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‘My Ántonia’ 100 years later: Events to explore themes of novel in today’s culture

January 24, 2018

Society & Culture

Charles E. Cather, an heir to his aunt Willa Cather, left an estate gift to the University of Nebraska in 2011 that included manuscripts, letters, medals and inscribed first editions of her work.

Cather's handwritten musings become part of the internet age

January 8, 2018

Science & Technology

Nebraska's Love Library at night

Homestead, Sapirstein receive NEH fellowships

December 20, 2017

Society & Culture

Many of Willa Cather’s manuscripts were edited by Edith Lewis, the woman who lived, worked and traveled with Cather for nearly 40 years. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cather scholar Melissa Homestead is researching Lewis’ life and relationship with Cather for a forthcoming book.. September 29, 2017. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication

Nebraska scholar brings Cather’s partner to the fore

October 2, 2017

Society & Culture

Cather’s ‘My Ántonia’ to come alive in song

March 20, 2017

Society & Culture

Charles E. Cather, an heir to his aunt Willa Cather, left an estate gift to the University of Nebraska in 2011 that included manuscripts, letters, medals and inscribed first editions of her work.

Willa Cather's nephew leaves $5.8M to university

May 3, 2016

Society & Culture

Andrew Jewell

Jewell assists with new documentary on Cather’s letters

September 14, 2015

Willa Cather poses in front of an engraved boulder on the University of Nebraska campus in the early 1890s. Scholars from around the world will be at UNL June 8-12 to attend the 15th International Cather Seminar.

International Cather Seminar coming to UNL June 8

June 4, 2015

Andrew Jewell

Team to lead NEH-funded project to digitize Cather letters

August 27, 2014

Matthew Jockers, assistant professor of English, listens to a project discussion in the Nebraska Literary Lab on March 14. Student work in the lab has resulted three presentations at the Alliance of Digital Humanities conference, which is July 7-12 in Switzerland.

Lit Lab's Cather research spawns international conference presentations

July 2, 2014

Matthew Jockers (left) discusses with students at the Nebraska Literary Lab their digital projects examining the language of Willa Cather.

'Lit Lab' project collects digital Cather insights

April 1, 2014

Andrew Jewell and a selection of Willa Cather's letters.

Jewell’s Cather book among TIME's 'Top 10 of 2013'

December 6, 2013