A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather

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To Frances Gere,  June 23, 1898 from Pittsburgh ; WCPM 

Glad to hear Fritz Westermann has gone off to the [Spanish-American] war. Has been writing headlines about the blockade of Santiago Harbor. Sorry not to come to her commencement. Dorothy [Canfield] will be visiting in early July. Has been in Washington with her cousin Professor Gore, who was preparing for a polar expedition. His Norwegian wife, Lillian Thekla Brandthall, is glamorous and impressive. Looking forward to getting back to Nebraska.    Willa   [Stout #49]

To Mrs. George Seibel,  Dec. 19, 1900 from Washington, D.C. ; WCPM 

Will probably be in Pittsburgh to spend Christmas with them. Here's a hug for Erna. Omar has been accepted.    Willa   [Stout #64]

To George Seibel,  Jan. 4, 1901 from Washington, D.C. ; WCPM 

Very pleased about the acceptance of his play based on Omar. Now he should write a comedy for Julia Marlowe, so she could stop acting melodrama.    Willa Cather   [Stout #65]

To William V. Alexander,  Feb. 21, 1901 from Washington, D.C. ; UVa 

Ethelbert Nevin died last Sunday. Would like to have the photographs she sent that he did not use.   Willa Sibert Cather   [Stout #66]

To William V. Alexander,  Feb. 29, 1900 [actually 1901], from Washington, D.C. ; UVa 

Appreciates his returning the photographs.    Willa Sibert Cather   [Stout #67]

To H. G. Dwight,  Oct. 9, 1906, on McClure's letterhead ; Amherst 

Liked "The Valley of the Mills" enough to buy it, but believes his work can be stronger. Would like to talk with him about some descriptive articles on the Mediterranean. Going to Pittsburgh on Friday [Oct. 12] to stay until November 1. Will be living at no. 60 South Washington Square upon return. Please drop by the office.   Willa Sibert Cather   [Stout #116]

To H. G. Dwight,  Jan. 12, [1907?], from 60 Washington Square, New York ; Amherst 

Envies his being in Italy. Is working on the material about Eddy, after three men failed with it. It drives out every trace of an imaginative idea. Why doesn't he like [Pierre] Loti—afraid of real imagination? He covers up his own with slang and imitations of Kipling. Or maybe he fears being sentimental. McClure has paid $500 for illustrations for "The Valley of the Mills." Was in Pittsburgh a couple of months ago and saw the Willards. Only music saves her in New York. Please ask Mr. Reynolds to send her his work personally.   Willa S. Cather   [Stout #125]

To Sarah Orne Jewett,  Oct. 24, [1908], from 82 Washington Place, New York ; Harvard 

Is pleased that she and Mrs. Fields liked the first part of Mrs. Ward's story; will send the outline of the rest. Mrs. Fields the only person left who evokes the dignity of the New England past. Has been enjoying Fields's poems. She and Edith Lewis liking their apartment. Get their own dinner three evenings a week and go to the Brevoort [Hotel] the other nights. Fears Jewett won't like her story in the December issue.   Willa   [Stout #140]

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]

To Zoë Akins,  n.d. [early 1909?] , from 82 Washington Place, New York ; Huntington 

Sorry for the tactless letter. Still not used to having to reject things. Glad she likes April Twilights. Thinks "The Palatine," published in McClure's the previous summer, is better than poems in the book. Suggests Zoë study Miss Guiney's work as a model of richness combined with restraint.   Willa Sibert Cather   [Stout #152]

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