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*Cite as*: \[Drew call number\], Willa Cather  Collection, Drew University Special Collections, Madison , N.J.

_April Twilights (1903): Poems_. Bernice Slote, editor.  Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 1962, second \[i.e. third\] printing,  1964.
2nd ed., 3rd print. With 2 T.L. from Adams to Slote, 1 T.L.s from Slote  to Adams, and 1 T.L.s from John March to Adams, all dated between 1962 and 1964.  Crane A1.b.iii. ADAMS 155 1c.

Milmine, Georgine. _The Life of Mary G. Baker Eddy and the  History of Christian Science_. New York : Doubleday, Page, 1909.
1st ed.,  1st print. Edited by Cather. First published in _McClure's_ magazine,  Jan. 1907-Jun. 1908. With Adams's ms. notes; ms. note signed by Witter Bynner,  Feb. 12, 1934 (p. \[v\]), concerning Willa Cather's contribution to the work;  inserted are the entry for this book from the 1934 Duschnes catalogue, and  Adams's typed account of his conversation with Edith Lewis, Mar. 21, 1950,  describing how Cather came to edit the work. Crane AAA1.a.i. ADAMS 168 2i.

_Alexander's Bridges_. London : William Heinemann,  1912.
1st English ed. "Illustrated." The American ed. has title: _Alexander's Bridge_." "Classified catalogue of books published by Mr.  William Heinemann ... 1912" : 31, \[1\] p. following text. Front. and 3 ill. by F.  Graham Cootes. Crane A5.a.i.(e). ADAMS 155 2c.

McClure, S.S. _My Autobiography_. London : John Murray,  1914.
1st English ed. Written by Willa Cather. Text followed by \[10\] p. of  publisher's advertisements. Bookplate of "Geo. W. Olinger/Denver." Crane A7.a.i  (e). CASPERSEN 13.

_The Song of the Lark_. London : Cassell, 1938.
2nd  English ed. Presentation copy from Cather to Miss Fornes \[?\]; Cather added date  "July, 1936" to pref. and annotated back cover of dust jacket. Crane A8.b.i.(e).  CASPERSEN 42.

_Death Comes for the Archbishop_. New York : A.A.  Knopf, 1927.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Presentation copy to Edith  Lewis; bookplate ("Cragwood") of Mrs. Charles W. Englehard; single word note  ("Avignonnaises") laid in; A.L.s to Cather from Bishop and Mrs. George Beecher,  dated Evergreen, Colo., July 11, 1931, in autograph envelope, laid in;  photograph of Cather attached to half-title; Cather's ms. corrections in  margins, and a corresponding list with page numbers penciled in at head of p.  \[304\]. Corrections possibly made in preparation for the Autograph ed. Crane  A16.a.i. CATHER 15.

_Death Comes for the Archbishop_. New York : Council on  Books in Wartime, \[1943\].
4th ed. Armed Services Edition. "Published by  arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York ." Crane A16.d. ADAMS 155  7c.

Cather, Willa and Dorothy Canfield. _The Fear that Walks by  Noonday_. New York : Phoenix Book Shop, 1931.
"First separate printing."  First published in _"The Sombrero,"_ Lincoln , Neb. , 1894. With Adams's  initialed ms. note stating that the story was first published in Jun. 1894 in " _The Sombrero_," Cather's college yearbook; inserted are 2 A.L.s from  Fisher to Ralph Allan, Aug. 28, 1931 and Sept. 25, 1931; a typed copy of a  letter from Cather to Fisher, Sept. 4, \[1931\]; T.L.s from Alfred Harcourt to  Ralph Allan, Sept. 9, 1931; Adam's note concerning the 1995 sale of the unopened  copy no. 26 of this work; and a clipping from _AB_, Sept. 12, 1988,  concerning the gift of 20 letters from Cather to Fisher to the University of  Vermont. No. 6 of 30 numbered copies. Crane A18.a. ADAMS 164.

_Writings from Willa Cather's Campus Years_. James R.  Shively, editor. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1950.
Includes  "Letters from Willa Cather's Contemporaries" : p. \[113\]-142. Crane AA3. ADAMS 167  7.

\[Contributions to _The Hesperian_.\] Lincoln, Neb.:  Hesperian Publishing Association, University of Nebraska, vol. 22, 1892-1893,  nos. 1, 3-5, 8, 17\] "Lou, the Prophet." Oct. 15, 1892 , p. 7-10. Crane C2.
"  Columbus ." Nov. 1, 1892 , p. 9. Crane B2.
"A Sentimental Thanksgiving Dinner  in Five Courses." Nov. 24, 1892 , p. 4-7. Crane AA3.d1.
"Peter." Nov. 24,  1892 , p. 10-12. Crane C1.
"Horace, Book I, Ode XXXVIIII, 'Persicos odi'."  Nov. 24, 1892 , p. 12. Crane B3.
"A Tale of the White Pyramid." Dec. 22, 1892  , p. 8-11. Crane C3.
"Daily Dialogues." Feb. 15, 1893 , p. 3-5. Crane  AA3.d2.
"The Clemency of the Court." Oct. 16, 1893 , p. 3-7. Crane C6. ADAMS  138 1

\[Contributions to _The Sombrero ._ Lincoln , Neb. :  University of Nebraska , 1894.\]
"Anacreon." p. 222. Poem, signed "W.C." Crane  B5. Cather, Willa and Dorothy Canfield. "The Fear that Walks by Noonday." p.  224-231. Crane C7.
Volume includes also 2 photographs of Cather (p. 82 and  \[272\]), the second a baby picture; facsim. of her signature (p. \[5\]) ADAMS 138  8.

\[Contributions to _The Home Monthly_, Feb. 1897-Sept.  1898\]
"Old Books and New." \[by Helen Delay\] Feb. 1897, p. 19. Crane  D287.1
"A Modern Man. " \[anon.\] Feb. 1897, p. 12. Crane D286.
"The Paper  Age." \[anon.\] Jun. 1897, p. 12. Crane D324.
"Emma Calvé." \[anon.\] Jun. 1897,  p. 13-14. Crane D325.
"Old Books and New." \[by Helen Delay\] Jun. 1897, p. 14.  Crane D326.1.
"Old Books and New." \[by Helen Delay\] Dec. 1897, p. 12. Crane  D353.
"The Wandering Jew." \[by Helen Delay\] Dec. 1897, p. 19. Crane  D354.
"Old Books and New." \[by Helen Delay\] Jan. 1898, p. 12. Crane  D364.
"Old Books and New." \[by Helen Delay\] Feb. 1898, p. 12. Crane D373.  ADAMS 152 4a.

\[Contributions to _The Home Monthly_, June 1898-Oct.  1900\]
"Richard Realf, Poet and Soldier." \[by Helen Delay\] May 1899, p. 10-11.  Crane D431.
"Some Pittsburgh Composers." \[by Helen Delay\] Dec. 1899, p. 6-7.  Crane D459.
"Both Sensible and Suitable." Jan., 1900, p. 6-7. \[Under the  possible pseudonym Marie Catherton\]
"From Indigo to Rose." Feb., 1900, p. 7.  \[Under the possible pseudonym Ina Brevoort\]
"A Knight of the Waves." Oct.,  1900, p. 6-7. \[Under the possible pseudonym Ina Brevoort Roberts\] With Adams's  ms. notes. ADAMS 152 4b; 152 4c; 152 4c2; 152 4d; 152 4e.

\[Contributions to _The Cosmopolitan, New England ,  Century,_ and _McClure's_ magazines, 1900-1908\]
"Eric Hermannson's  Soul." _The Cosmopolitan_, vol. 28, Apr. 1900, p. 633-644. Crane  C21.1.
" El Dorado : a Kansas Recessional." _New England_, vol. 24,  Jun. 1901, p. 357-369. Crane C28.1
"The Professor's Commencement." _New  England_, vol. 26, Jun. 1902, p. 481-488. Crane C29.1.
"The Treasure of  Far Island ." _New England_, vol. 27, Oct. 1902, p. 234-249. Crane  C29.1.
"The Willing Muse." _Century_, vol. 74, Aug. 1907, p. 550-557.  Crane C40.1.
"On the Gulls' Road." _McClure's_, vol. 32, Dec. 1908, p.  145-152. Crane C42.1. ADAMS 152 3a

\[Contributions to _McClure's, Harper's,_ and _Century_ magazines, 1907-1913\]
"The Namesake." _McClure's,_ vol. 28, Mar. 1907, p. 492-497. Crane C38.
"Eleanor's House." _McClure's,_ vol. 29, Oct. 1907, p. 623-630. Crane C41.
"The Profile." _McClure's,_ vol. 29, Jun. 1907, p. 135-140. Crane C39.
"Autumn  Melody." _McClure's,_ vol. 30, Nov. 1907, p. 106. B63.
"The Star  Dial." _McClure's,_ vol. 30, Dec. 1907, p. 202. B64.
"Life of Mary  Baker Eddy." _McClure's,_ vol. 28-30, Jan. 1907-Jun. 1908. Crane  AAA1.a.i.
"The Enchanted Bluff." _Harper's,_ vol. 118, Apr. 1909, p.  \[774\]-781. Crane C43.
"The Joy of Nelly Deane." _Century,_ vol. 82,  Oct. 1911, p. 859-867. Crane C44.
"The Bohemian Girl." _McClure's,_ vol. 39, Aug. 1912, p. 420-443. Crane C46.
"Plays of Real Life." _McClure's_, vol. 40, Mar. 1913, p. 63-72. Crane D567. ADAMS 152 3b.

"A Likeness: Portrait Bust of an Unknown, Capitol, Rome " (p.  46-47). In Braithwaite, William Stanley. _Anthology of magazine verse for  1913: Including the Magazines and the Poets: a Review_. Cambridge , Mass. :  W\[illiam\] S\[tanley\] B\[raithwaite\], 1913. Also printed in the 1923 ed. of _April Twilights_. With Adams's ms. notes; inserted is T.L.s from Cather  to Braithwaite, dated May 3, 1911 , written on headed stationery of McClure's  magazine. Crane B69.4. ADAMS 138 6.

\[Contributions to _McClure's_ and _Century_ magazines, 1913-1918\]
"My Autobiography." \[by S.S. McClure,\] _McClure's_, Oct. 1913, p. 33-45. Crane D568.1.
"Training for the  Ballet." _McClure's_, Oct. 1913, p. 85-95. Crane D569.
"Three American  Singers." _McClure's_, Dec. 1913, p. 33-48. Crane D571.
"My  Autobiography." \[by S.S. McClure,\] _McClure's_, Dec. 1913, p. 95-106.  Crane D572.1
"New Types of Acting." _McClure's_, Feb. 1914, p. 41-51.  Crane D574.
"My Autobiography." \[by S.S. McClure,\] _McClure's_, Feb.  1914, p. 76-87. Crane D575.
"The Sweated Drama." _McClure's_, Jan.  1915, p. 17-28. Crane D579.
"The Bookkeeper's Wife." _Century_, May  1916, p. 51-59. Crane C48.1.
"Ardessa." _Century_, May 1918, p.  105-116. Crane C51.1. ADAMS 152 3c.

_Verse_. New York : Alfred A. Knopf,  1922.
Publisher's sample pages. Caption-title on p. \[3\]: "Grandmither, think  not I forget." Crane A12; B19.13. ADAMS 138 7.

_Willa Cather: a Biographical Sketch, an English Opinion,  Reviews and Articles Concerning her Later Books, and an Abridged  Bibliography_. New York : Knopf, \[1926\] and \[1933\]
The first 2 printed  eds. of this booklet. Cather wrote the "Biographical Sketch."
With two  untitled, unsigned, undated typescripts with autograph revisions in black ink.  One is an autobiographical sketch, ca. 1926, written in the third person, later  published by Knopf in "Willa Cather, a Biographical Sketch";" the other is an  interview, ca. 1925, written in the third person, with a 7-line penciled  addendum in an unidentified hand. With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes. Crane  DD10.1-2. ADAMS 158.

_Willa Cather: a Biographical Sketch, an English Opinion,  Reviews and Articles Concerning her Later Books, and an Abridged  Bibliography_. New York : Knopf, \[1926\] Cather wrote the "Biographical  Sketch." From the library of Louise Burroughs. Crane DD10.1. BURROUGHS 19.

Brewster, Earl. _L'Oeuvre de E.H. Brewster et Achsah Barlow  Brewster: 32 Reproductions en Phototypie Precedées d'Essais  Autobiographiques._ Rome : Par les Soins de "Valori Plastici",  1923.
Includes one essay by E.H. Brewster, one by A.B. Brewster, and \[16\]  plates by each artist. Presentation copy from Achsah Barlow Brewster and Earl  Brewster to Henry H. Crapo, dated Capri , 1924; bookplate of Henry H. Crapo.  BREWSTER 23.

Brown, Marion Marsh and Ruth Crone. _Willa Cather, the  Woman and Her Works_. New York : Scribner, 1970.
Presentation copy from  the authors to Yehudi Menuhin. Includes \[9\] p. of ms. notes by Menuhin (covering  front and back pastedowns, both sides of flyleaves, both sides of half-title,  and final page of index, possibly for a speech. MENUHIN  8.*_ _*

Hinz, John P. _Willa Cather, Uundergraduate: Two  Poems_. \[S.l.: s.n., 1949\]
"Reprinted from _American Literature_,  vol. 21, no. 1, March, 1949," p. \[111-116\] ADAMS 167 36b.

Thomas, Elmer Alonzo. 80 years in Webster County . \[S.l.: The  Author\], 1953.
"Willa Cather as I Knew Her," p. 111-114. CATHER 16.

\[Reviews of works by and about Willa Cather\]
Stafford,  Jean. "A Lost Lady." _Book World_ ( _The Washington Post_ ), vol.  7, no. 34, Aug. 24, 1973 , p. 1, 6-7.
Bold, Christine. "The Myth of  Consolation." _Times Literary Supplement_, Nov. 17-23, 1989 , p. 1259.  (Review of _Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up,_ by Hermione Lee.)
Cagle,  William. "Review of _A Bibliography of the Work of Dorothy L. Sayers_." _Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America_, undated, p.  171-174.
Rose, Phyllis. "The Point of View Was Masculine." _New York Times  Book Review_, Sept. 11, 1983 , p. 15. (Review of _Willa: the Life of  Willa Cather,_ by Phyllis C. Robinson.)
Schwind, Jean. "The Benda  Illustrations to _My Ántonia_: Cather's 'Silent' Supplement to Jim  Burden's Narrative." p. 51-67. (Source wanting)
University of Nebraska Press  notice of the publication of 2 vols. ( _My Ántonia_ and _O  Pioneers\!)_ in the Willa Cather scholarly ed. series.
Chalon, Jean. "  Découvrir Willa Cather. " A review in French of _La mort et l'archeveque_ by Marc Chénetier. (Source wanting)
Review of the French ed. of _Death  Comes for the Archbishop._ (Photoreproduction)
Discussion of the  connection between Cather and Wilber Cross, \[2\] p., untitled, undated.
ADAMS  167 46.

\[Articles, reviews, drafts, and proofs\]
Bohlke, L. Brent.  "Willa Cather and _The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy_." _American  Literature_, vol. 54, no. 2, May 1982, p. 286-294.
Rosowski, Susan J.  "Simplistic and Distorted." _Schooner_, undated, pagination wanting.  (Review of _Willa: The Life of Willa Cather_, by Phyllis C. Robinson  .)
Sotheby's catalogue, 1987, describing the sale of Wilsford Manor, Lot 786  (nine letters of Willa Cather), which Adams was unable to purchase.
McDowell,  Edwin. "Faulkner Manuscript Is Bought." _The New York Times_, Oct. 9,  1987 . With Adams's ms. notes.
"FBI Says Raid May Have Netted Rare Book  Record." _Richmond Times-Dispatch_, Mar. 21, 1990 .
West, James L.W.,  III. "Joan Crane. _Willa Cather: A Bibliography_." _Publications of  the Bibliographical Society of America_, vol. 77, no. 4, 1983, p.  501-504.
Monterio, George. "Joan Crane. _Willa Cather: A  Bibliography_." _Literary Research Newsletter_, Winter 1983, \[2\]  p.
Also with:
Photocopies of typed drafts of sections of Crane's  bibliography.
Typed and ms. drafts and proofs of Adams's foreword to Crane's  bibliography.
Photocopy of Cather's ms. fragment, " Avignon ," from her last  unpublished novel, _Hard Punishments_, with Crane's transcription.
A  consent-to-publish agreement between Adams and the University of Nebraska Press  , signed by both parties, Aug. 10, 1981 .
Inserted into Crane, Joan St. C. 42  A.L.s and T.L.s to Frederick Adams, 1977-1993. Correspondence relates chiefly to  Crane's work on her _Willa Cather, a Bibliography_, and is written mostly  on stationery with University of Virginia Library letterhead.
ADAMS 167  48

\[Three articles about Willa Cather\]
Seibel, George. "  Pittsburgh Poet's Volume of Verse." _Pittsburgh Gazette_, Apr. 26, 1903 .  (Photoreproduction)
Porter, Katherine Anne. "The Calm, Pure Art of Willa  Cather." _New York Times Book Review_, Sept. 25, 1949 , p. \[1\]
Edel ,  Leon . "Willa Cather's _The Professor's House_: an Inquiry into the Use  of Psychology in Literary Criticism." _Literature and Psychology_, vol.  IV, no. 5, Nov., 1954, p. 69-79.
ADAMS 167 30.

Cather, Willa. Two typescripts. ca. 1925-1926
Two untitled,  unsigned, undated typescripts with autograph revisions in black ink.
One is  an autobiographical sketch, \[5\] p., ca. 1926, written in the third person, and  later published by Knopf in a booklet entitled, "Willa Cather, a Biographical  Sketch";" the other is an interview, \[3\] p., ca. 1925, written in the third  person, with a 7-line penciled addendum in an unidentified hand; also includes  the first 2 printed eds. (\[1926\] and \[1933\]) of: "Willa Cather, a Biographical  Sketch, an English Opinion, Review and Articles Concerning Her Later Books, and  an Abridged Bibliography." New York : A.A. Knopf. (Crane DD10.1-2). With Adam's  bookplate and ms. notes. ADAMS 158

Cather, Willa. "A Lament." \[3\] p. Typescript.  1926.
Unsigned, undated poem, with Cather's ms. corrections and note. Dated  by Burroughs "Xmas 1926." Later published as "Poor Marty." BURROUGHS  26.*_ _*

Cather, Willa. "Cécile." \[4\] p. Autograph draft of the final  chapter of _Shadows on the Rock._ ca. 1928-1931.
With Adams's ms.  note. Accompanying also are T.L.s from book dealer David J. Holmes, Sept. 22,  1989 , with Adams's note at head, and 2 copies of the purchase invoice from  Holmes, dated Oct. 26, 1989, with Adams's note about payment date; photograph  copy of the ms.; Adams's penciled transcription of the ms.; photoreproduction of  Adams's transcription, with Joan Crane's annotations; copy of a printed article  by Joan Crane, entitled "A Fragment of Willa Cather's Last, Unfinished,  Unpublished 'Avignon' Novel," from a University of Virginia publication (source  citation incomplete); and 2 T.L.s and 1 A.L.s to Adams from Crane, dated Nov. 1,  1989, \[Jan. 1990\], and Jan. 23, 1990. ADAMS 159.

Cather, Willa. "My First Novels." \[4\] p. Corrected proof  sheets. 1931.
Penciled corrections in Cather's hand on final page. The  article appeared in Part Six of the _Colophon_, 1931, without Cather's  corrections; these were printed in _Willa Cather on Writing_ (1949). With  Adams's ms. notes; also, T.L.s from A.A. Knopf to Adams, Jun. 30, 1954 ; A.N.s  to Adams from Knopf \[1954\], giving him the corrected proofs. ADAMS 165.

Cather, Willa. Sapphira and the Slave Girl. \[204\] leaves.  Typescript. ca. 1938 or 1939?
Pagination varies. Leaves 35 and 110 wanting.  Copious editings in pencil in Cather's hand. CATHER 10. 

Adams, Frederick B. Conversation with Edith Lewis, March 21,  1950 . \[1\] leaf. Typed notes. With Cather, Willa. 2 T.L.s to Leonard Charles Van  Noppen. Pittsburgh , Jan. 5, 1899 and Jan. 26, 1900 . ADAMS 141.

Adams, Frederick B. Conversation with Edith Lewis, March 21,  1950 . \[2\] p. Typed notes. With Cather, Willa. A.L.s \[1904?\], and T.L.s, with  appended autograph note, April 11, 1941 , to Viola Roseboro'. ADAMS 166.

Adams, Frederick B. Conversation with Edith Lewis, Mar. 21,  1950 . \[1\] leaf. Typed notes. Describes how Cather came to edit _The Life of  Mary G. Baker Eddy_. Inserted into Milmine, Georgine. _The Life of Mary  G. Baker Eddy and the History of Christian Science_. New York : Doubleday,  Page, 1909. ADAMS 168 2.

Adams, Frederick B. "Willa Cather." \[10\] leaves. Typescript of  pt. 2 for _The Colophon ._
With Adams's penciled corrections, and  without subtitle given in the Feb. 1940 _Colophon_, "Middle Years: the  Right Road Taken." Includes also the printed text of pt. 1 of "Willa Cather,"  subtitled "Early Years: Trial and Error," published in _The Colophon_,  ser. 3, vol. 1, no. 3, Sept. 1939. ADAMS 167 34.

Brewster, Achsah Barlow. "The Child." \[1942\] 438, \[4\] p.  Typescript memoir.
"Harwood Barlow Brewster: a direct descendant of Elder  William Brewster, scholar and leader of the Pilgrim fathers, Harwood bore the  Brewster look." Writing 7 years after Earl and Achsah Brewster moved from Europe  to India , Achsah Brewster records the family's history from the birth of their  daughter, Harwood (1912), to the start of Harwood's schooling at Dartington Hall  , England (1929). She recalls their friendships with, among others, Edith Lewis,  Willa Cather, Vachel Lindsay, D.H. and Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence, Elihu  Vedder, Lucile Beckett and the Nehru family. BREWSTER 26.

Burroughs, Louise. Autograph journal. \[1925-1927\] \[86\]  p.
First date "1925," last entry "Jan. 8" \[1927\]. Recounts her first meetings  and early friendship with Willa Cather, and her acquaintance with members of  Cather's circle, including Edith Lewis, Rudolf Ruzicka and Elizabeth Shepley  Sergeant. \[79\] p. of journal entries followed by 2 poems on \[7\] p. BURROUGHS  25.

Burroughs, Louise. Holograph draft, unfinished. \[Mar. 1953?\]  \[3\] p.
Burroughs's memories of Willa Cather. Draft in pencil and pen, written  on stationery from the Westbury Hotel, N.Y. BURROUGHS 26.

Crane, Joan St. C. Photocopy of typescript for part of entry  A13, _A Lost Lady,_ in her _Willa Cather, a Bibliography._ \[13\]  leaves.
With Frederick Adams's ms. notes, and T.L.s from Crane to Adams, on  paper headed University of Virginia Library , May 22, 1980 . ADAMS 167 47.

"Two Lovers." Poem. Revised ms. in 2 \(?) unidentified  hands.
Included with Cather, Willa. A.L.s \[1904?\], and T.L.s, with appended  autograph note, April 11, 1941 , to Viola Roseboro'. ADAMS 166.

Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Frederick Adams, Sept. 17,  \[1935\]
On stationery headed Hotel Royal Danieli Venezia, with autograph  envelope. Includes a photocopy of Cather's T.L.s to Carroll A. Wilson, Mar. 18,  1926 , and copy of T.L. from Adams to Wilson , with Adams 's penciled initials,  dated April 3, 1936 . Cather's T.L.s to Wilson on stationery headed with her  initials. Both of Cather's 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.

Cather, Willa. A.N.s to Glen Blodeth \[?\] \[ Nov. 21, 1920  \]
With autograph envelope postmarked Nov. 21, 1920 . Enclosed is a typed  (badly faded) 5-line stanza , beginning, "In the night, the long night, when  thou slept alone." Cather has added in ink 2 exclamation points (lines 3 and 5)  and her initials "W.C." at foot. An earlier version of this poem was published  in _The Library_, Mar. 17, 1900 . CATHER 17.

Cather, Willa. 4 A.L.s and 1 T.L.s to Earl and Achsah Barlow  Brewster, 1917-1934.
A.L.s dated January 7, 1917 ; February 16; February 21  \[1923\]; and November 29; T.L.s dated July 1, 1934 . Three of the  letters written on paper headed "Number Five Bank Street";" 2 on paper headed  "W.S.C." Cather refers to the Brewsters' writings and paintings, describes a  transatlantic crossing with Edith Lewis, mentions the success of several of her  own works, and confides to the Brewsters that Edith Lewis dislikes Cather's  friends, the Hambourgs. BREWSTER 22.

Cather, Willa. 3 A.L.s to Miss Chapin. Red Cloud,  \[1927-1929?\]
Miss Chapin worked at _The Forum_ magazine, which  serialized _Death Comes for the Archbishop_ in 1927 and published "Double  Birthday" in 1929. Letter 1 probably refers to the book, letters 2 and 3 to the  story. Letters 1 and 2 have heading "Red Cloud";" letter 2 also has date  "February 15";" letter 3, without place name, on Cather's initialed stationery.  CASPERSEN 52.

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, Willa. Typed copy of a letter and postscript to  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Sept. 4, 1931 . With 2 A.L.s from Fisher to Ralph  Allan, Aug. 28, \[1931\] and Sept. 25, 1931 , and T.L.s from Alfred Harcourt to  Allan, Sept. 9, 1931 .
Inserted into Cather, Willa and Dorothy Canfield. _The Fear that Walks by Noonday._ New York : Phoenix Book Shop, 1931.  ADAMS 164.

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 1st,  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 _TThe 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 to Yehudi Menuhin, Jan. 22, \[1938\]
On  Cather's initialed stationery, with autograph envelope. Inserted into Schubert,  Franz. _Franz Schubert's Letters and Other Writings._ New York : Knopf,  1928. Presentation copy to Yehudi Menuhin. MENUHIN 19.

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.

Channel Bookshop. T.L.s from the Channel Bookshop to Cather.  New York , Jan. 16, 1934 .
On headed stationery of the Channel Bookshop, New  York , signed: Elizabeth R\[--?\]. Lists Santayana's titles in print and confirms  Cather's order for the Temple ed. of _Measure for Measure_. Cather has  marked four titles and written "Richard III" at foot of letter. CASPERSEN  55.

Rogers, Bruce. A.L.s to Cather. Danbury , Conn. , Jan. 10,  1940 \[i.e. 1941\]
Autograph envelope, postmarked New York , Jan. 24, 1941 .  Concerns his design for the Autograph ed. of Cather's works. With Cather's  penciled and initialed note at end. Sent to Burroughs from Cather. BURROUGHS  26.*_ _*

Brewster, Earl and Achsah Barlow Brewster. ca. 1600 A.L.s  between Earl Brewster and Achsah Barlow Brewster, and to their daughter, Harwood  Brewster Picard. 1910-1957.
Letters, postcards and a telegram covering the  years from the Brewsters' courtship and marriage through the death of Achsah  Brewster in 1945 and Earl Brewster in 1957. Over 300 letters are from the  Brewsters to each other; about 1250 are to Harwood Brewster Picard during her  school years in England and adult life in France and the U.S. All are A.L.s  except 23 postcards, 1 T.L.s, 1 T.L. and 1 telegram. Includes also 1 letter from  Achsah Brewster to her sisters, 1 letter from Ara Brewster to Earl Brewster, and  several letters to or from their acquaintances in Italy and India . Numerous  references to such friends and correspondents as Willa Cather and Edith Lewis,  D.H. and Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence, Vachel Lindsay, Axel Munthe, Jawaharlal  Nehru and members of the Nehru family, Mahatma Gandhi, Gertrude Emerson Sen and  her husband Basiwar Sen, and many others. Also 63 A.L.s from Earl Brewster to  Lucile Beckett Frost, 1931-1957, with her occasional annotations. Accompanied by  a photocopy of a typescript memoir by Harwood Brewster Picard (59 p.), a  photocopy of a typescript transcript of a story about Earl Brewster by Francis  Watson, broadcast in 1956 by the BBC (\[2\] p.) and 4 photographs. BREWSTER  24.*_ _*

Black, Robert. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Jan. 30, 1955  .
Inserted into Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Rev. J.R. Henry, June \[22\], 1897,  with Black's sales catalogue description of the letter. ADAMS 140.

Burroughs, Louise. Draft of A.L. to Edith Lewis. New York .  Mar. 9, \[1953\]
An appreciation of _Willa Cather Living_. BURROUGHS  26.

Crane, Joan St. C. 2 T.L.s and 1 A.L.s to Frederick Adams,  Nov. 1, 1989 , \[Jan. 1990\], and Jan. 23, 1990.
Includes also T.L.s from David  J. Holmes, Sept. 22, 1989 , with Adams's note at head, and 2 copies of purchase  invoice from Holmes, Oct. 26, 1989 , with Adams 's note about payment date.  Inserted into Cather, Willa. Autograph draft, headed "Ce cile", of the final  chapter of _Shadows on the Rock_ \[between 1928 and 1931\] ADAMS 159.

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. A.L.s and T.L.s to Clifford Smythe,  Jun. 16, \[1922\] and July 28, 1922 .
Concerns Fisher's review of _One of  Ours_ for _The New York Times_, where Smythe was the book editor ;  also T.L.s from David J. Holmes to Frederick Adams, May 29, 1998 , offering  Fisher's letters, with Adams 's notes following text. Inserted into Cather,  Willa. _One of Ours_. New York : Knopf, 1922. ADAMS 154.

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. 2 A.L.s to Ralph Allan, Aug. 28,  \[1931\] and Sept. 25, 1931 .
Also T.L.s from Alfred Harcourt to Ralph Allan,  Sept. 9, 1931 . Inserted into Cather, Willa and Dorothy Canfield Fisher. _The  Fear that Walks by Noonday._ New York : Phoenix Book Shop, 1931. ADAMS  164.

Gould, Beatrice. A.L.s to Frederick Adams. Hopewell, N.J.  \[undated\] Also A.L.s from Bruce Gould to Adams, March 3, 1967, and T.L.s from  Whitman Bennett to Adams, Aug. 29, 1958, with notation by Adams below. Includes  \[1\] typed page listing printing errors in S.S. McClure. _My  Autobiography_, with penciled notes and initials "J.B." at foot. Inserted  into McClure, S.S. _My Autobiography_. New York : Magazine Publishers,  1924. ADAMS 152 1d.

Knopf, Alfred A. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Jun. 30, 1954 , and  A.N.s, \[1954\] Knopf gives Adams the corrected proof sheets of Cather's article,  "My First Novels." With Cather, Willa. Corrected proof sheets of her article,  "My First Novels." 1931. ADAMS 165.

Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Frederick Adams, \[April 1955\] Concerns  an exhibition of Stephen Tennant's work. With Adams 's penciled note at top  giving date April 1955. Inserted into Cather, Willa. _On Writing._ New  York : Knopf, 1949. ADAMS 167 17.

Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Earl and Achsah Brewster, \[1934\] Thanks the Brewsters  for sending her a copy of their book, _D.H. Lawrence: Reminiscences and  Correspondence_, and also refers to a hand injury suffered by Willa Cather.  LEWIS 2.

Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Louise Burroughs. \[ New York \] Jan. 26,  \[1948\]
Autograph envelope. Concerns a CBS program that addresses Willa  Cather's religious affiliation. BURROUGHS 26.

Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Louise Burroughs. \[ New York \] Jan. 30,  \[1948\] Refers to the CBS program on Willa Cather. BURROUGHS 26.

Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Louise Burroughs. \[ New York \] Mar. 11,  1953 .
Response to Burroughs's letter about _Willa Cather Living_.  BURROUGHS 26.

Lewis, Edith. 13 A.L.s to Harwood Brewster Picard,  \[1938\]-1972.
4 autograph envelopes. Also 1 A.L.s to Picard from Helen Lewis  Morgan, Lewis's sister, Aug. 12, 1972 . Lewis writes about Willa Cather, and  their friendships with the Menuhin family, Rudolph Ruzicka, Stephen Tennant and  Caroline Rhys Davids. Picard was the daughter of Lewis's lifelong friends, Earl  and Achsah Brewster. LEWIS 1.

Seibel, George. A.L.s to Frederick Adams \[undated\] Inserted  into Adams, Frederick B. Notebook Containing Notes on His Collection of Willa  Cather Materials. ADAMS 167 50.

Reproduction of photograph of Cather (17.25 x 12.5 cm.),  undated. With Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Ruth N. James. \[New Brunswick\] Aug. 23,  \[1931\] Mounted and framed. CATHER 19.

Original photograph of Cather (9.5 x 6.5 cm.), \[192-\]  Inscribed: "For Louise Guerber from her friend Willa Cather January 1 st1st 1926 ."  With A.N.s to Guerber: "Happy New Year\! I don't use this one for 'publicity'."  Autograph envelope postmarked Jan. 2, 1926 . BURROUGHS 26.