Letter from Willa Cather, New York, to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1913 April 22 : autograph manuscript initialed.

Record ID: 
428850
Accession number: 
MA 1602.30
Author: 
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Credit: 
Gift of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1954.
Description: 
1 item (6 pages) ; 25 x 20 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Place of writing from postmark.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "W.S.C."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Miss Elizabeth S. Sergeant" with "c/o Hottinguer & Cie, Bankers / 38 rue de Provence / Paris" crossed out; "France" with "c/o Mme Graham / 20 Rue de la Republique / Avignon" written in unidentified hand in purple ink to the left.
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: 

Stating that the Outlook people do not know when they can publish the second article and giving advice on how to handle the situation; asking if she could correct the French version of O pioneers and discusses Sergeant's opinion on it; adding that Mr. Greenslet was "delightfully enthusiastic" about the story and is rushing to type it, but she would still like to do something different; commenting that she went up to see Fremstad last week and would love to write what goes on in her mind; adding that Fremstad sang Kundry in Parsifal yesterday and looked exhausted; mentioning that Miss McClung has been with her the last three weeks and sends her regards; thanking Sergeant for reading, liking, and wanting her story; suggesting she read Mérimée's "Lettres a une inconnue."