M. Manley Aaron ([May 18 to 23, 1929])

#2597: Willa Cather to M. Manley Aaron, [May 18 to 23, 1929]

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STEPHEN SMITH, M. D.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
E. D. Kremers, M.D.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
J. A. COLLIE, M. D.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
ETHEL FANSON, M. D.
PATHOLOGIST LAS ENCINAS
SANITARIUM³
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA² BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GEORGE DOCK, M. D., PRES.
H. G. BRAINERD, M. D.,
VICE PRESIDENT
W. JARVIS BARLOW, M. D.
F. C. E. MATTISON, M. D.
STEPHEN SMITH, M. D. Ans'd by _____
MAY 24 1929
Filed by_____ Dear Miss Aaron¹;

Please hold all my mail at the office after receipt of this letter, as I shall be in New York⁴ on June 3^d or 4^th.

Faithfully Willa Cather

Information about this letter:

Source File:: cat.let2597.xml
Letter identifier: 2597
Contents: Document is one leaf, handwritten on recto only.
Person to whom letter was written: M. Manley Aaron¹
Date letter was written: [May 18 to 23, 1929]
Place letter was written: Pasadena, California, United States²
Location of original letter: Cather-Knopf Correspondence, The Dobkin Family Collection of Feminism, New York, NY

Individual Annotations

Las Encinas Sanitarium (Pasadena, CA): Established in 1904 by Dr. James H. McBride, the Southern California Sanitarium for Nervous Disorders was renamed Las Encinas Hospital for Nervous Disorders in 1917, and finally to Las Encinas Sanitarium in 1928. Willa Cather’s mother, Mary Virginia Boak Cather, spent the last three years of her life here, where Cather visited her in 1929, 1930, and 1931.

Person Annotations

0343

Aaron, M. Manley. Alfred Knopf’s secretary. As secretary to the president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Willa Cather’s publisher, Manley Aaron was responsible for clerical matters, such as tracking Cather’s address as she traveled or mailing her supplies. However, Alfred Knopf also delegated to Aaron the task of negotiating with magazines for the publication of Cather’s short stories collected in Obscure Destinies (1932), and she took direct responsibility for other matters for Cather and other authors as well.

Place Annotations

Pasadena, California, United States

New York, New York, United States