A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather
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Letter ID: 0055
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1897/1898
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Repository: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
To
[?]
,
n.d.
[prob. 1897 or 1898]
excerpt transcribed by Bernice Slote
; UNL
Enjoyed Thanksgiving visit to Columbus. Canfields away, leaving house to Dorothy, Jim and fiancée, and herself.
Many parties. Is spending much of her leisure time with Ethelbert Nevin, a lovable man. Has been reading Kipling's poetry, as she used to at the university. [Stout #55]
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Letter ID: 1344
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1936
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Repository: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation
To unknown person,
[1936]
, Christmas card
; WCPM
Mary Virginia and her husband will be there for Christmas Eve dinner. Will be
thinking about friends in Red Cloud.
Willa Cather
[Stout #1344]
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Letter ID: 1347
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1936
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Repository: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
To unknown person
[possibly Mr. and Mrs. George Whicher],
n.d.
[1936?]
, Christmas card
; PM
Doesn't really care for Christmas cards in the Grant
Wood style. Maybe they are C.C.C. boys with Roosevelt trumpeting in the sky. Such bad
times!
Willa Cather
[Stout #1347]
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Letter ID: 1505
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1940-11-23
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Repository: Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
To unnamed nun
[addressed only as Sister],
Nov. 23, 1940
; Loyola
Yes, several of her books show admiration for Catholic missionary priests. Has known and
personally admired several—Father
Connelly in Winslow, Arizona,
Father Haltermann in Santa Cruz, N.M., and a Belgian priest who died in World
War I while serving as a chaplain in the Belgian army. Enclosing a reprint of her letter to the
Commonweal about sources for Death Comes for the
Archbishop.
Willa Cather
[Stout #1505]
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Letter ID: 1745
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1946-12
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Repository: Newberry Library, Chicago
To unknown
[
Carrie Miner?
],
prob. Dec. 1946, Christmas
card
; Newberry
Thanks for not punishing her. As Sigrid Undset
says, it is very easy to punish someone who is already down.
Willie
[Stout #1745]
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Letter ID: 1784
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1922/1940
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Repository: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation
To unidentified recipient,
n.d., from Grand Manan
; WCPM
Glad she liked the book, but will probably like My Ántonia more.
Willa Cather
[Stout #1784]
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Letter ID: 1798
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1900/1947
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Repository: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation
To unidentified recipient,
n.d.
; WCPM
Saw this happy surprise when she bought a newspaper on the train.
Willie
[Stout #1798]
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Letter ID: 1815
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1906/1947
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Repository: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
To ?,
n.d.
note written on a printed page showing pictures of Clement C. Moore and his house, with the beginning of the
poem "A Visit from
St. Nicholas"; PM
Was Moore a real person, then? [Stout #1815]
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Letter ID: 1936
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1934/1939
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Repository: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Susan J. and James Rosowski Cather Collection (MS228)
To unknown
[Elsie
Cather?],
n.d.
letter fragment, only the last page has survived; UNL-Rosowski Cather
Hopes to get a reply soon. Sends love and congratulations for productive work at home.
Willie
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Letter ID: 1937
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Addressee: unknown
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Date: 1930/1939
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Repository: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Susan J. and James Rosowski Cather Collection (MS228)
To unknown,
n.d.
note originally accompanied a copy of an unknown Cather novel; ; UNL-Rosowksi
Book is the recently released second British edition. The image on the dust jacket must be
how they imagine a Nebraska farm. What seems to be
growing is carrots!
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