A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather

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Letter ID: 0141
Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
Date: 1908-10
Repository: Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, Conn.

To Ferris Greenslet, Oct. 1908, from 82 Washington Place, New York, transcription by E. K. Brown ; Beineke

Enjoyed reading the Aldrich book on the train. Willa S—C—(William) [Stout #141]

Letter ID: 0149
Addressee: Ferrero, Guglielmo
Date: 1909-01-15
Repository: Columbia University, New York

To Guglielmo Ferrero, Jan. 15, 1909, on McClure's letterhead ; Columbia

Would he arrange with Putnam's to let them see the rest of his lectures, after the two Putnam's are taking? Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #149]

Letter ID: 0159
Addressee: Overing, E.J., Jr.
Date: 1909-04-30
Repository: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation; L. Bruce Bohlke, ed., Willa Cather in Person

To E. J. Overing, Jr., [President of the Red Cloud Board of Education] Apr. 30, 1909 [letter read at 1909 commencement exercises and published in the Red Cloud Chief May 27, 1909] ; WCPM , also Bohlke.

Had hoped to be there for commencement, but is leaving for London on business. Has kept up with Red Cloud schools through brothers and sisters. Remembers with love Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Goudy and Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Case. Mrs. Case, then Miss King, was principal when she first entered the school. Remembers her first teacher and some of her fellow pupils. Always tried to please Miss King, who helped and advised her all through high school—even tried to teach her algebra, an impossibility. Hard to believe it has been nineteen years since she graduated. Best wishes to the new graduates. They should try to live up to their teachers' goals for them. Willa Cather [Stout #159]

Letter ID: 0194
Addressee: Cather, Frances (Franc) Smith
Date: 1911-05-16
Repository: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, George Cather Ray Collection (MS113)

To Mrs. George P. Cather [Aunt Franc], May 16, 1911 ; UNL-Ray

Has just seen a report of G. P.'s accident in the Red Cloud newspaper. It appears he is out of danger but must be in a lot of pain. Has always been afraid of automobiles, and gasoline seems inherently dangerous. Only a week ago an explosion a couple of blocks away caused several apartment buildings to burn down. G. P. is a very strong young man, but this is a terrible ordeal. Elsie is enjoying Northampton. Hopes to see her next week during a trip to Boston. Willie [Stout #194]

Letter ID: 0202
Addressee: Dwight, Harrison G.
Date: 1911-08-24
Repository: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.

To H. G. Dwight, Aug. 24, 1911, on McClure's letterhead ; Amherst

Poem is beautiful but too long for McClure's. A terrible summer in New York. Leaving at the end of September for a six-month vacation to set herself straight. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #202]

Letter ID: 0203
Addressee: Dwight, Harrison G.
Date: 1911-09-06
Repository: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.

To H. G. Dwight, Sept. 6, 1911, on McClure's letterhead ; Amherst

Verses he sent are too intellectual for McClure's. Poetry they use must be more pictorial or narrative or emotional. Eager to leave, but hopes to see him before she goes. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #203]

Letter ID: 0235
Addressee: McClure, S. S.
Date: 1912-06-12
Repository: Indiana University, Lilly Library, Bloomington, Ind.

To S. S. McClure, June 12, [1912], from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; Indiana

Wrote to him from New Mexico, but he may not have received letters. Sorry to hear about Mrs. McClure's illness and his business troubles. People should be as generous to him as he has always been to others. Contracts have been changed so much it is hard to know what his share of the company now is. Will help with autobiography without charge for friendship's sake. Hopes she can write the articles as he wants them. He will recall that she couldn't hit what he wanted in some parts of the Christian Science series. Hasn't written a bit since she left New York, but is suntanned and healthy and in good humor again. Hopes people will forget how cross she was. It was from fatigue. Will never let little things bother her so much again. Willa Cather [Stout #235]

Letter ID: 0266
Addressee: Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley
Date: 1913-10-11
Repository: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

To Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, Oct. 11, 1913, from 1180 Murray Hill, Pittsburgh ; PM

Will go to New York next week, then back here. Has been reading phone directories from various cities—L, K, and O in Minneapolis. Isabelle's sister Edith getting married. W. S. C. [Stout #266]

Letter ID: 0357
Addressee: Dwight, Harrison G.
Date: 1916-05-04
Repository: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.

To H. G. Dwight, Thursday [May 4, 1916?] , from New York ; Amherst

Please come to dinner on Saturday, May 6. Willa Cather [Stout #357]

Letter ID: 0361
Addressee: Dwight, Harrison G.
Date: 1916-07-10
Repository: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.

To H. G. Dwight, July 10, 1916, from Taos, N.M. ; Amherst

The Columbian Hotel in this wonderful place is pink adobe, the owner a dark Mexicana. Enjoys taking horseback rides and stopping at people's houses. Sorry she didn't invite him another day and arrange for him to bring his friends, but reached the point where she had to leave. Hopes he will visit in the fall. Has taken Paul Reynolds as agent, and he has sold a story she would never have tried to place with a magazine. Willa Cather [Stout #361]

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