WCA: Calendar of Letters

Letter ID: 0161
Addressee: Ford, Elsie Martindale
Date: 1909-05-20
Repository: Cornell University, Carl A. Kroch Library, Ithaca, N.Y.

To Mrs. Ford Madox Hueffer, May 20, 1909, from Thackeray Hotel, London ; Cornell

Apologizes for having caused Mrs. Hueffer the irritation of a complaint from Joseph Conrad about Cather's attempt to see him. Believed Mr. Hueffer [pseud. Ford Madox Ford] had assured her of welcome. Had hoped to obtain something for publication in McClure's. Is leaving for Paris Saturday [the 22nd] but hopes to see her when she returns. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #161]

Letter ID: 0307
Addressee: Van Tuyll, Miss (Houghton Mifflin)
Date: 1915-05-24
Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Miss Van Tuyll, [at Houghton Mifflin] May 24, [1915], from New York ; Harvard

Very pleased that she likes the story. Doesn't want a picture of herself published unless she gets a good one this summer at the cliff dwellings. Will get one taken by a photographer if she must, but it will only be disillusioning to the public. Willa S. Cather [Stout #307]

Letter ID: 0401
Addressee: Van Tuyll, Miss (Houghton Mifflin)
Date: 1917-12-04
Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Miss Van Tuyll [at Houghton Mifflin], Dec. 4, [1917] ; Harvard

The sample of heavy lettering is what she had in mind, but the accent over the initial "A" needs to be more distinct. Willa Cather [Stout #401]

Letter ID: 0549
Addressee: Van Doren, Carl
Date: 1921-07-30
Repository: Princeton University, Firestone Library, Princeton, N.J.

To Carl Van Doren, July 30, [1921], from Toronto ; Princeton

Has been noticing his writing on authors in their own styles, and likes what he did with her. Believes her new novel will be her best yet, but he will still probably think it formless. He can return her copy of The Troll Garden when she gets back to New York. Willa Cather [Stout #549]

Letter ID: 0570
Addressee: Van Doren, Carl
Date: 1922-01-02
Repository: Princeton University, Firestone Library, Princeton, N.J.

To Carl Van Doren, Jan. 2, [1922] ; Princeton

Is back at home and hopes he can come for tea on a Friday. Would like to discuss his chapter on Henry James in The American Novel [1921] . Willa Cather [Stout #570]

Letter ID: 0594
Addressee: Van Doren, Carl
Date: 1922-05-08
Repository: Princeton University, Firestone Library, Princeton, N.J.

To Carl Van Doren, Monday [c. May 8, 1922?] , from no. 5 Bank Street, New York ; Princeton

Thanks for the book, which was waiting when she returned from sanitorium. Glad he likes Ántonia, but believes new book is better. Three years of hard work. Willa Cather [Stout #594]

Letter ID: 0817
Addressee: Van Dynn, Miss
Date: 1926-01-08
Repository: Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey

To Miss Van Dyne [librarian], Jan. 8, 1926 ; Newark

Glad to be included in their list of best novels. Willa Cather [Stout #817]

Letter ID: 0894
Addressee: Van Vechten, Carl
Date: 1927-09-16
Repository: University of Richmond, Boatwright Memorial Library, Richmond, Va.

To Carl Van Vechten, Sept. 16, [1927], from Jaffrey, N.H. ; Richmond

Pleased he likes the book. Tried to make it a selfless, impersonal sort of book. Willa Cather [Stout #894]

Letter ID: 1124
Addressee: Van Vechten, Carl
Date: 1932-10-14
Repository: Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, Conn.

To Carl Van Vechten, Friday [Oct. 14, 1932] , from Grosvenor Hotel, New York ; Beinecke

Going to Chicago Tuesday to receive a gold medal. Will be back about Nov. 1 and may let him photograph her then. Wants to talk with him about opera. Willa Cather [Stout #1124]

Letter ID: 1217
Addressee: Van Doren, Carl
Date: 1934-03-07
Repository: Princeton University, Firestone Library, Princeton, N.J.

To Carl Van Doren, Mar. 7, 1934 ; Princeton

Sorry to refuse him but does not want parts of My Ántonia or A Lost Lady excerpted for an anthology. Willa Cather [Stout #1217]

A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather

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