BIB_ID
429087
Accession number
MA 2419.28
Creator
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1946 January 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. George F. Whicher; 1965.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.8 x 21.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Place of writing from postmark.
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "W.S.C."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Mrs. George Whicher / Amity Street, / Amherst / Massachusetts."
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Willa Cather to Mr. and Mrs. George F. Whicher between 1922 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "W.S.C."
Envelope, postmarked and stamped, addressed to "Mrs. George Whicher / Amity Street, / Amherst / Massachusetts."
Part of a collection of 32 letters from Willa Cather to Mr. and Mrs. George F. Whicher between 1922 and 1946. See related records for more information.
Summary
Informing her that her brother Roscoe died suddenly in the middle of summer and reminisces about her last visit with him; expressing her grief and sharing memories of him; saying that she received two letters from him after the telegram from his wife announcing his death; writing that she is only telling very few close friends; (in manuscript) saying how delighted she is with her book on Church symbolism; requesting that she send another copy so she can forward it to May Virginia who is exiled to a dreary military camp hospital with her husband.
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