WCA: Calendar of Letters

Letter ID: 0132
Addressee: Chandler, William E.
Date: 1907-11-29
Repository: New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H.

To Hon. William E. Chandler, Nov. 29, 1907, from Pittsburgh ; NHHS

Is it true he has a diary kept by Dr. E. J. Foster that quotes many of Mrs. Eddy's sayings? May she have access to it? Would quote only with his approval. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #132]

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: 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: 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: 0794
Addressee: Wyer, Malcolm
Date: 1925-09-06
Repository: Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo, Utah

To Mr. [Malcolm] Wyer, Sept. 6, [1925], from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; BYU

Appreciates the book he and Mr. Howlett sent. Hopes to see him at the Denver Library again next summer. Leaves for New York tomorrow. Willa Cather [Stout #794]

Letter ID: 0867
Addressee: Matthiessen, Francis O.
Date: 1927-01-03
Repository: Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, Conn.

To Francis O. Matthiessen, Jan. 3, 1927 ; Beinecke

Plans to write a short critical study of Jewett in the next year or so, but that won't prevent his doing so. Suggests he approach Mary Jewett and Dr. Eastman, as well as Ferris Greenslet. Only letters to her from Jewett that she wishes to make public are in the Fields edition. Willa Cather [Stout #867]

Letter ID: 0882
Addressee: Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Date: 1927-03
Repository: University of Vermont, Bailey-Howe Library, Burlington, Vt.

To Dorothy Canfield Fisher, n.d. [late Mar., 1927?] ; UVt

Will look forward to seeing her on April 17. Recommends she read J. W. N. Sullivan's Beethoven. Willa [Stout #882]

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]

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