BIB_ID
428970
Accession number
MA 1602.59
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
Red Cloud, Nebraska, 1916 November 13.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 17.3 x 13.8 cm
Notes
Year of writing inferred from content.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Number Five Bank Street."
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 on letterhead stationery printed "Number Five Bank Street."
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
Writing that her mother has been ill since September 1st so she has been cooking and keeping house, with the assistance of a servant, Marjorie, who helps, but doesn't cook; mentioning that she is going to Arizona for the winter in two weeks; expressing how glad she is that Sergeant went to Walnut Canyon; saying that she took a day to read "French projection" which she really enjoyed and gives her detailed opinions; mulling over the poor proofreading of The song of the lark; hoping to see her in New York after Christmas.
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