• Letter ID: 0896
• Addressee: Butcher, Fanny
• Date: 1927-09-17
• Repository: Newberry Library, Chicago

To Fanny Butcher,  Sept. 17, [1927], from Jaffrey, N.H. ; Newberry 

Thought she said legend, not folklore. A very different thing. The two priests' lives were like works of art. Hopes to go out to Arizona soon. Glad to autograph copy. A very gracious review.   Willa Cather   [Stout #896]

• 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: 1360
• Addressee: Brown, E. K.
• Date: 1937-04-09
• Repository: Yale University, Beinecke Library, New Haven, Conn.

To E. K. Brown,  Apr. 9, 1937 ; Beinecke 

Found his essay when she returned. Likes the way he presented his opinions of her books. Very fair, though too much emphasis on geographic surroundings. Not true the Southwest is not her own country in the way Nebraska is. On the contrary, knew it well. Please read her comments on Death Comes for the Archbishop. Believes it is quite possible to admire Latour and Vaillant equally, though they are so different.   Willa Cather   [Stout #1360]

• Letter ID: 1366
• Addressee: Lecrois, Sister
• Date: 1937-06-12
• Repository: unknown present location

To Sister Lecrois,  June 12, 1937 ; unknown present location; previously at Manhattanville College, Purchase, N.Y. 

Is very pleased by her letter. Is glad when French people find an authentic note in her two priests [in Death Comes for the Archbishop]. They were modeled on real figures from history whom she studied so closely she felt she knew them. Unfortunately, her student cannot hope to publish a translation of the book into French, as that has already been done and by now has been published. Will have Miss Bloom enclose a copy of the short essay about the writing of the book done for a Catholic publication [ Commonweal ].   Willa Cather   [Stout #1366]