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Princeton University Collection of Willa Cather Materials

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C1030
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Citations should be as follows: Willa Cather Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1933-1944 (bulk) and 1933-1982 (inclusive)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Form:
Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts--20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence, a typed manuscript, and printed material related to Willa Cather, one of the most respected American women novelists of the early twentieth century.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.

Willa Siebert Cather is among the most esteemed of American women authors. She is known for her depictions of U.S. prairie life in novels like O Pioneers!, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop.

The collection consists of correspondence, a typed manuscript, and printed material related to Cather. Correspondents include Elmer Adler, Yaltah and Marutha Menuhin, and Julian Street. There is material regarding the Pynson Printers' edition of December Night including a mock-up of the cover and sample pages of the printed work. There is also a typescript of My First Novels (There Were Two), written for part six of the Colophon, with the final printed version of it.

Arranged by accession number.

The collection consists of multiple gifts and purchases. Cather's letter to Julian Street was a gift of Mrs. Julian Street (AM 21986); Letters from Elmer Adler regarding the Pynson Printers edition of Cather's December Night (AM 15137); Letters to Elmer Adler regarding "My First Novels" (AM 15126); 18 letters from Cather were purchased from Goodspeed's Bookshop in 1988 (AM 89-10).

Finding aid written by James Flannery on January 25, 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Typed manuscript of "My First Novels (There were Two)", Letter from Willa Cather to Elmer Adler, Printed copy of the article, which appeared in Part Six of "The Colophon", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Correspondence with Elmer Adler and printed copy of the work "December Night", 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Letter from Willa Cather to Julian Street, 1939 November 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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18 Letters by Willa Cather to Yaltah Stix (16), Hephzibah Menuhim (1), and Marutha Memikin (1), Letter from Lionel from "Mamele", newspaper clipping from the National Observer, 1882-1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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