BIB_ID
428812
Accession number
MA 1602.4
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1910 July 6.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21.8 x 17.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Miss Elizabeth S. Sergeant, / c/o Hottinguer & Cie. / 38 rue Le Provence, / Paris, France."
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "McClure's Magazine / 44-60 East Twenty-third Street. / New York."
Part of a collection of 76 letters from Willa Cather to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant between 1910 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "McClure's Magazine / 44-60 East Twenty-third Street. / New York."
Part of a collection of 76 letters from Willa Cather to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant between 1910 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Summary
Sending an item from the New York Evening Post that casts doubt on accuracy of her article; asking about what she thought of the workmen's museum in Berlin and that she spoke to Mr. Mackenzie about Sergeant's possible hesitation in taking the assignment; stating that she will pay her $50 towards her expenses to go to Berlin, in addition to the $200 for the article; expressing her interest in the topic; requesting that she get first look on her article on French working girls and hopes Sergeant will come back because she has several good assignments for her "that will make these fastidious Post people sit up and take notice."
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