Guide to Reading Letter Transcriptions
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| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| passage deleted with a strikethrough mark | |
| passage deleted by overwritten added letters | |
| passage added above the line | passage with added text above |
| passage added on the line | passage with added text inline |
| passage added in the margin | passage with text added in margin |
| handwritten addition to a typewritten letter | typed passage with added handwritten text |
| missing or unreadable text | missing text noted with "[illegible]" |
| uncertain transcriptions | word[?] |
| notes written by someone other than Willa Cather | Note in another's hand |
| printed letterhead text | printed text |
| text printed on postcards, envelopes, etc. | printed text |
| text of date and place stamps | stamped text |
| passage written by Cather on separate enclosure. | written text |
Thank you for your nice letter, and give my regards to Mr. Lichter4.
Cordially yours Willa Cather Rec'd Sept. 7, 1933 atFremont, Nebr. WHALE COVE GRAND MANAN2 NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA Mrs. Alfred Carstens1 Fremont3 Nebraska U.S.A N.B.2 [?]
Information about this letter:
- Source File:
- cat.let1191.xml
- Letter identifier
- 1191
- Contents
- Document is one leaf, handwritten on recto only. Includes one envelope, handwritten.
- Person to whom letter was written
- Jennie C. Morse Carstens1
- Date letter was written
- [early September 1933]
- Explanation of conjectured date
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Included with this is a letter from Sarah Bloom dated August 12, 1933, indicating that she forwarded Mrs. Carstens letter on to Cather. Handwritten note on the letter and envelope, written by Mrs. Carstens or one of her family members, indicates that the letter was received on September 7, 1933.
- Place letter was written
- Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada2
- Location of original letter
- WCPM Collection, National Willa Cather Center, Red Cloud, NE
Person Annotations
Carstens, Jennie C. Morse (1890-after 1940). American reader of Cather’s works. Born in Nebraska, Jennie married Alfred H. Carstens of Fremont, NE, in 1920 and had three children. She wrote Cather about her portrayal of religion in her books.
Lichter, Mr. No further information is available about this person.
Place Annotations
Grand Manan, New Brunswick, CanadaCather and Edith
Lewis frequently vacationed on Grand Manan Island during the summer and
early fall for about twenty years, beginning in 1922. For the first few
years, they stayed at the Inn at Whale Cove, a collection of cottages with a
main house operated by Sarah Jacobus. Cather and Lewis rented Orchardside
Cottage from Jacobus until they had their own cottage built. In 1926, Lewis
acquired land on Grand Manan, and construction was completed in 1928. Cather
and Lewis returned to this cottage almost every summer until
1940.
