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Finding aid compiled by: Timothy Esh, under the direction of the Special Collections & Archives Committee, 2004; revised and augmented by Lucy K. Marks, 2006.
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Note: Each entry is followed by the Crane bibliography number and the Drew call number.
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Alexander's Bridge & April Twilights. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 3 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 19.
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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.
April Twilights (1903): Poems. Bernice Slote, editor. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1968.
3rd ed. With Times Literary Supplement review (June 24, 1977) and leaf from the George MacManus catalog 310 (May 1989). Crane A1.c. ADAMS 155 1d.
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The Troll Garden. New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.
1st ed., 1st issue. From the library of Earl Brewster, with his signature. Crane A4.a. BREWSTER 16.
unmigrated-wiki-markupThe Troll Garden. Obscure Destinies. Franklin Center, Pa. : The Franklin Library, 1981. Series: The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers. "Limited edition." CASPERSEN 79
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 Bridge. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912.
1st ed., 1st issue. Dust jacket and fitted case. Crane A5.a.i.a. ADAMS 148.
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Alexander's Bridge. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912.
1st ed., 2nd issue. Binding in state c (gray-green cloth). Crane A5.a.i.c ADAMS 155 2b.
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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.
Alexander's Bridge. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1922.
2nd ed. "New ed. with a preface." Dust jacket is the variant with 13-line blurb removed and the space blank (associated with copies after 1918), as described in Crane A5.a.i. Crane A5.b.i. ADAMS 155 2d.
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O Pioneers! Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, v olvol. 1 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 17.
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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.
McClure, S.S. My Autobiography. New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914.
1st ed., 1st print., 1st issue. Written by Willa Cather. Page 239 in first state. With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes. Inserted are the New York Herald Tribune's obituary for H.H. McClure, dated Nov. 25, 1938; T.L.s to Adams from Stanley Pargellis, Oct. 29, 1951, with Adams's penciled note below; and a typed, folded sheet with limericks referring to Cather's role in My Autobiography, composed "for the friends of Lee and Gabriel Engel, Christmas 1948." Crane A7.a.i. ADAMS 152 1a.
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The Song of the Lark. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1915.
1st ed., 1st print., 2nd issue. Bookplate of Louise Guerber (later Burroughs). Notations in text relevant to the revised autograph ed. Crane A8.a.i.b. BURROUGHS 3.
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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.
The Song of the Lark. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1938.
2nd ed., 2nd print. "New edition"--Dust jacket. Crane A8.b.ii. ADAMS 155 4b.
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My Ántonia. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918.
1st ed., 1st print., 1st state, with ill. on coated paper. Illustrations by W.T. Benda. T.L.s from Cather to Mr. Munson, May 22, 1934, inserted. Crane A9.a.i. ADAMS 153 1.
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My Ántonia. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 4 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 20.
My Ántonia. Franklin Center, Pa. : The Franklin Library, 1978. Series: The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Fiction. "Limited edition." CASPERSEN 78.
Youth and the Bright Medusa. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1920.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Dust jacket. Front flap of dust jacket contains an error, referring to Cather's first novel, Alexander's Bridge, as Alexandra's Bridge. Crane A10.a.i. CASPERSEN 44.
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Youth and the Bright Medusa. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 6 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 22:.
One of Ours. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1922.
1st ed., 1st print., limited issue. No. 31 of 35 signed copies on imperial Japan vellum. Crane A11.a.i.a. CASPERSEN 32.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1927.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Dust jacket. Signature of Louise Burroughs. Crane A16.a.i. BURROUGHS 8.
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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 : A.A. Knopf, 1927.
1st ed., 2nd print., trade issue. Presentation copy from Cather to Earl and Achsah Barlow Brewster, dated October 4 th 1927. Crane A16.a.ii. BREWSTER 4.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937.
Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 9 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 25.unmigrated-wiki-markup
_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. Uncut. No. 16 of 30 numbered copies. Crane A18.a. CASPERSEN 6.
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"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.
Shadows on the Rock. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1931.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Bookplate of Helen and Carleton R. Richmond. Crane A17.a.i. CASPERSEN 38 (2 copies; cop. 2 with dust jacket)
Shadows on the Rock. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1931.
1st ed., 1st print., limited issue. No. 5 of 199 signed copies printed on Shidzuoka Japan vellum. Crane A17.a.i. CATHER 3.
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December Night: a Scene from Willa Cather's Novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop." New York : A.A. Knopf, 1933.
1st ed. in this format. Crane A16.1. ADAMS 167 29a and CASPERSEN 73 (2 copies; cop. 1 with dust jacket)
December Night: a Scene from Willa Cather's Novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop." New York : A.A. Knopf, 1933.
1st ed. in this format. Dust jacket. A.N.s from Cather to Louise Burroughs tipped in at front. Crane A16.1. BURROUGHS 11.
December Night: a Scene from Willa Cather's Novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop." New York : A.A. Knopf, 1933.
1st ed. in this format. Crane A16.1. BURROUGHS 12.
December Night: a Scene from Willa Cather's Novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop." New York : A.A. Knopf, 1933.
A dummy copy, with just t.p., p. 1, and p. 3 printed. Crane A16.1. ADAMS 167 29b.
Lucy Gayheart. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1935.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Dust jacket. Crane A20.a.i. CASPERSEN 10.
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Lucy Gayheart. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1935.
1st ed., 2nd print. From the library of Earl Brewster; card inserted in front: "With the compliments of Miss Willa Cather." Crane A20.a.ii. BREWSTER 17.
Lucy Gayheart & My Mortal Enemy. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937.
Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 11 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 27.Not Under Forty. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1935.
Large paper issue. "Of the first edition ... seven hundred and forty-nine copies (of which seven hundred and twenty-four are for sale) have been printed on Croxley rag paper. Each copy is signed by the author"--P. [2] at front. Crane A20.a.i (limited issue) CASPERSEN 64 (2 copies, numbered 270 and 447)
Lucy Gayheart & My Mortal Enemy. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937.
Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 11 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 27.
Not Under Forty. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1936.
1st ed 1936.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Crane A21.a.i. ADAMS 167 6.
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Not Under Forty. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1936.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Dust jacket. Crane A21.a.i. CASPERSEN 16.
Not Under Forty. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1936.
1st ed., 2nd print. Presentation copy from Edith Lewis to Earl Brewster, dated November 29, 1936. Crane A21.a.ii. BREWSTER 11.
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Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1940.
Book-of-the-Month Club printing. Without "First ed." and with variant colophon.
Crane A22.a.i. CASPERSEN 37 (2 copies; cop. 2 with dust jacket)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1940.
Book-of-the-Month Club printing. Without "First ed." and with variant colophon. Crane A22.a.i. CATHER 5.
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On Writing: Critical Studies on Writing as an Art. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1949.
1st ed., 1st print. Foreword by Stephen Tennant. Dust jacket. Presentation copy to Yehudi Menuhin from his mother, dated Los Gatos, California, 1949. Crane AA2.a.i. MENUHIN 6 .and CASPERSEN 72 (E.K. Brown's copy (as noted by Leon Edel), with his underlinings in text and penciled notes on back flyleaf; signature and penciled notes by Leon Edel on front flyleaf and back pastedown)
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 Wiki Markup
Five stories. New York : Vintage Books, 1956.
"With an article by George N. Kates on Miss Cather's last, unfinished, and unpublished 'Avignon' story." Crane AA4. ADAMS 167 16.
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The Kingdom of Art : Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements, 1893-1896. Bernice Slote, editor. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1966.
1st ed. Crane AA8. ADAMS 167 10b.
T he The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902. William M. Curtin, editor. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1970. 2 v.
1st ed. (collected). T.L.s to Adams from Gilbert Kelly, Jan. 11, 1982, inserted in vol. 1. Crane AA9. ADAMS 167 18a.
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Printed Materials: Articles, Stories, and Poems by Willa Cather, Arranged by First Publication Date
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" 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 1unmigrated-wiki-markup
\[Contributions to _The Sombrero ._ Lincoln , Neb. : University of Nebraska , 1894.\]
"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.
"A Night at Greenway Court." The Nebraska Literary Magazine, vol.1, Jun. 1896, p. 215-224. Cover wanting. Crane C9. ADAMS 138 2.
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"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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
\[Contributions to _The Home Monthly_, June 1898-Oct. 1900\]
"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.
Poems in The Library. ] Pittsburgh : The Library Publishing Co., 1900.
The poems have been cut from the journal issues and are mounted on sheets 22 x 28 cm.; "Aftermath" and "Are You Sleeping, Little Brother?" are mounted on the same sheet, while the others are mounted separately; all are signed Willa Sibert Cather or W.S.C., except "Thou art the Pearl," which is signed John Charles Asten.
"In the Night." Mar. 17, 1900, p. 16. Crane B17.
"Thou Art the Pearl." Mar. 24, 1900, p. 16. Crane B18.
"Aftermath." Apr. 7, 1900, p. 22. Crane B20.
"Bronco Bill's Valedictory." Jun. 30, 1900, p. 6. Crane B24.
"The Lonely Sleep." July 14, 1900, p. 18. Crane B25.
"Are You Sleeping, Little Brother?" Aug. 4, 1900, p. 14. Crane B26. ADAMS 138 3.
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"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
"Paris." Poem. In Wetherald, Ethelwyn, et al. The Garden of the Heart: a Garland of Verses. Boston : Richard G. Badger, 1903.
Thirteen poems by 12 authors, including Cather's "Paris" (p. 12), also printed in April Twilights. Crane B60. ADAMS 138 5.unmigrated-wiki-markup
\[Contributions to _McClure's, Harper's,_ and _Century_ magazines, 1907-1913\]
"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.
Cather's favorable comments on Leonard Charles Van Noppen's translation of Joost van den Vondel's Lucifer. In "The Critical Cult" section (p. 441-442) of Van Noppen's advertising booklet, Vondel's Lucifer. Greensboro, N.C. : Van Noppen, 1917. Crane DDD1. ADAMS 141.
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\[Contributions to _McClure's_ and _Century_ magazines, 1913-1918\]
"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.
"On the Art of Fiction." In The Borzoi 1920: Being a Sort of Record of Five Years' Publishing. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1920.
First appearance of this essay. Cather's birthdate printed "1875." With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes. Crane DD4. ADAMS 152 2a.unmigrated-wiki-markup
_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.
"Katherine Mansfield." In The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.
First appearance of this essay. Cather's birthdate printed "1867." With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes. Crane DD6 (1st state). ADAMS 152 2b.
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"Introdution" to Gertrude Hall. The Wagnerian Romances. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1925.
Adams's (?) typed note concerning the work's rarity, with penciled date 1940, inserted. Crane DD8. ADAMS 167 4.unmigrated-wiki-markup
_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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
_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.
"A Letter from Willa Cather." London : William Heinemann, 1927.
Promotional booklet, addressed "To the editor of The Commonweal," published in conjunction with the English edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop. Crane D587. CASPERSEN 3
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"Alexander's Bridge." Golden Book Magazine, vol. XVIII, no. 106, Oct. 1933, p. 289-302.
First chapter only. At end of text: "To be continued." MENUHIN 22.
The Old Cliff-Dweller (Walnut Canyon, Arizona) A.D. 1400. San Francisco : for the Pedigrus Press by the Greenwood Press, 1978. Crane B81. ADAMS 138 4.
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Bennett, Mildred R. The World of Willa Cather: Illustrated with Photos and Drawings. New York : Dodd, Mead, 1951.
With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes, and his initialed note, "reviewed for American Literature in 1952," with a copy of the pages containing his review inserted; invitation to an opening at the Morgan Library, with his penciled notes on front and back. ADAMS 167 14b.
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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, E.K. and Leon Edel. Willa Cather, a Critical Biography. New York : Knopf, 1953.
1st ed. Presentation copy from Edel to Adams, dated Mar. 1953; inserted are T.L.s to Adams from Edel, Mar. 19, 1953, and presentation note from Margaret Brown and Edel, in Edel's hand. With Adams's ms. notes. ADAMS 167 19.
Brown, E.K. and Leon Edel. Willa Cather, a Critical Biography. New York : Knopf, 1953.
1st ed. Signature of Louise Burroughs. Penciled note on p. 148. Article about Cather from The New York Times, Sept. 22, 1949, inserted. BURROUGHS 20.
Brown, E.K. "Willa Cather: the Benjamin D. Hitz Collection."
In The Newberry Library Bulletin, 2nd ser., no. 5, Dec. 1950, p. 158-160. ADAMS 167 31.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.*_ _*
Byrne, Kathleen D. and Richard C. Snyder. Chrysalis, Willa Cather in Pittsburgh, 1896-1906. Pittsburgh : Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1980.
Presentation copy from the authors to Yehudi Menuhin. MENUHIN 9.
Crane, Joan St. C. Willa Cather, a Bibliography. Foreword by Frederick B. Adams. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
With Adams's bookplate and ms. notes; inserted is an article from The New York Times by William Safire, "Language: Introductory Remarks." ADAMS 167 11.
Crane, Joan St. C. "Willa Cather's Corrections in the Text of Death Comes for the Archbishop." In Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 74, 1980, p. 117-131. ADAMS 167 32.
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Graham, Jane Kirkland. Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp: a Biography of Viola Roseboro.' Danville, Ill., 1955. CATHER 7
Hinz, John P. Willa Cather, Prairie Spring. Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, c1949.
"Reprinted from Prairie Schooner, volume XXIII, Number 1, Spring 1949"--T.p. verso. With Adams's bookplate and ms. note: "See also The New Colophon, III, 1950." ADAMS 167 36a.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
Houghton Mifflin Company. The Autograph Edition of the Novels and Stories of Willa Cather. Designer, Bruce Rogers. New York : The Company, 1937.
Prospectus for the edition. "The first collected edition revised by the author and limited to 970 copies of which 950 numbered copies are for sale." Inserted is an order form for the edition. Crane AA1. ADAMS 167 39.
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The Song of the Lark. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
Publicity circular with biographical sketch for the 1915 ed. of Song of the Lark, together with publicity for other Cather novels and an order form to be sent to Houghton Mifflin. Inserted are Adams's sketch of the circular, labeled "Hitz copy"; " 2 magazine pictures of Cather in France; an undated article from the Herald Tribune reporting that Cather received a degree from Smith College at their commencement; and a publicity flyer from the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha for an exhibition of the work of Jules Breton in North America. Breton's painting, "Song of the Lark," suggested the title of Cather's book, and was also used on the dust jacket. ADAMS 167 37.unmigrated-wiki-markup
Thomas, Elmer Alonzo. 80 years in Webster County . \ [S.l.: The Author\], 1953.
"Willa Cather as I Knew Her," p. 111-114. CATHER 16.
Weber, Carl J. "Willa Cather's Call on Housman." Colby Library Quarterly, Nov. 1947, p. 61-64.
With presentation card to Adams and 2 p. from The New Leader containing a review of Willa Cather in Europe. Inserted into Cather, Willa. Willa Cather in Europe : Her Own Story of the First Journey. New York : Knopf, 1956. ADAMS 167 22.
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Willa Cather and Her Critics. James Schroeter, editor. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1967.
BURROUGHS 22.
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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.
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\[Articles, reviews, drafts, and proofs\]
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_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.
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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.
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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 158unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.*_ _*unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
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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.
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Pagination varies. Leaves 35 and 110 wanting. Copious editings in pencil in Cather's hand. CATHER 10.
Cather, Willa. "Avignon." Photocopy of ms. fragment from her last unpublished novel, Hard Punishments.
With Joan Crane's transcription. Included with Crane, Joan St. C. 42 A.L.s. and T.L.s to Frederick Adams, 1977-1993. ADAMS 167 48.
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Adams, Frederick B. Notebook Containing Notes on His Collection of Willa Cather Materials, ca. 1939-ca. 1951.
Spiral-bound green notebook with Adams's detailed notes on Cather's books (including descriptions, changes in editions, and critical reception) and letters, both in his collection and elsewhere; synopsis and analysis of Cather's uncollected stories; speculation on the inspiration for her stories. Inserted are A.L.s from George Seibel to Adams, undated, accompanying the June 1947 issue of The Musical Forecast (Pittsburgh) with Seibel's article on Cather; pages from book dealers' catalogues; newspaper clippings; and 3 articles about Cather: Canby, Henry Seidel. "Willa Cather (1876-1947)" The Saturday Review, May 10, 1947, p. 22-24; Seibel, George. "Willa Cather from 'April Twilights' to April Midnight." The Musical Forecast, vol. 45, no. 16, June 1947, p. 5, 11; Poore, Charles. "The Last Stories of Willa Cather." The New York Times Book Review, September 12, 1948, p. 3. ADAMS 167 50.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
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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. Photocopies of typed drafts of sections of Willa Cather, a Bibliography; typed and ms. drafts and proofs of Frederick Adams's foreword to the work.
With Crane, Joan St. C. 42 A.L.s. and T.L.s. to Frederick Adams, 1977-1993. ADAMS 167 48e
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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.
Picard, Harwood Brewster. Typescript memoir. July 1977. 59 p.
"To Frances and Claire, some memories of your grandparents Earl Henry Brewster and Achsah Barlow Brewster by your mother Harwood Barlow Brewster Picard. Masera, Italy, July 1977." Picard, the daughter of Earl and Achsah Brewster, recounts her childhood and young adulthood in Italy, France and England, including her memories of Willa Cather, Edith Lewis and D.H. Lawrence. BREWSTER 24.unmigrated-wiki-markup
"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.
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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.
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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. T.L.s to W.S. Braithwaite, May 3, 1911.
Written on stationery with letterhead of McClure's magazine. Inserted into Braithwaite, W.S. Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913. Cambridge, Mass. : W. S. B., 1913. ADAMS 138 6.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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 22.22.
Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Prof. Brown, Feb. 23, 1929.
Written on headed stationery of The Grosvenor. [1] leaf. Cather declines to give Prof. Brown permission to include her story "Double Birthday" in a textbook before it appears in a collection of stories from her publisher. She gives permission to use "The Sculptor's Funeral," and questions why that story is more popular than "Paul's Case," which she considers a much better story. CASPERSEN 76
Cather, Willa. 69 A.L.s or A.N.s (including 4 postcards) and 6 T.L.s to Louise Burroughs, 1925-1946, most with autograph envelopes.
With Burroughs's occasional penciled notes in margins. Includes also letters from Burroughs and 10 others: 5 letters from Burroughs, including T.L. to Cather and A.L. draft to Edith Lewis; and 16 letters (7 A.L.s, 9 T.L.s) from 10 others: to Burroughs from Malcolm Wyer, Kathleen Campbell, Sarah Bloom, Edith Lewis, George D. Crothers and Morton Zabel; to Cather from Van Wyck Brooks, Bruce Rogers, and her Nebraska friends Anna Pavelka and Lydia Lambrecht. Includes also unsigned, undated typescript, with Cather's ms. corrections and note, of poem "A Lament" (published later as "Poor Marty"), dated by Burroughs "Xmas 1926," and 2 unsigned woodblock Christmas cards designed by Bryson Burroughs between 1928 and 1933. In her letters to Burroughs, Cather asks for research assistance, writes about her current reading, reflects on her work, and refers to Yehudi Menuhin, D.H. and Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence, the Lindberghs, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, the MacDowell Colony and the death of Isabelle McClung Hambourg. With literary articles, book reviews and obituaries, and an inscribed photograph from Cather, dated Jan. 1, 1926. Burroughs's exchanges with Edith Lewis regard Cather's religious affiliation and Lewis's memoir of Cather. BURROUGHS 26.
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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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
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Inserted into Cather, Willa and Dorothy Canfield. _The Fear that Walks by Noonday._ New York : Phoenix Book Shop, 1931. ADAMS 164.
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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.
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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. T.L.s. to Rabbi Solomon Goldman. Northeast Harbor, Maine. , Aug. 17, 1946.
On stationery with letterhead Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine, with Cather’s corrections in ink. Written in response to Rabbi Goldman’s Goldman's request for her opinion on the Bible as literature, or source of ideas. CATHER 22.
Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Mrs. Frank Grippen. New York, Jan. 14, 1931.
On headed stationery of the Grosvenor Hotel, New York. With typed envelope addressed to Mrs. Frank L. Grippen in Spokane, WA, postmarked Jan. 15, 1931. Both on the envelope and in the letter, Cather has crossed out "Miss" and written in "Mrs." She discusses My Mortal Enemy. CASPERSEN 53.
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Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Samuel Marshall Ilsley. New York, Jan. 9, [1934]
Written on headed stationery of The Grosvenor. [1] leaf. Cather sends greetings to "all my friends in Santa Barbara," and thanks Marshall for the news and photograph of Katherine Hooker, about whom Ilsley wrote a memoir. CASPERSEN 77
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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 19.19.
Cather. Willa. T.L.s to John Sexton Kennedy, Nov. 1, 1932.
On stationery with her initials. Cather refers to Obscure Destinies and states her appreciation for the "long short story," wishing the form were regarded as favorably in the United States as it is in France. CATHER 23.
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On stationery headed "W.S.C."; " letter dated Sept. 1 st , also with stamp at head 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 _T he Forum_, about Granville of The 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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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 to James Monihan. New Brunswick, Aug. 21, 1932.
On her initialed stationery. Autograph envelope addressed to Monihan of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, postmarked Aug. 24, 1932. Refers to her story, "Two Friends," published in Obscure Destinies. Cather admits to an error describing astronomical phenomena, and notes that the mistake was corrected in the 2 nd 2nd printing. (Crane does not note a correction in the 2 nd 2nd printing.) CASPERSEN 51.
Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Mr. Munson, May 22, 1934. Inserted into Cather, Willa. My Antonia. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1918. ADAMS 153 1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Burroughs, Louise. T.L. to Cather. May 8, 1937.
Concerning revisions to The Song of the Lark. BURROUGHS 26. unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
Lambrecht, Lydia. A.L.s to Cather. Dec. 3, 1937.
Autograph envelope, postmarked Inavale, Neb., Dec. 6, 1937, with Cather's note on front: "German family." Sent to Burroughs from Cather. BURROUGHS 26.
Pavelka, Anna. A.L.s to Cather. Nov. 20, 1937.
Autograph envelope, postmarked Bladen, Neb., Nov. 23, 1937, with Cather's note on front: "Czech family." Sent to Burroughs from Cather. BURROUGHS 26.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.*_ _*
Brooks, Van Wyck. A.L.s to Cather. Westport, Conn., Oct. 30, 1940.
Cather's autograph envelope, postmarked Nov. 5, 1940, in which she sent this letter to Burroughs. With Cather's initialed note at end of Brooks's letter. BURROUGHS 26.
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Adams, Frederick B. 2 T.L.s to Bernice Slote; also 1 T.L.s from Slote to Adams, and 1 T.L.s from John March to Adams, all dated between 1962 and 1964.
Inserted into Cather, Willa. April Twilights (1903): Poems. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1964. ADAMS 155 1c.
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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.*_ _*
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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. T.L. to CBS. Jan. 29, 1948.
Concerns a CBS program that addresses Willa Cather's religious affiliation. BURROUGHS 26.
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An appreciation of _Willa Cather Living_. BURROUGHS 26.
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 headed University of Virginia Library. Includes also photocopies of 2 A.L.s from Adams to Joan Crane; A.L.s from Adams to the University of Nebraska Press; T.L.s from Herbert Cahoon to Adams, Mar. 22, 1979, concerning access to Cather letters at the University of Virginia; T.L.s from Gordon Ray to Adams, Nov. 14, 1978, concerning Crane's application for a Guggenheim Fellowship; 4 T.L.s from Gilbert Kelly to Adams, University of Nebraska Press, Oct. 1982-Mar. 1983; and 3 T.L.s from John Wilson to Adams, Sept.-Oct. 1987, concerning the sale of Cather letters at Sotheby's, accompanied by catalogue entries. Also offprints of articles about Cather, and reviews of Crane's book and other works about Cather; photocopies of typed drafts of sections of Crane's bibliography; typed and ms. drafts and proofs for Adams's foreword to Crane's bibliography; materials accompanying Crane's applications for a Guggenheim Fellowship, a position at Yale University, and a promotion at the University of Virginia; photocopy of Cather's ms. fragment, "Avignon," from her last unpublished novel, Hard Punishments, with Crane's transcription; and a consent-to-publish agreement between Adams and the University of Nebraska Press, signed by both parties, Aug. 10, 1981. ADAMS 167 48.
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Crane, Joan St. C. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Jun. 8, 1983.
Inserted into Lewis, Edith. Willa Cather Living: a Personal Record. New York : Knopf, 1953. ADAMS 167 12.
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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.
Crothers, George D. T.L.s to Louise Burroughs. New York. Feb. 10, 1948.
Reponds to Burroughs's letter to CBS concerning the program that addresses Willa Cather's religious affiliation. BURROUGHS 26.
Edel, Leon. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Mar. 19, 1953. Also a presentation note from Margaret Brown and Edel, in Edel's hand. Inserted into Brown, E.K. Willa Cather, a Critical Biography. New York : Knopf, 1953. Adams 167 19.
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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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
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Kelly, Gilbert. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Jan. 11, 1982.
Inserted into Cather, Willa. The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1970, vol. 1. ADAMS 167 18a.
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Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Frederick Adams, Mar. 30, 1950. Inserted into Willa Cather's copy of Hardy, Thomas. The Well-Beloved: a Sketch of a Temperament. New York : Harper, 1897. ADAMS 167 3.
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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.unmigrated-wiki-markup
Lewis, Edith. A.L.s to Louise Burroughs. \ [ New York \ ] Jan. 30, \ [1948\] Refers to the CBS program on Willa Cather. BURROUGHS 26.Wiki Markup
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. A.L.s to Louise Burroughs. New York, April 4, 1953.
With autograph envelope. BURROUGHS 26.
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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.
Pargellis, Stanley. T.L.s to Frederick Adams, Oct. 29, 1951. With Adams's penciled note below; also the New York Herald Tribune's obituary for H.H. McClure, Nov. 25, 1938, and a typed, folded sheet with limericks referring to Cather's role in My Autobiography, composed "for the friends of Lee and Gabriel Engel, Christmas 1948."
Inserted into McClure, S.S. My Autobiography. New York : Stokes, 1914. ADAMS 152 1a.
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Seibel, George. A.L.s to Frederick Adams. Pittsburgh, May 28, 1949.
On stationery headed The Author's Club, with autograph envelope.; includes original proof of a photograph of Willa Cather (26 x 21 cm.), taken ca. 1903. With Adams's ms. note. ADAMS 167 49.
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Seibel, George. 2 A.L.s to Frederick Adams, Sept. and Dec. 1954. Concerns the dispatch of April Twilights to Adams, and the possibility of some Cather letters to come. Inserted into Cather, Willa. April Twilights. Boston : Badger, 1903. ADAMS 142.unmigrated-wiki-markup
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.
Woodress, James Leslie. T.L.s (aerogram) to Frederick Adams, Dec. 19, 1980. With Adams's penciled notes at top and bottom. Inserted into Woodress, J.L. Willa Cather, Her Life and Art. Lincoln : U niversity University of Nebraska Press, 1982. ADAMS 167 28.
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Photograph of Cather (11 x 6.75 cm.), undated.
Affixed to half-title page of Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1927. CATHER 15.
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Original proof of a photograph of Willa Cather (26 x 21 cm.), ca. 1903. With Seibel, George. A.L.s. to Frederick Adams, Pittsburgh, May 28, 1949. ADAMS 167 49.unmigrated-wiki-markup
Original photograph of Cather (9.5 x 6.5 cm.), \ [192-\] Inscribed: "For Louise Guerber from her friend Willa Cather January 1 st 1st 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.
Reproduction of photograph of Cather (24 x 19 cm.), 1922. Inscribed: "Willa Sibert Cather. New York, September 29, 1922. (Photographed in the Cliff Dweller ruins in Mexico.)" CATHER 21.
Studio portrait of Cather (19.9 x 14 cm on board 25 x 18 cm.), 1895. Graduation picture, University of Nebraska. Beneath photograph: "Townsend Paris panel 225 S. 11th St. Lincoln, Neb." Inscribed on verso: “To Jeanne Shaffer from Helen Cather Southwick. Aunt Willa’s graduation picture, 1895.” Helen Cather Southwick was Cather's niece. CASPERSEN 74
Original photograph of Cather (23 x 18 cm. within frame 25 x 20 cm.), 1932. Inscribed by Cather: “My latest photograph for Marcella Hahner. Willa Cather. October 1932.” Marshall Field label affixed to verso of frame. (Marcella Hahner was buyer for the book section of Marshall Field in Chicago.) CASPERSEN 75
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Realia
Six objects associated with Death Comes for the Archbishop, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, N.M.:
- Incense burner in shape of an adobe house
- Painted tin plaque showing the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Anita Romero James.
- Painted wooden plaque showing the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Jacqueline Nelson.
- Small wood model of St. Francis Cathedral. Signed: Johnson ’88.
- Carved wood statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Leonard Salazar 87.
- Painted clay pitcher with braided handle and 2 spouts. Signed: Connie Garcia.