BIB_ID
428816
Accession number
MA 1602.8
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1912 March 1.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1954.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 17.3 x 13.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and place of writing from postmark.
Written from "60 South Washington Sq."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "W.S.C."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Sergeant / 4 Hawthorn Road / Brookline / Mass."
Part of a collection of 76 letters from Willa Cather to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant between 1910 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Written from "60 South Washington Sq."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "W.S.C."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Sergeant / 4 Hawthorn Road / Brookline / Mass."
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
Telling the story of how she sold the Bohemian girl for $500, but was offered $750; questioning leaving McClure's and detailing what Mr. (Cameron) Mackenzie did for her and an interaction a writer had with Miss Lewis; describing how she needs a copy done by July 1st and how she will struggle; saying that she received a note from Mr. Mackenzie requesting an outline for an unwritten opera singer story to advertise in the prospectus; writing "I've got such a case of stage fright about it that I don't see how I can ever put pen to paper. The brazen immodesty of having your unwritten plot discussed about the office"; wishing Sergeant could have stayed longer; showing her admiration for their friendship; concluding that she is staying in town for dinner at William Dean Howells.
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