A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather

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To Carrie Miner Sherwood,  Aug. 22, [1935?], from Italy ; WCPM 

Woke up this morning thinking of her and enjoying the sight of the dawn light on the snow peaks of the Dolomites. Flowers stayed nice all the way to Gibraltar. Expects to feel up to going to Venice soon.   Willie   [Stout #1271]

To Irene Miner Weisz,  Aug. 26, 1935, from Cortina, Italy, postcard ; Newberry 

A lovely village. Going to Venice by automobile tomorrow for about three weeks. Hears that Isabelle is about the same.   W.   [Stout #1272]

To Irene Miner Weisz,  Sept. 8, 1935, from Venice ; Newberry 

Having a good holiday. Venice the most beautiful she has ever seen it. Going to Paris in two weeks to be close to Isabelle.  [Stout #1273]

To Zoë Akins,  Sept. 16, [1935?], from Venice, postcard ; Huntington 

Has enjoyed a month in this wonderful city. Was ill when she left New York, but rested up in the Dolomites.   Willa   [Stout #1274]

To William Connely,  Dec. 10, 1935 ; HRC 

Did not receive his letter about the two professors from England coming to the U.S. until some months later, when she was in Venice. Did not answer the accumulation of letters that came then. Yes, their lives have changed a lot since Bank Street. Would never have thought he would become a professor.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1282]

To Dorothy Canfield Fisher,  n.d. [December 1935] , Christmas card ; UVt 

Got back in late November after August and September in Italy and a month or so with Isabelle in Paris.   Willa   [Stout #1283]

To Mabel Dodge Luhan,  Feb. 5, 1936 ; Beinecke 

Enjoyed her Christmas card, with its sprig of sage. Spent a very pleasant time in Italy latter part of summer after wearing herself out caring for a sick friend. Returned shortly before Christmas. Enjoyed the rough passage, but Edith so sick she had to be carried off the boat. Still hasn't caught up on her letters. Doesn't she like the Anne Lindbergh book!   Willa   [Stout #1295]

To Ferris Greenslet,  Oct. 27, [1938] ; Harvard 

Had planned to go to Naples this week to see Isabelle. Appreciated his letter about the set of her books in Quebec, a place she is fond of. Going to Jaffrey next Monday, again working on the interrupted manuscript. P.S.: Writing will steady her.  Willa Cather   [Stout #1422]

To Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken,  May 5, 1944 ; PM 

Has to dictate this letter because of inflamed tendon in her right thumb; has hand in a brace again. Sorry to hear she had to escape Italy and leave her books behind. So sad to see the world destroyed like this. Glad to hear she thinks her [Cather's] books have stood the test of time. Especially glad to hear she still likes The Professor's House, which most people do not. Especially enjoyed writing it because of the structural experiment. Tried to use the Blue Mesa like an open window on the sea in a Dutch interior painting. Still remembers when they met, when she had read "Paul's Case" and came to call. That world is gone. Wishes they had been born in 1850 and missed the disasters of this century.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1666]

To Elsie Cather,  June 11, 1908, from Rome, postcard ; UNL-Rosowski Cather 
Image of front of postcard showing the dome of St. Peter's cathedral, Rome, Italy
Front of postcard #1855

Image on the postcard is the dome of St. Peter's cathedral from the Roman gardens, where she first saw it.� Likes to sit by the fountains and watch the sunlight reflect off the columns.� Listening to the fountains one can learn more than Puck of Pook's Hill, for modern Europe and the modern mind were made here.� St. Peter's and the Vatican defined western civilization.   Willie S. C. 

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