Nebraska Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Willa Cather's "My Ántonia"
Nebraska Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Willa Cather's "My Ántonia"
February 14, 2018
by Jack Williams, NET NEWS
In a quiet room on the second floor of the Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, archivist and education director Tracy Tucker is surrounded by history, stacks of all things Cather.
There are thousands of items stored in tall gray stacks, books, letters, notes, pictures and even three illustrations for “My Antonia” by W.T. Benda, a renowned painter and illustrator.
“These are the originals. In fact, if we pull this one down of “The Woman with the Whip,” you can see Cather’s handwriting on the back,” Tucker said. ”It says “A Benda original. With Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas, Willie,” which is how she always signed her name to friends at home"...READ FULL STORY
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