COLLECTION NAME:
Cather Test Site
Record
Filename:
Willa Cather Record Book 1910
Title:
Record Book 1910
Description:
A record book of 182 lined pages. The initial four pages include pasted down newspaper clippings, a hand drawn map of Blue Mesa with buildings drawn in and identified, and a clipping with the notice of G.P. Cather's death. On page 42 is an attached list of forms of various names typed on letterhead from the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska. Two additional pages have titles written at the top of the page, with the first, "Sunday on the Seine," crossed out and the second with the title "G.P.'s Story." The record book was turned upside down and the back page includes a stanza of writing in Cather's hand with the first line reading "Tree of half-hearted deeds and first beginnings." Pasted on the back inside cover of the book are published pages of arias from Madame Butterfly. Inserted into the back cover are several sheets of letterhead from The Shattuck Inn, Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Multiple pages have been torn out of the record book.
Date/DateRange:
1910 - Unknown
Original Size:
182 pages
Original Format:
Handwritten record book mixed in with several typed pages.
ScanFileName:
MS350-Cather-RecordBk-1910
Publisher:
Willa Cather Archive
Containers:
Box 4. Folder 11
Collection Collector:
Cather, Charles Edwin, 1923-2011
Collection Title:
Charles E. Cather Collection
Copyright Ownership:
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