildred R. The World of Willa Cather . 1951. Lincoln: U of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… the U.S. Capitol, June 7, 2023 Image A bronze statuette of Willa Cather by Littleton Alston Willa Cather Statue Dedication & … open hours . This event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture and artist Betty …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/06/2023
Announcing the Inaugural Cohort in the Willa Cather Residency for Writers
… Cather’s 150th birthday. “We were delighted by the enormous response and outstanding applications,” said Ashley … senior editor at Harper’s Magazine and her book of essays about women writers, A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women … received fellowships from MacDowell and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Kirsten …
Posted: 05/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … crown jewel of the Willa Cather Historic Sites and the best location to glean a more complete understanding of the daily …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created forty … exhibition allows Cather’s readers to consider these precious museum objects in juxtaposition with her timeless words. About the Artist: Betty Kort Betty Kort is a former …
Posted: 07/14/2023
Last Updated: 08/30/2023
18th International Willa Cather Seminar
… most of her professional writing life in New York (1906-1947), first in Greenwich Village and later, after she had … and professional life. Seminar check-in is at the Lang Café building, located at 65 W. 11th, first floor. A full … Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. An Abbreviated Tour of Cather's Greenwich Village Take an hourlong stroll …
Posted: 06/05/2019
Last Updated: 06/22/2023
10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie … years of our famed writer—and several of her works are also celebrating centenaries. Here are 10 ways that you, too, can … 7. Read Willa Cather's novel, A Lost Lady is celebrating 100 years of publication, and one of several of Cather's …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2023