• Letter ID: 1206
• Addressee: Austermann, George, and Austermann, Eleanor
• Date: 1933-12
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George and Eleanor Austermann,  Dec. 1933 [copy of "December Night" with autograph] ; UVa 

  [Stout #1206]

• Letter ID: 1279
• Addressee: Austermann, George
• Date: 1935-12-03
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George Austermann,  Dec. 3, [1935] ; UVa 

Please do all he can to help Stephen Tennant enjoy Jaffrey.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1279]

• Letter ID: 1396
• Addressee: Austermann, George
• Date: 1938-01-31
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George Austermann [from Sarah J. Bloom, secretary],  Jan. 31, 1938 ; UVa 

Letting him know not to worry about Mrs. Osborne [?]. If she makes an approach, will simply recommend the Shattuck Inn as a quiet place for writing.   [Stout #1396]

• Letter ID: 1405
• Addressee: Austermann, George
• Date: 1938-03-31
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George Austermann,  Mar. 31, 1938 ; UVa 

Sorry not to have gotten to Jaffrey this winter, due to influenza. Glad he sold the McCoy farm to people of the right sort. Wishes undesirables weren't buying houses in the village. Hopes to spend the summer working; not sure where will be the right place.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1405]

• Letter ID: 1418
• Addressee: Austermann, George
• Date: 1938-10-09
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George Austermann,  Oct. 9, [1938?] ; UVa 

Would like to come for three or four weeks to work and believes the room at the end of the hall that Mrs. Buck used to have would be best at this time of year, if it is available. Expects to arrive the 14th at 4:48. Please ask a reliable driver to meet her train.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1418]

• Letter ID: 1470
• Addressee: Austermann, George, and Austermann, Eleanor
• Date: 1940-02-07
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To George and Eleanor Austermann,  Feb. 7, 1940 ; UVa 

Thanks for the Christmas card and picture of Kurt. Hopes to see them this year. All the news from England is bad.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1470]

• Letter ID: 0751
• Addressee: Conklin, Groff
• Date: 1924-10
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Mr. [Groff] Conklin,  n.d. [prob. Oct. 1924] , from the Shattuck Inn, Jaffrey, N.H. ; UVa 

Refuses permission for him to use "Coming, Eden Bower" or "Her Boss."   Willa Cather   [Stout #751]

• Letter ID: 0945
• Addressee: Goodman, Henry
• Date: 1928-09-26
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Mr. Goodman,  Sept. 26, 1928, from New York ; UVa 

Seldom writes short stories and does not like writing essays about her own writing, so will not contribute to the volume he is editing.   Willa Cather   [Stout #945]

• Letter ID: 0813
• Addressee: Lane, Gertrude
• Date: 1925-12-21
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Miss Lane,  Dec. 21, 1925 ; UVa 

Sorry she can't send a short story, but hasn't written one since "Uncle Valentine." Prefers working in the novel form, and has now begun a new one.   Willa Cather   [Stout #813]

• Letter ID: 1288
• Addressee: Leech, Dr.
• Date: 1935-12-27
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Dr. Leech,  Dec. [2]7, 1935 ; UVa 

Returned to town just before Christmas and hopes to see him and Mrs. Leech soon. P.S.: Happy New Year!  Willa Cather   [Stout #1288]

• Letter ID: 0920
• Addressee: Malone, Father
• Date: 1928-01
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Father Malone,  n.d. [prob. Jan. 1928; replying to letter from Malone dated Dec. 1, 1927] , from Red Cloud, Nebr. ; UVa 

Thanks for his note about the book. Got a sense of the two priests from Howlett's book on Machebeuf. May be in Denver later in the winter. Appreciates the clergy's general willingness to overlook errors in details.   Willa Cather   [Stout #920]

• Letter ID: 1753
• Addressee: Malone, Father
• Date: 1947-03-03
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Father Maline [typographical error for Malone?],  Mar. 3, 1947 ; UVa 

Yes, may quote the few lines about Father Noel Chabanel,whom she found very interesting, more than any of his fellow martyrs.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1753]

• Letter ID: 0611
• Addressee: Maurice, Arthur B.
• Date: 1922-07-30
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Mr. Maurice,  July 30, [1922], from Bread Loaf Inn ; UVa 

Sorry she is not at home and can't provide letters from ordinary readers.   Willa Cather   [Stout #611]

• Letter ID: 1466
• Addressee: May, Dr.
• Date: 1940-01-04
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Dr. May,  Jan. 4, 1940 ; UVa 

Appreciates his introduction to the Allens, but has not written because of influenza. Wishing him Happy New Year.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1466]

• Letter ID: 2050
• Addressee: Melcher, Frederic Gershom
• Date: 1922-11-24
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Frederic Gershom Melcher,  Friday, [November 24, 1922] , from Number Five Bank Street, New York ; UVa 

Pleased he likes the book [One of Ours]. Readers either love it or loathe it. Is about to go west to see her parents, and hopes to see him when she returns. Leaves for a year abroad in April.   Willa Cather 

• Letter ID: 2051
• Addressee: Melcher, Frederic Gershom
• Date: 1926-01-08
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Frederic Gershom Melcher,  January 8, 1926 ; UVa 

Though would like to accept his invitation to speak, cannot. Doesn't want to be thought hermetic, but is not in New York that often, so when she is she must be pretty choosy. Liked the Christmas card from his family—did not even realize he had a family!   Willa Cather 

• Letter ID: 2052
• Addressee: Melcher, Frederic Gershom
• Date: 1919
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Frederic Gershom Melcher,  Monday, [about 1919?] , from Number Five Bank Street, New York ; UVa 

Has enjoyed Jurgen very much [probably Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell, New York: McBride, 1919]. If the improper parts were excised, there would be little of interest left, which is to the book's credit. Most American improprieties are extraneous. Thanks to a card sent with the package from Macy's, knows he felt bighearted upon leaving Bank Street. Hopes he comes again soon, as he is the only bookseller that doesn't depress her. On his suggestion is now reading Reynard the Fox [probably Reynard the Fox; Or, The Ghost Heath Run by John Masefield, New York: Macmillan, 1919].   Willa Cather 

• Letter ID: 2053
• Addressee: Melcher, Frederic Gershom
• Date: 1922
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Frederic Gershom Melcher, undated [1922?] , on a calling card reading "Miss Willa Sibert Cather, Fridays, Five Bank Street"; UVa 

Has returned from the west and is receiving on Friday afternoons January 6 to March.  

• Letter ID: 2054
• Addressee: Melcher, Frederic Gershom
• Date: 1921
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Frederic Gershom Melcher, undated [1921?] , on a calling card reading "Miss Willa Sibert Cather, Fridays, Five Bank Street"; UVa 

Receiving Fridays January 14 until March 26. 

• Letter ID: 1150
• Addressee: Merores, Dr.
• Date: 1933-01-16
• Repository: University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Charlottesville, Va.

To Dr. Merores [?],  Jan. 16, 1933 ; UVa 

Sorry to hear he began a German translation of Death Comes for the Archbishop without her agreement or a publisher. Arranging for translations is very complicated and time-consuming. Mr. Knopf handles it all for her. Interesting that he knows Mrs. Brandeis. Once knew Judge Brandeis fairly well, and his sisters Pauline and Josephine Goldmark are dear friends. Can't help find a publisher for his translation.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1150]