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Letter from Willa Cather, New York, to Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken, 1922 September 19 : autograph manuscript initialed.

BIB_ID
428881
Accession number
MA 1342.4
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1922 September 19.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken, 1950.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.7 x 21.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated "Tuesday."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Number Five Bank Street."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken / 5308 Ellsworth Avenue / Pittsburgh / Pa."
Mailed with a letter from September 18, 1922; see record for MA 1342.3 for more information.
Summary
Writing that she returned from New Brunswick yesterday and is sorry to have missed her; saying that she is glad she likes "Claude" (One of ours); explaining how It was exhausting to do and simply took over her life, but she now feels lonely for its company; informing her that she keeps getting accusing letters from pacifists who think the book extols war; adding that her only concern was its impact on her character; suggesting that if she had titled it simply "Claude," as she wanted to, the point would be clearer, but she does feel proud of it as a work of fiction.
Commenting on public response to One of Ours, especially criticism by pacifists.