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Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Florence Pearl England . Lincoln ,  Sept. 10, 1896 , with ms. postscript.
Written on headed stationery of _The  Home Monthly_, with leaf \[1\] typed and signed, and leaves \[2\]-\[3\] in ms.  Cather expresses her dissatisfaction with a drawing by England for _The Home  Monthly,_ and details changes to be made. Inserted is an article, "More of  Less Personal," clipped from _The Sunday Journal_, Lincoln, October 21,  1902, referring to Cather's weekly letter from Europe in that paper. ADAMS  139.

Cather, Willla. 14 letters (5 T.L.s, 9 A.L.s) to Sidney and  Trixie Florance, 1945-1947.
Letters written from Maine , New York and Canada  to Cather's banker and his wife in Red Cloud, Neb. Nine autograph envelopes, 1  typed; 9 letters on Cather's initialed stationery, 1 on headed stationery from  the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor , Maine . Letters dated: June 30, 1945, with  envelope stamped Whale Cove, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada; Aug. 11, 1945;  undated, with envelope postmarked Aug. 12, 1945; Oct. 30, \[1945\]; Nov. 21, 1945;  Feb. 26, \[1946\]; June 12, 1946; Dec. 18, 1946; Feb. 28, 1947; Dec. 18, \[n.d.\];  Dec. 22, \[n.d.\]; Thursday; Thursday; \[n.d.\]. Some of the letters deal in part  with Cather's business and real estate affairs in Red Cloud, while others  contain reminiscences of her earlier life there. CASPERSEN 54.

Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Dr. A.L. Garbat. Northeast Harbor ,  Maine . July 25, \[1944\]
On stationery with letterhead Asticou Inn, Northeast  Harbor , Maine . Autograph envelope postmarked July 1944. Discusses the weather  and her health. Mounted and framed. Discrepancy between date on letter (July 25)  and postmarked date on envelope (July 11, 1944). CATHER 20.

Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Rev. J.R. Henry. Pittsburgh , June  \[22?\], 1897. Autograph envelope postmarked Pittsburgh , June 22, 1897 ;  "Tuesday" at head of text, without date. Cather tells Henry that she is soon to  leave for a month in Red Cloud, Neb. , and thanks him for his kindness to her in  Pittsburgh ; T.L.s to Adams from the book dealer Robert Black, dated Jan. 30,  1955 , and Black's sales catalogue description of the letter. ADAMS 140.

Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Ruth N. James. \[ New Brunswick \] Aug.  23, \[1931\]
On stationery with her initials. Autograph envelope postmarked  Aug. 1931. Cather thanks James for her appreciative letter. Mounted and framed  with reproduction of photograph of Cather. CATHER 19.

Cather, Willa. 2 T.L.s to Henry Goddard Leach, Sept. 1, \[1931\]  and May 25, 1932 .
On stationery headed "W.S.C.;" letter dated Sept. 1 st ,  also with stamp at head ("Whale Cove, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada"), has  press cutting affixed to p. \[1\]. Cather complains to Leach, editor of _T he  Forum_, about Granville Hicks's unfavorable review of _Shadows on the  Rock_, and his critical estimate of her work in general in that publication.  Inserted is \[1\] leaf of Adams 's typed notes concerning Hicks's review. ADAMS  162.

Cather, Willa. A.L.s \[1904?\] to Viola Roseboro', and T.L.s,  with appended autograph note, Apr. 11, 1941 .
A.L.s describes Cather's  current crisis at _McClure's_ over the publication of one of her stories;  the T.L.s refers to Oliver Wendell Holmes, and incorporates her typed copies of  2 letters from him about her work, one written to her (Mar. 24, 1931) and the  other to Ferris Greenslet (July 25, 1930); inserted are a revised ms. in 2 \[?\]  unidentified hands of the poem, "Two Lovers;" typed transcripts of Cather's  A.L.s and T.L.s; and \[ 2\] p. of Adams's typed notes, "Conversation with Miss  Edith Lewis, March 21, 1950." ADAMS 166.

Cather, Willa. 2 A.L.s to Leonard Charles Van Noppen.  Pittsburgh , Jan. 5, 1899 and Jan. 26, 1900 .
Letter of Jan. 5, 1899 (Crane  DDD1) enthusiastically praises Van Noppen's translation of Joost van den  Vondel's _Lucifer_, and mentions her hope of publishing her theatrical  essays; letter of Jan. 26, 1900 refers to Arthur Stedman and to her forthcoming  articles and poems in various publications. Written on headed stationery of  "Editorial Rooms _Pittsburg_ \[sic\] _Leader."_ Inserted are T.L.s  to Van Noppen from Arthur Stedman, Nov. 29, 1899, and A.L.s to Adams from Lois  Harris (Van Noppen's literary executor), Nov. 15, 1938 . Also includes a printed  booklet (p. 439-458), published by Van Noppen in 1917, composed of favorable  reviews of his translation of Vondel's _Lucifer_, including Cather's (p.  441-442); _The New York Time's_ obituary for James Howard Gore (Cather's  cousin), Jun. 12, 1938; and Adams's typed notes of "Conversation with Miss  \[Edith\] Lewis, March 21, 1950." ADAMS 141.

Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Carroll A. Wilson, Mar. 18, 1926  .
Includes a photocopy of Cather's T.L.s. to Wilson , and typescript of a  letter from Frederick Adams to Wilson , with Adams 's penciled initials, dated  April 3, 1936 . Cather's T.L.s on stationery headed with her initials; A.L.s  from Cather to Adams , Sept. 17, \[1935\], on stationery headed Hotel Royal  Danieli Venezia, with autograph envelope. Both letters concern her connection  with Georgine Milmine's biography of Mary Baker Eddy, as does Adams 's letter to  Wilson , describing his meeting with Cather. ADAMS 168 1.