Walter Tittle ([late January 1925])

#1771: Willa Cather to Walter Tittle, [late January 1925]

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Dear Mr. Tittle¹:

The Woman Without Manners, is what you must be calling me in your mind. But almost immediately after our last sitting I was called out to Nebraska³, and went West through a succession of blizzards accompanied by your generous box of candy. It was a great solace. I did not get to go to your exhibit, much to my regret. Almost everything that I wanted to hear and see happened while I was gone.

With cordial good wishes I am Sincerely yours Willa Cather

Information about this letter:

Source File:: cat.let1771.xml
Letter identifier: 1771
Contents: Document is one leaf, typewritten on recto only
Person to whom letter was written: Walter Tittle¹
Date letter was written: [late January 1925]
Explanation of conjectured date: Walter Tittle's interview and portrait of Cather were published in the July 1925 issue of Century. Cather returned from Red Cloud on 10 January 1925, and likely wrote this letter shortly after her return.
Place letter was written: New York, New York, United States²
Location of original letter: Willa Cather, Little Alphabet Letters, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX

Person Annotations

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Tittle, Walter (1883-1966). American artist and illustrator. Born in Ohio, Tittle moved to New York City to study art with William Merritt Chase. He made his name first as an illustrator for magazines and books, but he also painted and made etchings, and became noted as a portraitist. In 1925 his interview with Cather and the portrait he made of her were published in Century Magazine.

Place Annotations

New York, New York, United States

Nebraska, United States