• Letter ID: 0007
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1891-09/1891-12
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  n.d. [probably fall 1891] , from 1029 L Street, Lincoln ; Duke 

Please drop by her room alone on Wednesday evening.   Willa Cather   [Stout #7]

• Letter ID: 0009
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1892-05
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  [May?] 1892, poem in Cather's hand ; Duke 

[Titled "After-Glow." Six quatrains describing an intensely emotional experience in a theater setting. Accompanying letter referred to in #0013 is not in the file.]   [Stout #9]

• Letter ID: 0010
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1892-06-15
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  n.d. [June 15, 1892, according to note signed by Olivia Pound] from Lincoln ; Duke 

Is writing after midnight, having left her for the last time before summer vacation. Felt overcome by the sight of Louise in her new dress. After much thought, chose the Rubáiyát [of Omar Khayyám, in popular translation by Edward FitzGerald] as a going-away gift. Reason she was not very sociable was prospect of parting. Wanted to make the traditional gesture of goodbye but feared Louise might be revolted. Not fair that friendships between women are regarded as not natural. Letter may be even more foolish than one left unsent in March.    William   [Stout #10]

• Letter ID: 0011
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1892-08-06
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  Aug. 6, 1892 from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; Duke 

Is returning some books whose presence makes her unhappy. Louise may throw them away or do whatever she chooses with them.    William   [Stout #11]

• Letter ID: 0013
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1893-06-29
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  June 29, 1893 from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; Duke 

Has been feeling depressed. Has written a story about a tippling prima donna. Doubts Louise read letter sent with poem [see #0009] carefully, if at all. As to Louise's question about the word "bassoon," got it out of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Passion. The school year was a trial. Interesting times around Red Cloud recently, with murders and suicides. Has tried a translation of "Wallenstein" [as follows; from Friedrich Schiller]. Glad Mariel and sisters are coming to visit, to cheer her up. Still disappointed Louise didn't come and will put off the Gere sisters if she might. Has been writing papers on Shakespeare.  P.S.: Has received her note. If she does not come, things will be different next year. It has been too one-sided anyway. Please come and show forgiveness or else it is goodbye.  Willa Cather   [Stout #13]

• Letter ID: 0046
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1897-10-13
• Repository: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

To Louise Pound,  Oct. 13, 1897 from Pittsburgh ; Duke 

Not fair to accuse her of keeping her address a secret. Had not expected to be daytime telegraph editor when she accepted the Leader job, but when it became available applied and got it, despite youth and sex. Work is like running a race, but hours are short. Hard to write distinctive headlines for a dozen suicides at a time. Has received A Portrait of a Lady [ James ]. Mr. Farrar has come to call, so must break off.    Willa Cather   [Stout #46]

• Letter ID: 0190
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1911-05-09
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Louise Pound,  May 9, 1911, from New York ; UVa 

Elsie enjoying studies, but learned more with her. Please visit if in town. What does Louise think of Arnold Bennett? He may be overly documentary, but is at any rate substantial.   Willa Cather   [Stout #190]

• Letter ID: 0196
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1911-06-06
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Louise Pound,  June 6, 1911, from 82 Washington Place, New York ; UVa 

Sorry to hear of her loss [ Louise Pound's father, Stephen B. Pound, died in 1911 ].   Willa Sibert Cather   [Stout #196]

• Letter ID: 0238
• Addressee: Pound, Louise
• Date: 1912-06-28
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Louise Pound,  June 28, [1912], from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; UVa 

Hasn't answered her letter because traveling. Spent two adventurous months with Douglass. Probably won't get to Lincoln. Needs to return to New York as soon as possible after her brother Roscoe comes to visit. Was ill most of the winter but quite well now. She shouldn't bother reading "Alexander," but may like "The Bohemian Girl."   Willa Cather   [Stout #238]