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 |
Information about this letter:
- Source File:
- cat.let3254.xml
- Letter identifier
- 3254
- Contents
- Document is one leaf, typewritten on recto and verso of card.
- Person to whom letter was written
- Walter Damrosch 1
- Date letter was written
- October 22, 1940
- Place letter was written
- New York, New York, United States2
- Location of original letter
- Cather, Willa (1873-1947), Member Archives, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Person Annotations
Damrosch, Walter (1862-1950). German-American conductor and composer.
Walter Damrosch was born in Prussia, the son of conductor Leopold
Damrosch and opera singer Helene von Heimburg Damrosch. The family came to
the U.S. in 1871; by 1881 he was assisting his father in conducting the
Metropolitan Opera orchestra. In 1890 he convinced Andrew Carnegie to build
Carnegie Hall in New York. From 1894 to 1900 he led his Damrosch Opera
Company, which toured extensively (Cather saw and reviewed some of his
productions). He conducted the New York Symphony orchestra from 1903 to
1927, then hosted NBC radio’s music appreciation hour from 1928 to 1942.
Damrosch was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1898,
serving as its president in the late 1930s. Cather wrote Damrosch about a
proposal to change rules about the selection of members of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters from outside the National Institute of Arts and
Letters.
Place Annotations
