• 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: 0268
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1913
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Thursday [prob. 1913] , from no. 5 Bank Street, New York ; Harvard 

Telephone number is 2036 Chelsea. Wants to see him and Mr. Sadler.   W. S. C.   [Stout #268]

• Letter ID: 0273
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1914-01-12
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Monday [Jan. 12, 1914] , from New York ; Harvard 

Is pleased to have the Adams book [prob. Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1904; reissued by Houghton Mifflin in 1913]. Tell Nancy Moore her serial will get a quick reading by Mackenzie [at McClure's].   Willa Cather   [Stout #273]

• Letter ID: 0281
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1914-05-02
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  May 2, [1914], from New York ; Harvard 

Glad the book is selling fairly well. How did the Heinemann edition do? Is going to Pittsburgh in a few days. Miss Lewis sailing for Naples toward the end of the month.   W. S. C.   [Stout #281]

• Letter ID: 0291
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1914-12-13
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Dec. 13, [1914], from Pittsburgh ; Harvard 

Will finish the novel by summer at the latest. It will be twice as long as O Pioneers! and more interesting. How about calling it The Song of the Lark?   Willa Cather   [Stout #291]

• Letter ID: 0292
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1914-12-21
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Dec. 21, [1914], from Pittsburgh ; Harvard 

Making record progress on the book. Not going to New York until February 1. Hopes he can indeed stop the war while he is in England!   Willa Cather   [Stout #292]

• Letter ID: 0295
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-03-28
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  March 28, 1915, from no. 5 Bank Street, New York ; Harvard 

Is sending most of the novel. About 20,000 words yet to write. Believes it is very good. Feels envious of Doubleday's sales methods. Houghton Mifflin ought to push this book more than they did O Pioneers! Parts of the story are drawn from her early years, including the death of the railroad man, which happened when she was about thirteen. Story is full of the West. Has hit it with this one!   Willa Cather   [Stout #295]

• Letter ID: 0296
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-04-06
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Tuesday [prob. Apr. 6, 1915] , from New York ; Harvard 

Will change "billiards" to "pool" and refrain from making Dr. Archie governor. Sorry he objects to the diminishing scale of the book, but that was her plan, to emphasize Thea's youth. Hopes he can come see her this weekend. Can't phone; has no telephone.   Willa Cather   [Stout #296]

• Letter ID: 0297
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-04-08
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Thursday [prob. Apr. 8, 1915] , from New York ; Harvard 

Will expect him Sunday.   W. S. C.   [Stout #297]

• Letter ID: 0298
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-04-15
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  n.d. [c. Apr. 15, 1915] ; Harvard 

Only the epilogue in Moonstone yet to do. Please return all the "ten years later" part if he wants Archie rewritten.   W. S. Cather   [Stout #298]

• Letter ID: 0299
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-04-22
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Apr. 22, [1915] ; Harvard 

Is enclosing two postcards of Breton's The Song of the Lark; prefers the one in brown tones. How does he like the later chapters of the book? Can't revise until she gets a short story done for McClure's and gets her brother sent back to Pittsburgh.   W. S. C.   [Stout #299]

• Letter ID: 0300
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-04-28
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Apr. 28, [1915], from New York ; Harvard 

Enclosing a first draft of the epilogue. Worried he is not satisfied with the book. Can call off the contract if he wishes. P.S.: If they go ahead she wants three pulls of each galley proof, one of which will go to a musical expert for checking.  Willa Cather   [Stout #300]

• Letter ID: 0302
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-05-01
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Sunday [prob. May 1, 1915] , from New York ; Harvard 

Feels reassured by his letter [of Apr. 29]. He was right about the tide in Venice. Wishes he could have been there for the dinner party she gave for Olive Fremstad.   W. S. C.   [Stout #302]

• Letter ID: 0308
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-06-06
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Sunday [June 6, 1915] , from New York ; Harvard 

Glad to have eliminated the governorship for Dr. Archie. Has made a suggestion about the jacket to Miss Van Tuyll. Also, has returned thirty-three pages of proof. It's pretty rough.   Willa S. Cather   [Stout #308]

• Letter ID: 0311
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-06-30
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  June 30, [1915], from New York ; Harvard 

Likes the jacket, but the copy is wrong—Moonstone, Colorado, not Arizona. Also, Thea and Fred go to Mexico, not New Mexico. Wishes it could say something about her artistic growth in the cliff dweller ruins. Actually, not so very happy with the cover. Couldn't it be more like British edition of Pioneers? Henry James seems patronizing in his essay on the Fieldses.   Willa Cather   [Stout #311]

• Letter ID: 0312
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-07-13
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet, Tuesday [prob. July 13, 1915] , from New York Harvard; Harvard 

Can't let him use the snapshot of her with Olive Fremstad, but has had some new photos taken. Should capitalize on current interest in cliff dwellings in advertising the book.   Willa Cather   [Stout #312]

• Letter ID: 0314
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-07-21
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Wednesday [prob. July 21, 1915] , from New York ; Harvard 

Will send the epilogue next week. There isn't a prologue. Leaving for Pittsburgh tomorrow, so send proofs to 1180 Murray Hill. Leaving for Colorado and New Mexico on August 6. Please send a sample of the new cover before then.   Willa Cather   [Stout #314]

• Letter ID: 0315
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-07-24
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Saturday [prob. July 24, 1915] , from Pittsburgh ; Harvard 

For three days has been on the verge of sailing for Bergen, then to Germany to interview German leaders. Since S. S. McClure was going, there had to be someone else, so Isabelle was going. All off when Judge McClung decided he didn't want her to take the risk. Will get back onto the page proofs. It was a more appealing project financially than the novel will be. Would have needed to be tactful in order to be accurate without being or at least seeming pro-German.   Willa Cather   [Stout #315]

• Letter ID: 0316
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-07-26
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Monday [pm. July 26, 1915] , from Pittsburgh, postcard ; Harvard 

Mailed the epilogue yesterday.   W. S. Cather   [Stout #316]

• Letter ID: 0321
• Addressee: Greenslet, Ferris
• Date: 1915-09-05
• Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Ferris Greenslet,  Sept. 5, [1915], from Denver ; Harvard 

Will be in Red Cloud for a month starting September 10. Going to Wyoming first. Is Heinemann bringing out the book in England?  P.S.: What is the publication date? W. S. C.  Willa Cather   [Stout #321]