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This is a full-rate
Telegram or Cable-
gram unless its de-
ferred character is in-
dicated by a suitable
symbol above or pre-
ceding the address. WESTERN UNION R.B. WHITE
PRESIDENT NEWCOMB CARLTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD J. C. WILLEVER
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 1201
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GA NEWYORK NY2 APR 16 1941 MRS R C CATHER1
COLUSA CALIF3
PLEASE SEND ME THE CARDIOGRAPH4 SOON AS POSSIBLE STOP WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT TWO BEST MEN HERE STOP HAVE SEEN ONE5 TODAY HE URGES ABSOLUTE REST AND QUIET
WILLA447P Foned 828a WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM FORM 1539-OAPAT. AUG. 9, 1904
TRANSO ENVELOPE CO.
CHICAGO, ILL.25¢
for your selection of fixed texts
35¢
for 15 words of your own composition
for greeting messages · FOR CHRISTMAS · NEW YEAR'S · VALENTINE'S DAY ·
EASTER · COMMENCEMENT · MOTHER'S DAY · FATHER'S DAY · THANKSGIVING · BIRTHDAYS · BON VOYAGE · · on a special blank in special envelope
TO ANY WESTERN UNION OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES
Information about this letter:
- Source File:
- cat.let2266.xml
- Letter identifier
- 2266
- Contents
- Document is one leaf, typewritten on recto only of telegram. Includes one envelope, with printed text on recto and verso.
- Person to whom letter was written
- Meta Schaper Cather1
- Date letter was written
- April 16, 1941
- Place letter was written
- New York, New York, United States2
- Location of original letter
- Roscoe and Meta Cather Collection (MS316), University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives & Special Collections, Lincoln, NE
Individual Annotations
Roscoe had been experiencing heart-related health problems, including high blood pressure and an episode which Cather refers to as an "attack" (#2268).
Person Annotations
Cather, Meta Schaper (1884-1973). Cather’s sister-in-law.
Meta Schaper was born in Plattsmouth, NE, the second daughter of
Robert and Julia Ramke Schaper. After graduating from the University of
Nebraska in Lincoln 1903, Meta Schaper taught at Havelock High School in her
hometown of Havelock, NE (now part of Lincoln). She met Roscoe Cather when
teaching in Fullerton, NE, and they married in 1907. They moved to Lander,
WY, in 1909, where she gave birth to three daughters, Virginia and twins
Margaret and Elizabeth. The family moved to Casper, WY, in 1921 and Colusa,
CA, in 1937. Willa visited Meta and Roscoe’s family in Wyoming several times
and shared important travel experiences with them, including a 1926 trip to
New Mexico with Meta, Roscoe, and their children and a 1941 San Francisco
vacation with Roscoe and Meta. Meta and Willa remained friends until Willa’s
death.
Hart, Theodore Stuart (1869-1951). American cardiologist. Born in Illinois, Theodore Hart was a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University's medical school. He taught at Columbia from 1903-1922 and was a staff member or consulting physician at a number of New York area hospitals. A leading heart specialist, Cather sought Hart's advice about her brother Roscoe Cather's health in 1941.
Place Annotations
