Mariel C. Gere ([November 1891]) | Willa Cather Archive

#0008: Willa Cather to Mariel C. Gere, [November 1891]

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Miss Mariel Gere¹
is
Cordially Invied
To
Be Present
at
An Informal Feed
to be held at the Crypt³ of
Wm. Cather Jr.
Nov 26
1891

Seven o'clock Be there

Miss Mariel Gere¹ Nov 26
Invitation
1891
to the crypt

Information about this letter:

Source File:: cat.let0008.xml
Letter identifier: 0008
Contents: Document is one leaf, handwritten on recto only. Includes one envelope, handwritten.
Person to whom letter was written: Mariel C. Gere¹
Date letter was written: [November 1891]
Place letter was written: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States²
Location of original letter: Willa Cather Collection (RG2639.AM), Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE

Individual Annotations

According to Hoye's City Directory for 1891, Cather lived at 1019 H St., Lincoln, NE.

Person Annotations

0048

Gere, Mariel Clapham (1874-1960). Cather’s university friend; a teacher. Mariel Gere, eldest daughter of Charles H. and Mariel C. Gere, born in Lincoln, NE, entered the University of Nebraska's prep school in the same year Cather did. She and her sisters visited Cather several times in Red Cloud, NE. Both were members of the Union Literary Society until Gere joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority in 1892. Gere graduated in the science course and taught chemistry at Lincoln High until 1941. She also served on the Lincoln City Library board for many years. Cather and Gere remained friends and correspondents; Gere defended Cather from accusations that she had been arrogant and friendless during her university years.

Place Annotations

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States