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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … many resources from our archive to search for clues about how the house was constructed, updated, and used over … available, but local government officials were concerned about the dangers posed by wire fences , while others …
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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 … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red …  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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A Pittsburgh Playlist: Celebrating Willa Cather at 150

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Readings from academics and students … States REGISTER HERE To honor the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather’s birthday, a group of academics and students … letters, fiction, poems, and journalism written in and about Pittsburgh, which was her home 1896-1906 and a …
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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 …
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Announcing the Inaugural Cohort in the Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… Image Inaugural Willa Cather Residency for Writers Announcing the Inaugural Cohort … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women …
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Willa Cather: Life & Literature

… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia … National Willa Cather Center.   In her discussion about the life and history of Willa Cather, Olsen will …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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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 Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … 30-minute narrated tour of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. About the Willa Cather Childhood Home Opened in 1967 and …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… of the arts, she is passionate about the visual arts. Her connections to Willa Cather most closely revolve …
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