Finding Aids

The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's home town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, contain memorabilia, artifacts, historic photographs, art and decorative arts, journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather like letters, clothing, jewelry, artwork, manuscripts, address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the Cather family. Click here to explore individual objects in the collection!

For a broad view of the collections, finding aids are available for the collections below. A PDF file is available for download.

Betty Kort Collection

Date range: 1762-1973

Bulk dates: 1918-1943

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: Two boxes

Abstract: The Betty Kort Collection was donated by Willa Cather descendants James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and Virginia Cather, Willa Cather, and family members.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2008, deposited by James and Angela Southwick.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Betty Kort Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • short stories
  • Cather genealogy
  • Willa Cather personal effects

Related Materials: 

  • Southwick Rare Book Collection
  • Southwick Family Collections

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date
Document TX-50-1000-001 Property Deed to J. Smith Lord Fairfax

1762

Document TX-50-1000-002 Property Deed Adjacent to Jeremiah Smith Light Horse Henry Lee 1792
Document TX-50-1000-003 Framed transcript of TX-50-1000-002    
Notebook OBJ-50-1000-004 Notebook Douglass Cather  
Journal OBJ-50-1000-005 Journal Charles F. Cather  
Journal OBJ-50-1000-006 Journal Charles F. Cather  
Document OBJ-50-1000-007 Property Deed to Jeremiah Smith   1793
Ephemera OBJ-50-1000-008 "The Truth About Horace" Poem Written Inside Book Cover Eugene Field  
Financial Document OBJ-50-1000-009 Money order to Willa Cather    
Document OBJ-50-1000-010 Legal document James Cather 1875
Ledger OBJ-50-1000-011 Estate of James Cather    
Correspondence TX-50-1000-012 Letter from Virginia Relatives to Charles Cather    
Financial Document TX-50-1000-013-1 James Cather Treasurer Notes   1875-1876
Financial Document TX-50-1000-13-2 Loan Documents   1874, 1869
Financial Document TX-50-1000-13-3 Checks from City National Bank, Lincoln   1900
Newspaper TX-50-1000-014 Newspaper Clippings About Princeton Honorary Degree    
Watercolor sketch TX-50-1000-015 Grand Manan Watercolor Edith Lewis  
Photograph OBJ-50-1000-016 Willa Cather    
Document Tx-50-1000-017 Articles of Indenture    
Document TX-50-1000-018 Jeremiah Smith's Will    
Document TX-50-1000-019 Grand Lodge Application Douglass Cather  
Document TX-50-1000-020 Boak Birth and Death Records    
Document TX-50-1000-021 Receipt  James Cather 1870
Financial Document TX-50-1000-022      
Currency TX-50-1000-023 Collection of Confederate Money   1860s
Correspondence TX-50-1000-024 Photocopy of Letter to Helen Cather Southwick Willa Cather 1943
Correspondence TX-50-1000-025 Photocopy of Letter to Helen Cather Southwick Willa Cather 1943
Correspondence TX-50-1000-026 Photocopy of Letter to Helen Cather Southwick Willa Cather 1946
Document TX-50-1000-027 "Seats of the Mighty" by Gilbert Parker, inscribed Willa Cather  
Correspondence TX-50-1000-028 Letters to Charles F. Cather Mary Virginia Cather n/d
Correspondence TX-50-1000-029 Letters to Mary Virginia Cather Charles F. Cather n/d
Photograph PHO-50-1000-030 Grosvenor P. Cather's Grave in France unknown circa 1920
Photograph PHO-50-1000-031 Woman at Grand Manan unknown  
Photograph PHO-50-1000-032 Cather Nieces and Jessica Cather Auld and Mary Virginia Cather unknown  
Document TX-50-1000-033 Agreement, C.W. Cather & Heirs    
Correspondence TX-50-1000-034 Letter to Cather Family S.A. Smith 1907
Correspondence TX-50-1000-035 Charles Cather Business Christmas Card    
Document TX-50-1000-036 Barnum documents   1856
Correspondence TX-50-1000-037 Letter to Charles F. Cather Douglass Cather  
Correspondence TX-50-1000-038 Two letters to Helen Cather Southwick Fanny Butcher 1971, 1973
Correspondence TX-50-1000-039 Envelope with Willa Cather handwriting Charles F. Cather 1927
Correspondence TX-50-1000-040 Envelopes from Gore, Virginia, to C.F. Cather   1907
Document TX-50-1000-041 Photocopies of 28 and 29    
         
Newspaper TX-50-1000-043 Charles F. Cather Obituary Commercial Advertiser 1928
Document TX-50-1000-044 Charles F. Cather Death Certificate   1928
Document TX-50-1000-045 Platt & Frees Legal Agreement Charles F. Cather 1891
Document TX-50-1000-046 George Hutchison Probate    
  OBJ-50-1000-047 Dos Banderos Oil     
Document TX-50-1000-048 Indenture Sidney Cather Gore  
Document TX-50-1000-049 George Cather Lease George Smith  
Clipping TX-50-1000-050 "The Diamond Mine," McClure's Willa Cather 1916
Clipping TX-50-1000-051 Willa Cather Centennial Concert    
Clipping TX-50-1000-052 Princeton degree New York Herald Tribune 1931
Clipping TX-50-1000-053 Dorothy Canfield Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933
Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903
Clipping TX-50-1000-055 "The Conversion of Sum Loo" The Library  
Clipping TX-50-1000-056 Review of Shadows on the Rock New York Time Book Review 1931
Clipping TX-50-1000-057 Cather article The Nation 1923
Cosmetics OBJ-50-1000-058 Lipstick case    
Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder    
Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal purse    
Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-2 Small metal purse    
Jewelry OBJ-50-1000-061 Gold snake ring    
Correspondence TX-50-1000-062 Letter to C. F. Cather Charles Moore 1921
Correspondence TX-50-1000-063 Letter to Helen Cather Southwick Willa Cather 1939
Camera OBJ-50-1000-064 Edith Lewis's camera with cable release    
Ledger OBJ-50-1000-065 Log of sales accounts for novels Willa Cather, Edith Lewis  
Document OBJ-50-1000-066 C.F. Cather shares in Big Chief Oil    
Map TX-50-1000-067 Plot map of George Smith land   1793
Docume9t TX-50-1000-068 Rental agreement   1840
Document TX-50-1000-069 Charles F. Cather biography    
Stationery OBJ-50-1000-070 Willa Cather's Address Book Willa Cather  
Journal OBJ-50-1000-071 C. F. Cather journal of trip to Colorado and New Mexico Charles Cather 1872
Correspondence TX-50-1000-072 Photocopy of letter to H. C. Southwick Willa Cather 1939
         

 

Blanche Cather Ray Collection

Date range: ____________

Bulk dates: 1878-1921

Finding Aid created by Lucy Koenig and Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2023 Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: Nine boxes

Abstract: The Blanche Cather Ray Collection was acquired by the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial & Education Foundation in the 1990s and contains documents belonging or related to George and Frances Smith Cather, William and Emily Ann Caroline Cather, Wallace and Blanche Cather Ray, Grosvenor P. and Myrtle Bartlett Cather, and the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: Forthcoming.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Blanche Cather Ray Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • Homestead records
  • Cather genealogy
  • Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
  • journals
  • building records
  • financial instruments

Related Materials: 

  • Southwick Rare Book Collection
  • Southwick Family Collections

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

 

Storage Unit Object Type Inv. No. Title Author Object Date
Box 4 Journal OBJ-250-391-001 Journal George P. Cather 1868
  Journal OBJ-250-391-002 Journal George P. Cather 1869
  Journal OBJ-250-391-003 Trip to Virginia 1906 George P. Cather 1906
  Journal OBJ-250-391-004 Trip to Virginia George P. Cather 1931-1932
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-005 Outgoing, Grosvenor P. Cather Grosvenor P. Cather 1905
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-006 Incoming, Grosvenor P. Cather Browning Bros., Myrtle Bartlett, State of Nebraska, Grand Island College 1898-1910
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-007 Outgoing, George P. Cather George P. Cather 1926-1930
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-008 Incoming, Frances Smith Cather Mrs. Beck Chapsman 1879
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-009 Incoming, Frances Smith Cather J.E. Young, E.J. Peterson 1901-1910
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-010 Incoming, Frances Smith Cather Astrid Stav, Franc Lea, Beka Damelson, A.B. Chandler, etc. 1911-1920
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-011 Letters to Frances Smith Cather Blanche Cather Ray 1913-1914
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-012 Letters to Frances Smith Cather Frank Cather 1914
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-013 Incoming, George P. Cather Emily Ann Caroline Smith Cather undated
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-014 Incoming, George P. Cather Alverna Cather Payne, William Cather, Charles Cather, W.M. Windle, D. Powell, etc. 1870-1880
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-015 Incmoing, George P. Cather Charles Cather, Swihert, William Smith 1881-1900
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-016 Incoming, George P. Cather D. Powell, J.E. Young, Peoples' Bank of Red Cloud, E.J. Peterson, Charles Spence, F.C. Taylor & Co., Baeless, Bender, etc. 1901-1910
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-017 Incoming, George P. Cather Citizens Lumber Co, Boom Brothers, Geo. F. Smith 1911-1920
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-018 Incoming, George P. Cather Clarence A. Davis, Emmanuel Prettyman, A.B. Nestor, Vaughn Lewis, W.C. Miller, Mabelle Lewis 1921-1928
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-019 Incoming, George P. Cather Powell family, O.C. Justus, Minnie Marris Gore, Carrie Cather Lindgren 1929-1932
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-020 Incoming Political Letters, George P. Cather Chaffin, Turner, Keeney, Republican County Comm., W.E. Andrews, Clarence A. Davis, H. E. Sackett 1904-1926
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-021 Incoming Receipts, George P. Cather F.C. Taylor & Co, Evening Star, Ed Fitzgerald, Chicago House Wrecking Co., Woolstenholm & Sterne 1904-1909
  Document TEX-250-391-022 Land Tracts Burlington Railroad 1878-1883
  Document TEX-250-391-023 Warranty Deeds to George Cather Amos Hills, James Collier, William Cather, Adda C. Pearne 1878-1900
  Document TEX-250-391-024 Warranty Deeds to William Cather Hugh G. Minnix, George Wheat, Edward Kellogg, George O. Yeiser 1879-1886
  Document TEX-250-391-025 Warranty Deed to E.A. Caroline Cather Charles Janson 1891
  Document TEX-250-391-026 Homestead Record of Amos Hills U.S. Land Office 1878
  Document TEX-250-391-027 Homestead Record of James McHugh U.S. Land Office 1879
  Document TEX-250-391-028 Homestead Record of George T. Wheat U.S. Land Office 1883
  Document TEX-250-391-029 Homestead Record of James Collier U.S. Land Office 1885
  Document TEX-250-391-030 Homestead Records of George P. Cather U.S. Land Office 1885-1890
  Document TEX-250-391-031 Mortgage Deed to William Cather Webster County 1885
  Document TEX-250-391-032 Mortgage Deeds to E.A. Caroline Cather Webster County 1889-1893
  Document TEX-250-391-033 Title Certificate to George P. Cather Webster County 1890
  Document TEX-250-391-034 Release of Mortgage to Charles Jansen Webster County 1891
  Document TEX-250-391-035 Deed to Jasper Cather Mr. Blackburn 1779
  Document  TEX-250-391-036 Deed from Jasper Cather Jasper Cather 1782-1798
  Document TEX-250-391-037 Misc. Burlington Railroad Documents Land Dept., B&M R.R. 1878
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-038 Letter to Charles Cather Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 1882
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-039 Letter to George P. Cather Land Dept., Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 1876-1883
  Correspondence TEX-250-391-040 Deed to R. Gayton Lewis Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 1878
  Document TEX-250-391-041 Deed to E. A. Caroline Cather Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 1888
  Financial TEX-250-391-042 George P. Cather Tax Receipts Treasurer's Office, Webster County 1879-1882
  Financial TEX-250-391-043 William and Charles F. Cather Tax Receipts Treasurer's Office, Webster County 1882-1888
  Financial TEX-250-391-044 E.A. Caroline Cather Tax Receipts Treasurer's Office, Webster County 1889-1898
  Financial TEX-250-391-045 G. Johnson Tax Receipt Treasurer's Office Webster County 1883
  Document TEX-250-391-046 Abstracts for George P. Cather Charles F. Cather 1890-1900
  Document TEX-250-391-047 Land Abstracts Fort Abstract Co. 1891, 1911
  Document  TEX-250-391-048 Lease for A.J. Dake Caroline Cather 1888
  Document TEX-250-391-049 Certificate of Appointment of E.A. Caroline Cather James Duffy 1899
  Document TEX-250-391-050 Letters of Administration & Oath to George P. Cather James Duffy 1901
  Document TEX-250-391-051 Proof of Heirship, E.A. Carolina Cather Webster County,  Nebraska 1901
  Document TEX-250-391-052 Bill of Sale, Bentley to Cather R. M. Bentley 1880
  Document TEX-250-391-053 Financial Agreements, Clark Cather and George P. Cather   1878-1882
  Document TEX-250-391-054 Misc. Land Records William Cather, M. Chapman 1878-1885
  Notebook OBJ-250-391-055 Genealogy notebooks   undated
  Notebook OBJ-250-391-056 Census copies George P. Cather 1929
  Notebook OBJ-250-391-057 William and Elizabeth Cather compilation George Cather Ray 1963
  Notebook OBJ-250-391-058 Descendents of Jasper Cather    
  Document TEX-250-391-059 Genealogy Documents Smith and Hook 1833,1940
  Document TEX-250-391-060 Abstract of Title, Aleck Arneson Webster County Abstract Co. 1971-1982
  Book BK-250-391-061 Remembrance of the World's Columbian Exposition   1893
  Document TEX-250-391-062 Plat of B&M Railroad Lands Burlington & Missouri River Railroad co. 1880
  Ephemera TEX-250-391-063 Miscellaneous documents, advertisements, tickets    
Oversized Map TEX-250-391-064 Township maps Webster County, Nebraska circa 1930
Oversized Map TEX-250-391-065 Webster County Map Burlington & Missouri River Railroad 1878
Oversized Journal TEX-250-391-066 Material for House 1906-1907 George P. Cather 1908

 

NWCC Microfilm Collection

Date range: 1871–1963

Bulk dates: 1880–1923

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2019
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: Thirteen publications of varying dates ranging from 1871-1963, focused around Willa Cather’s location and/or writing and career, plus microfilm of Willa Cather’s scrapbooks and microfilm of Willa Cather and Cather family correspondence.

Abstract: The NWCC Microfilm Collection contains several Red Cloud newspapers, including The Nation, The Golden Belt, Red Cloud Republican, Webster County Argus, the Commercial Advertiser, and Red Cloud Chief. Additionally, the following publications from the times of Cather’s association with them are available on microfilm: The Index of Pittsburg Life, The Library, The Home Monthly, The People’s Monthly, Willa Cather articles from The Nebraska State Journal, and the Pittsburg Leader. Also within the collection are The History of Webster County by Edyth Beezley and two rolls of Cather family correspondence dated 1870–1979.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection was digitized in the 1980s by the Nebraska State Historical Society.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item], date, reel (if numbered), NWCC Microfilm Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska

Subjects:

  • settlement
  • Willa Cather
  • Silas Garber
  • agriculture
  • Webster County history
  • Pittsburg history
  • literature and criticism
  • arts & culture
  • domestic life
The Nation (Red Cloud) 7/13/1892 to 3/12/1908
The Golden Belt (Red Cloud) 5/5/1893 to 10/13/1896
Red Cloud Republican 9/13/1889 to 8/22/1890
Webster County Argus 3/10/1891 to 8/21/1930
The Commercial Advertiser 5/1/1908 to 10/3/1968
The Red Cloud Chief 10/1/1873 to 11/22/1923
The Index of Pittsburg Life 10/6/1900 to 1/4/1902
The Library 3/10/1900 to 9/1/1900
The Home Monthly 8/1/1896 to 10/1/1900
The People's Monthly 6/1/1871 to 3/1/1875
Pittsburg Leader 12/29/1896 to 1/11/1904

Related Materials: The NWCC also holds a number of bound volumes of McClure’s Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, and other serial publications that include the works of Willa Cather.

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Mildred Bennett Collection

Date range: 1932-1989

Bulk dates: 1949-1989

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2020
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: Approximately 50 linear feet of Mildred Bennett's book collection and 50 document boxes.

Abstract: The Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s founder, Mildred Rhoads Bennett. The collection contains correspondence and organizational history related to the creation of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, early Cather scholarship and publications, and the life and writings of Mildred Rhoads Bennett. The collection also contains numerous volumes of books, written by Cather and her associates, Nebraska authors, and authors mentioned by Cather by name. Photographs in the collection document 1950s Webster County land and historic buildings, as well as the early activities of the WCPM. Research materials in the collection include notes from oral histories collected by Bennett and John March, transcripts of Cather letters, genealogy, and more.

Language: The material is in English.

Acquisition Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2008, deposited by James and Angela Southwick.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research and publication uses, except as prohibited by donor restrictions and the NWCC Access Policy.

Cite as: [item or box name or #], Mildred Bennett Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • Willa Cather
  • Edith Lewis
  • Cather family
  • Webster County history
  • Cather scholarship and research notes
  • Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial organizational history
  • Mildred Rhoads Bennett biographical material and manuscripts
  • Correspondence files, both personal and WCPM
  • Photographs of mid-century Webster County

Related Materials: 

  • Don Connors Collection
  • John March Collection

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Box 1 Folder Name

Object Type

  Fan Letters 1951-1953 Correspondence
  Dorothy Minchin-Comm Obituary and clippings
  Humor Clippings
  Letters to Mildred Bennett Correspondence
  Letters from Cather Family Correspondence
  Miscellaneous Letters From Mildred and Wilbur Bennett Correspondence
restricted 2 Folders Correspondence and Legal Documents
  Ron Butler 1980s Correspondence
  Vickie Corey, 1981 Correspondence
  L.C. Chang

Correspondence

  Don Connors Correspondence
  Charles Crowley Correspondence
  Debbie Leonard Correspondence
  Virginia Faulkner Correspondence
  John March Correspondence
  Marianne Martin Correspondence
  Michael Correspondence
  Bernice Slote Correspondence
  Stanley Smith Correspondence
  Jessie Sherman Smith Correspondence
  Haru Tarawada Correspondence
  Jean Tsien Correspondence

Box 2–5 Rehoused—see Bennett Book Inventory

Box 6 - WCPM Documents Folder Name Object Type
  Typescript "In Search of Willa Cather" copy Manuscript
  Clippings Clippings and ephemera
  Conference Photos Photographs
  Exhibition Catalog Printed Material
  Miscellaneous papers  Documents
  Pat Phillips Materials Board minutes, conference notes
  WCPM Ashtray  
  Playing Cards  
  Keys  
  NSHS Documents Correspondence
  1987 board materials Documents
  Letters to Mildred Bennett from Board Members Correspondence

Box 7–10 Rehoused—see Bennett Book Inventory

Box 11 Research Materials
Full box of index cards and notes for Mildred Bennett's book, The World of Willa Cather. See note for Box 27.

Box 12–16 Rehoused—see Bennett Book Inventory

 

Brockway Paper Collection

Date range: 1880–1987

Bulk dates: 1893–1930

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: One document box

Abstract: The Brockway Collection was donated by Cather family descendants by marriage in 2012. The collection contains photos from Roscoe Cather’s days at Red Cloud High School and during his time as a country school teacher in Webster County; photos of Meta Schaper’s high school years, and other family photos. Clippings, brochures, and sketches related to Roscoe’s business life in Wyoming and his obituary and associated clippings indicate that Roscoe was a well-loved figure in the community. Family correspondence also includes photos of Elsie Cather, baby picture of Roscoe, Charles F. Cather, Mary Virginia Cather, Jessica Cather, Douglass Cather, and Roscoe’s children, as well as some unidentified people. Diplomas and teaching certificates, commencement program for Roscoe and Meta Cather. Later pieces include First Day of Issue Willa Cather stamp, Cather 100th Birthday newspaper, WCPM newsletter (1987), and letters and documents surrounding Willa Cather last will and testament.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2012, deposited by Marsha Brockway.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Brockway Paper Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • Roscoe Cather
  • Cather family, including Meta Schaper Cather and Virginia Cather Brockway
  • Willa Cather Foundation organizational history

Related Materials: 

  • Southwick Rare Book Collection
  • Southwick Family Collections
  • Betty Kort Collection

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date
Photograph PHO-62-001 Roscoe and Douglass Cather J.A. Bulkley ca. 1885
Photograph PHO-62-002 Jessica Cather Auld unknown ca. 1950
Photograph PHO-62-003 Willa Cather, Douglass Cather with parents unknown ca. 1925
Photograph PHO-62-004 Elsie Cather Anderson circa 1928
Correspondence OBJ-62-005A Letter to Roscoe Cather Earl Hanway 1938-04-11
Printed sketch OBJ-62-005 Sketch of Roscoe Cather McDougall undated
Photograph PHO-62-006 Red Cloud High Commencement Class of 1895 unknown 1895
Photograph PHO-62-007 Roscoe Cather teaching country school unknown ca. 1896
Photograph PHO-62-008 Roscoe Cather teaching 8th grade class unknown 1897
Clipping TEX-62-009 Judge Schaper presides over bond hearing David Mathias 1960
Document TEX-62-010 Memorial for Robert Schaper   1961
Clipping TEX-62-010A Robert Schaper swearing in   n/d
Document OBJ-62-011 Meta Schaper's teaching certificate   1906
Document OBJ-62-012 Commencement Program, 1895   1895
Folder PHO-62-013 A-I Color photographs of Cather family in Lander, Red Cloud   1960s
Photograph PHO-62-014 Roscoe Cather in Virginia J.B. Wortham 1883
Correspondence TEX-62-015 Letter to Virginia Brockway Meta Schaper Cather 1965
Clipping PHO-62-15A Engagement announcement, Shannon   undated
Photograph PHO-62-15B Elsie Cather  Lauck undated
Photograph PHO-62-016 Roscoe Cather unknown circa 1940
Photograph PHO-62-017 A-C Photographs of Virginia Cather unknown circa 1915
Photograph PHO-62-018 Charles F. Cather unknown circa 1927
Photograph PHO-62-019 Mary Virginia Cather with granddaughters Gleason circa 1928
Photograph PHO-62-020 Havelock basketball team unknown 1903
Photograph PHO-62-021 Unknown woman unknown n/d
Photograph PHO-62-022 Unknown women unknown n/d
Document OBJ-62-023 Diploma University of Nebraska for Meta Schaper   1903
Document OBJ-62-024 Diploma Red Cloud HIgh School, Roscoe Cather   1895
Correspondence OBJ-62-025 First day of issue Willa Cather stamp, program   1973-09-20
Clippings OBJ-62-026 Red Cloud Chief, 1973-09-20, day of issue supplement and full issue Red Cloud Chief 1973-09-20
Documents TEX-62-027A Death announcement of Roscoe Cather and Meta's notes   1945-09-05
Clippings TEX-62-027B Death announcement of Roscoe Cather   1945
Clippings TEX-62-027C Roscoe Cather death and business announcements   1937-1945
Clippings TEX-62-028 Pg. 9 Casper Tribune Herald   1926-05-30
Correspondence TEX-62-029 Letters to Virginia Cather Brockway re: distribution of funds from Willa Cather Estate   1947
Document TEX-62-030 Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter Mildred Bennett, ed. 1987
Folder TEX-62-031 Documents of Cather family   1937-1972
Document TEX-62-032 The Future of Your Affairs, pamphlet by Central Trust Co., Lander Wyoming   undated
Document TEX-62-033 Brochure, Webster County Historical Museum   undated
Document TEX-62-034 Willa Cather's last will & testament with note Breed, Abbott & Morgan 1947
Correspondence TEX-62-035 Note regarding gift Marsha Brockway 2012?

 

Willard Crowell Collection

Date range: 1938-1946

Bulk dates: 1938-1941

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2018
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: 73 folders

Abstract: This collection of correspondence includes letters, farm service documents, and tax documents for the farm investment properties Willa Cather purchased from her brother-in-law, William Auld. These letters document not only the agricultural climate of the time but the sour relationship between Cather and Auld. Willard Crowell, acting as farm agent to several of the Cather family members, was a longtime family friend from Red Cloud. 

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2017, deposited anonymously.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Willard Crowell Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • agriculture
  • Red Cloud, Nebraska
  • Roscoe Cather
  • Willa Cather
  • Banking, taxes, and investment
  • Health and medical

Related Materials: 

  • WCPM Collection - Charles Cather farm ledgers
  • WCHM Collection - Erickson ledger
  • Blanche Cather Ray Collection 

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date
Correspondence TEX-278-001 4 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1938/10/13
Correspondence TEX-278-002 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1938/10/28
Correspondence TEX-278-003 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Roscoe Cather 1938/12/13
Correspondence TEX-278-004 3 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1938/12/11
Correspondence TEX-278-005 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1938/12/31
Correspondence TEX-278-006 1 pg. handwritten letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1939/01/16
Correspondence TEX-278-007 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1939/01/19
Correspondence TEX-278-008 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Roscoe Cather 1939/01/19
Correspondence TEX-278-009 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1939/03/28
Correspondence TEX-278-010 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Roscoe Cather 1939/02/03
Correspondence TEX-278-011 Postcard to Willard Crowell A.P. Tone Wilson 1939/02/16
Correspondence TEX-278-012 1 pg. handwritten letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1939/02/20
Correspondence TEX-278-013 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Claus Rose, Cty. Treasurer, Kit Carson County 1939/05/12
Correspondence TEX-278-014 2 pg letter to Willa Cather (copy) and note from Willa Cather to Willard Crowell Roscoe Cather 1939/05/12
Correspondence TEX-278-015 1 pg. handwritten letter to Cty. Treasurer, St. Paul, Neb. and enclosures I.W. Crowell 1939/05/16
Financial TEX-278-016 Tax receipt, 1939 Kit Carson County, deposit slip   1940/02/09
no file        
Correspondence TEX-278-018 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1940/02/14
Correspondence TEX-278-019 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Roscoe Cather 1940/02/24
Correspondence TEX-278-020 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1940/03/02
no record        
no record        
Financial TEX-278-023 Webster County Bank receipts, tax receipts    
Correspondence TEX-278-024 1 pg. handwritten letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1940/05/13
Correspondence TEX-278-025 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1940/07/10
Correspondence TEX-278-026 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Sarah J. Bloom 1940/09/03
Correspondence TEX-278-027 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1940/09/20
Financial TEX-278-028 Tax receipt, Kit Carson County   1941/01/13
Financial TEX-278-029 Tax receipt, Smith County   1941/01/14
no record        
Financial TEX-278-031 Tax receipt, Webster County   1941/02/02
Correspondence TEX-278-032 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1941/02/03
no record        
Correspondence TEX-278-034 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Sarah J. Bloom 1941/03/03
Financial TEX-278-035 1940 tax receipts, Webster County and Howard County   1941/04/08
Correspondence TEX-278-036 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1941/06/09
Correspondence TEX-278-037 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Roscoe Cather 1941/07/09
Correspondence TEX-278-038 1941 USDA wheat allotment form with handwritten note Willa Cather 1941/08/19
Correspondence TEX-278-039 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1941/10/17
Correspondence TEX-278-040 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1941/12/06
Correspondence TEX-278-041 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1941/12/16
Correspondence TEX-278-042 1 pg. handwritten note to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1942/02/02
Correspondence TEX-278-043 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/02/10
Correspondence TEX-278-044 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/02/16
Correspondence TEX-278-045 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/06/03
Correspondence TEX-278-046 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1942/09/07
Correspondence TEX-278-047 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/09/09
Correspondence TEX-278-048 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1942/11/27
Correspondence TEX-278-049 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/12/15
Correspondence TEX-278-050 1 pg. carbon of letter to Chris Boilesen, Howard Cty. and enclosures Willa Cather 1942/12/21
Financial TEX-278-051 1942 tax receipt, Kit Carson Cty   1942/01/15
Correspondence TEX-278-052 2 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1942/03/08
Correspondence TEX-278-053 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Willa Cather 1943/05/29
Correspondence TEX-278-054 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosures Sarah J. Bloom 1943/07/20
Correspondence TEX-278-055 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell and enclosure Willa Cather 1943/07/30
Correspondence TEX-278-056 3 pg. handwritten letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1943/08/22
Correspondence TEX-278-057 Christmas card Willa Cather 1943/12/19
Correspondence TEX-278-058 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell with enclosures Willa Cather 1944/04/11
Correspondence TEX-278-059 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1944/05/15
Correspondence TEX-278-060 Christmas card Willa Cather 1944/12/15
Correspondence TEX-278-061 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Sarah J. Bloom 1944/12/30
Correspondence TEX-278-062 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/01/24
Correspondence TEX-278-063 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/03/21
Correspondence TEX-278-064 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/04/11
Correspondence TEX-278-065 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Sarah J. Bloom 1945/07/22
Correspondence TEX-278-066 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/08/01
Correspondence TEX-278-067 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/08/24
Correspondence TEX-278-068 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/09/05
Correspondence TEX-278-069 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1945/11/17
Correspondence TEX-278-070 Christmas Card Willa Cather 1945/12/12
Correspondence TEX-278-071 1 pg. letter to Willard Crowell Willa Cather 1946/02/12
Correspondence TEX-278-072 Easter card Willa Cather 1946/04/16
Correspondence TEX-278-073 Christmas card Willa Cather 1946/12/18

 

Southwick Rare Book Collection

Date range: 1831-1967

Bulk dates: 1900-1940

Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: 4 trays

Abstract: The Southwick Rare Book Collection contains numerous association copies and gift books from Willa Cather to members of her family. Some pre-publication copies of books, limited editions, and books by other authors but selected by Cather for gifts are included in this collection.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection came to the WCF in 2007, deposited by James and Angela Southwick from Helen Cather Southwick's estate. Helen Cather Southwick was Jim's mother and the niece of Willa Cather.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Southwick Rare Book Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • Willa Cather
  • Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Gertrude Hall
  • Alfred A. Knopf

Related Materials: 

  • John E. (Jack) and Irma Cather Family Collection
  • Cather Family Book Collection

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Cather Family Library Collection

Date range: 1793-1962

Bulk dates: 1870-1915

Finding Aid created by Jacqueline Lemmer, 2014; updated by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2022. Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: 12 trays

Abstract: The Cather Family Library contains books and magazines owned by the Charles F. Cather family and used in their Red Cloud homes between 1884–1936. A number of books in the collection contain personalization that denotes books that belonged to Willa Cather personally, who sometimes used "Willie" or "William." Red Cloud did not have a public library until 1917, so the Cather's extensive library indicates their financial position as well as the value the family placed on reading and education. After the sale of the Cather family home in Red Cloud, these books and magazines were with Elsie Cather; some of the later items in this collection are labeled with Elsie Cather's name and address.

Language: The material is in English

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: Acquisition information is incomplete; the collection has been in Red Cloud for more than twenty years and was likely donated after Elsie Cather's death.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Cather Family Library Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • short stories
  • Cather genealogy
  • Willa Cather personal effects

Related Materials: 

  • Southwick Rare Book Collection
  • Southwick Family Collections

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Author Title Pub. Date Notes
Abbott, Jacob Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great 1880 Wm. Cather Jr. Private Library No. 71
Akins, Zoë Interpretations: A Book of First Poems 1912 n/a
Alcott, Louisa M. Jack and Jill: A Village Story 1887 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 25
Alcott, Louisa M. Jo's Boys: And How They Turned Out 1886 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 21
Alcott, Louisa M. Little Women 1885 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 22
Alcott, Louisa M. Old-Fashioned Girl 1887 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 24
Alcott, Louisa M. Rose in Bloom 1886 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 23
Alcott, Louisa M. Under the Lilacs 1887 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 19
Aldrich, Mrs. Thomas Bailey Crowding Memories 1920 Christmas greetings to my dearest father, Elsie Margaret
Alexander, Hartley Burr Poetry and the Individual: An Analysis of the Imaginative Life in Relation to the Creative Spirit in Man and Nature 1906  ?
Alexander, Hartley Burr The Mid Earth Life 1907 ?
Allen, James Lane The Bride of the Mistletoe 1909 n/a
Allen, James Lane The Choir Invisible 1905 ?
Allen, James Lane The Reign of Law 1913 Mrs. C.F. Cather,
E.M. Cather
Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales   n/a
Andrews, Byron and Hugh Craig The Biographies and Public Services of Gen. John A. Logan and Hon. James G. Blaine 1884 n/a
Atherton, Gertrude A Whirl Asunder 1895 Mamma from Willa
Atkins, Elizabeth Holy Suburb 1941 ?
Atkins, Elizabeth The Poet's Poet 1922 To Elsie with affectionate greetings from Elizabeth A.
Auerbach, Berthold On the Heights   Mrs. C.F. Cather
Babcock, Maltbie Davenport Thoughts for Every-Day Living 1901 Mrs. S.E. Andrews
Ballantyne, R.M. Erling, the Bold   Willa Cather, Private Library No. 37
Bancroft, Charles The Footprints of Time: And a Complete Analysis of our American System of Government 1878 n/a
Barclay, Florence L. The Mistress of Shenstone 1910 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Barclay, Florence L. The Rosary 1909 n/a
Barnes, A.S. and Co. Barnes' New National Fifth Reader 1884 initials repreated, YL, SJ, R.G.
Barretto, Larry Walls of Glass 1926 Includes postcard addressed to Mrs. C.F. Cather, 1926
Bartlett, John Familiar Quotations 1951 n/a
Bates, Mrs. Lindon W. Bunch-Grass Stories 1895 Willa Cather
Baxter, Richard and Thomas Chalmers Call to the Unconverted 1854 James McCall and other names in front; Ladies Circulating Library; 3 handwritten pages  of names in the back
Beckford, William Vathek: An Arabian Tale 1887 Bess Seymour
Bernhard, Marie The Household Idol 1892 n/a
Besant, Walter and Walter H. Pollock The Charm and Other Drawing-Room Plays 1895 Willa Cather
Bloom, Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom Willa Cather's Gift of Sympathy 1962 Uncancelled postcard pg. 65
Bloomfield, Robert The Farmer's Boy   Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 13
Boggs, Martha Frye A Romance of the New Virginia 1896 To Miss Cather with kind wishes from the author Martha Frye Boggs, Pittsburg, April 20, 1894
Booth, Edward C. The Doctor's Lass 1910 ? Andrews, Bladen
Boss, Nelson R. The Prayer Book Reason Why   n/a
Bowen, B.L. Introduction to Modern French Lyrics 1894 W. Cather, State University, Lincoln, Neb.
Brooks, E.S. Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times 1896 South Ward; Red Cloud Public Schools No. 11
Brown, Alice King's End 1901 W.S. Cather
Bryan, William Jennings and Francis W. Halsey The World's Famous Orations (In Ten Volumes) 1906 Possess all ten volumes
Bryant, William Cullen Poems 1884 Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 36
Buchan, John A Lost Lady of Old Years 1899 Willa Cather, Pittsburg Pa. Includes clipping in front binding with review of book and author
Bunyan, John A Relation of the Holy War   To GranMa Boak from Willa Dec. 25 1872
Bunyan, John Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come   Wm. Cather Jr., Private Library No. 14
Burke, Edmund, and Charles Lamb and Walter Savage Landor Selections from English Prose 1903 n/a
Burnet, Margaretta Zoology: for High Schools and Academies 1895 Silah Adkisson, Dec. 13, 1903; property of Fullerton City Schools
Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Lady of Quality 1896 n/a
Burnett, Mrs. F.H. A Quiet Life 1878 Bess Seymour
Burns, Robert The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns 1900 n/a
Burns, Robert The Complete Works of Robert burns   Elsie Cather
Burton, John Bloundelle Across the Salt Seas: A Romance of the War of Succession 1897 Willa Cather
Butler, Samuel Hudibras 1869 ?
Byron, George Gordon The Poetical Works of Lord Byron 1875 Presented to C.F. Cather as a Christmas present from his wife, Dec. 25th, 1879
Caine, Hall The Woman Thou Gavest Me: Being the Story of Mary O'Neill 1913 Roscoe: A Merry Christmas, 1913, Mother
Campbell, Killis The Seven Sages of Rome 1907 Elsie Margaret Cather
Campbell, Thomas The Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and Other Poems    
Campbell, Thomas The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell 1857

n/a

Canfield, Dorothy Four-Square 1949 Elsie Cather
Carleton, Will Farm Legends 1875 n/a
Carlyle, Thomas Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröck   bookmarks throughout; underlining throughout. "W. Cather Jr." with sticker "37"
Castle, Edgerton The Light of Scarthey 1899 To Mother, March 21, 1900 W.S.C.
Cather, Willa My Ántonia 1918 n/a
Catallus Selected Poems of Catallus 1910 Back: list of numbers and checkmarks
Chambers, Robert W. Ashes of Empire 1901 Merry Christmas to Mother from Willie
Chambers, Robert W. The Common Law 1911 To Mother from Jim, Xmas 1911
Chase, J. Smeaton California Coast Trails: A Horseback Ride from Mexico to Oregon 1913 With Christmas Greetings to father, Willa, New York 1913
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Prioress Tale, Sire Thopas, The Monkes Tale, The Clerks Tale, The Squieres Tale from The Canterbury Tales 1806 n/a
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Tale of the man of Lawe, ThePardoners Tale, The Second Nonnes Tale, The Chanouns Yemannes Tale from The Canterbury Tales 1804 n/a
Churchill, Winston A Modern Chronicle 1910 Douglass, Christmas, Dec. 25, 1910
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cato Maior de Senectute 1892 Willa Cather State University, Lincoln, Neb.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Select Orations of Cicero n/d

n/a

Clark, Glenn The Soul's Sincere Desire 1953 n/a
Collins, Dale Ordeal 1924 n/a
Comly, John Comly's Spelling and Reading Book 1880s Willa Cather ____ 1882
Conrad, Joseph Youth and Two Other Stories 1905 A Merry Christmas to Elsie Cather, 1906, W.S.C.
Corelli, Marie Barabbas: A Dream of the World's Tragedy 1894 W. Cather
Corelli, Marie Wormwood: A Drama of Paris 1890 Jennie B. Cather
Cox, Marian The Crowds and the Veiled Woman 1910 For Mother, hoping that her grippe is gone for good. Willa
Craig-Knox, Isa Esther West   n/a
Crane, Stephen George's Mother 1896 Social Service Committee of the Long Island College Hospital, "NY Slums"

Crane, Thomas Frederick

Le Romantisme Francais: A Selection from Writers of the French Romantic School 1886 numerous notes
Crawford, Francis Marion Sant' Ilario 1895  
Crawford, Francis Marion Stradella 1909 n/a
Crawford, Francis Marion The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water" 1903 n/a
Crawford, Francis Marion The Ralstons 1895  
Crockett, S.R. et al Tales of Our Coast 1901 n/a
Cummins, Maria S. The Lamplighter: Or An Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs n/d n/a
Cushing, Mary Watkins The Rainbow Bridge 1954 Elsie M. Cather, contains Fremstad clipping
Cushman, Herbert Ernest A Beginner's History of Philosophy, vol. I 1910 n/a
D'Annunzio, Gabriele The Flame of Life 1900 Willa Sibert Cather, Washington, D.C.
Dalrymple, Leona Diane of the Green Van 1914 Cather
Darton, N.H. Geology of the Bighorn Mountains 1906 n/a
Daudet, Alphonse Jack 1890 n/a
Daudet, Alphonse The Immortal: Or, One of the "Forty" 1893 Willa Cather
Day, Thomas The History of Sandford and Merton 1866 A.A.C. Sticker from seller in Virginia
de Puy, Henry History of Napoleon Bonaparte 1882 Private Library No. 12, Wm Cather Jr (has been partially erased)
de Stael, Madame Corinne: Or Italy n/d Bessie Seymour
Dell, Floyd The Briary-Bush 1921 Wishing Mother a merry Christmas! from Willie, Christmas 1921
Deland, Margaret Old Chester Tales 1898 Cather
Deland, Margaret The Iron Woman 1911 C.D. Cather
Deland, Margaret The Iron Woman 1911 Bessie Seymour from Willa Cather, Christmas 1912
Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities and Sketches by Boz n/d Grafton Knights of Labor Library No. 16
Dickens, Charles Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times n/d n/a
Dickens, Charles Bleak House n/d n/a
Dickens, Charles Christmas Stories n/d n/a
Dickens, Charles Dombey and Son n/d n/a
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations n/d Grafton Knights of Labor Library No. 24
Dickens, Charles The Adventures of Oliver Twist n/d Grafton Knights of Labor Library No. 20
Dickens, Charles The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit n/d Grafton Knights of Labor Library No. 22
Dickens, Charles The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby n/d Grafton Knights of Labor Library No. 23
Dickens, Charles The Old Curiosity Shop n/d n/a
Dickens, Charles The Personal History of David Copperfield n/d Wm Cather Jr. 22
Dickens, Charles The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club n/d n/a
Diehl, Charles Byzantine Portraits 1927 Dear Sister -- Sorry I could not get this to you for Holy Week. W.
Dixon, Thomas, Jr. The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan 1907 Back page: "pg. 124, 125 Slavery"
Dixon, Thomas, Jr. The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln 1913 n/a
Dobie, J. Frank The Voice of the Coyote 1961 n/a
Doyle, Arthur Conan The Firm of Girdlestone n/d Cather
Drake, Joseph Rodman The Culprit Fay 1889 Elsie Margaret Cather, October 1903
Dromgoole, Will Allen The Fortunes of the Fellow 1898 Elsie Cather from Willa, Christmas 1898
Dulles, Avery A Testimonial to Grace 1947 n/a
Ebers, Georg Homo Sum 1880 n/a
Ebers, Georg Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt n/d Bessie Seymour '91
Eggleston, Edward The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age 1910 Bess Seymour
Tacked in, part of label "W.S. Cather, 1180 Murray Hill Ave, Pittsburgh Pa."
Eggleston, Edward The Hoosier School-Master 1892 Sincerely yours, Edwd. Eggleston
Eggleston, George Cary Evelyn Byrd 1904 n/a
Eggleston, George Cary Two Gentlemen of Virginia 1908 n/a
Eliot, George The Spanish Gypsy: the Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems Old and New   Miss Willa Cather, Christmas 1888
  Ellen Smith 1928 n/a
Eucken, Rudolf Life's Basis and Life's Ideal: The Fundamentals of a New Philosophy of Life 1912 Elsie Margaret Cather, Sept. 1914
Evans, Larry Then I'll Come Back to You 1915 A Valentine to Mother from Willa, New York, February 7th
Fergusson, Harvey The Blood of the Conquerors 1921 n/a
Flügel, Ewald Thomas Carlyle's Moral and Religious Development 1891 Willa Cather
Ford, Sallie Rochester Mary Bunyan: The Dreamer's Blind Daughter 1860 CLW
Forman, Henry James Sudden Wealth 1924 n/a
Fox, John, Jr. A Knight of the Cumbland and "Hell-fer-Sartain" 1906 C.F. Cather
Fox, John, Jr. The Heart of the Hills 1913

Cather
Mother from Douglass
E.M. Cather 14

Fox, John, Jr. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1908 Cather
Fraser, Robert Three Men and a Maid 1907 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 1 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 2 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 3 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 4 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 5 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 6 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 7 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 8 1909 n/a
Funk and Wagnalls Co. The Best of the World's Classics: Restricted to Prose, vol. 10 1909 n/a
Gale, Zona Miss Lulu Bett 1920 For Mother, with love from Willa, May 18, 1920
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Cranford, A Tale 1908 A Valentine for Auntie from Willa
GYP Chiffon's Marriage 1895 W. Cather
Hales, George Ellery The New Heavens 1922 n/a
Halévy, Ludovic The Abbé Constantin n/d n/a
Hall, Eliza Calvert Aunt Jane of Kentucky 1928 Miss Bessie Seymour, Bladen, Nebr. 5-27 (tacked in)
Hall, Frank H. The Werner Arithmetic: Oral and Written, book 2 1896 Lillie Huffer
No. 79
Date bo't 9/11 1900
Hardy, Thomas The Trumpet-Major n/d n/a
Harland, Henry The Cardinal's Snuff Box 1900 W.S. Cather
Harrison, Henry Syndor V.V.'s Eyes 1913 Merry Christmas to Mother, Ethel and James, 1913
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Mosses from an Old Manse n/d 128
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Tales of the White Hills and Sketches; The Old Manse and a Few Mosses 1894 Elsie M. Cather
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter 1887 n/a
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Twice-Told Tales n/d n/a
Heath, May Iowa Hannah 1961 n/a
Heimburg, W. Misjudged n/d n/a
Henty, G.A. With Clive in India: Beginnings of an Empire n/d n/a
Hentz, Caroline Lee Linda: The Young Pilot of the Belle Creole 1850 Jennie Boak
Hewlett, Maurice Fond Adventures: Tales of the Youth of the World 1905 From Jim to Elsie Xmas 1905
Hewlett, Maurice The Queen's Quair: The Six Years' Tragedy 1904 Elsie Margaret Cather
Hichens, Robert The Fruitful Vine 1911 For Auntie With Christmas Wishes from Willa 1915
Holland, J.G. Bitter-Sweet: A Poem n/d n/a
Holmes, George F. First Reader n/d Willa Cather, Jan. 1, 1881
Homer Homer 1846 Private Library No. 70 
Wm Cather Jr.
Red Cloud 1888
Willie Cather
Homer The Iliad n/d Willa Cather
Wm Cather Jr. 1888
Willie Cather
Hooker, LeRoy Enoch the Philistine: A Traditional Romance of Philistia, Egypt 1898 n/a
Horan, Kenneth Remember the Day 1937 n/a
Howard, Blanche Willis The Open Door 1889 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Howells, W.D. Evening Dress 1893 Elsie Margaret Cather
Hughes, T. Tom Brown at Oxford n/d n/a
Hugo, Victor Hernani 1908 Elsie Margaret Cather
Hugo, Victor La Chute 1907 heavily annotated by Elsie Cather
Hugo, Victor Les Misérables n/d Elsie Margaret Cather
Hugo, Victor The Man Who Laughs: By Order of the King 1888 William Cather
Hume, Martin The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots 1906 Elsie Margaret Cather, New York, Christmas 1910 W.S.C.
Hume, Martin The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth: A History of the Various Negotiations for Her Marriage 1906 Elsie Margaret Cather, New York, Christmas 1910 W.S.C.
Irvine, Alexander From the Bottom Up: The Life of Alexander Irvine 1910 For Auntie Sister from Willa
Irving, Washington The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving, 4 vols 1884 Jessie Cather
Jackson, J. Hampden A Short History of the World Series 1918 1939 n/a
Jameson, Storm Three Kingdoms 1926 n/a
Jerome, Jerome K. Tommy and Co. 1904 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Jewett, Sarah Orne Deephaven 1905 A very merry Christmas to my dearest Bess, Elsie Marget, Christmas 1921 (clippings)
Jewett, Sarah Orne Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett 1905 To Elsie Cather at Christmas-Time from Willa Cather 1924
Johnson, Merle Pyle's Book of Pirates 1921 n/a
Johnston, Mary Cease Firing 1912 Cather
Jones, E. Stanley The Christ of the Indian Road 1925 n/a
Jowett, B. The New National Edition of the Dialogues of Plato: The Republic 1914 n/a
Keays, H.A. Mitchell The Work of Our Hands 1905 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Kellogg, Brainerd English Literature 1882 Willie Cather
Wm Cather Jr. 10
Kelly, Myra Little Citizens: The Humors of School Lief 1904 n/a
Kelsey, Francis T. Lucreti Cari: de Rerum Natura Libri Sex 1884 notations on back fly and throughout
Kelsey, Francis Selections from Ovid 1890 n/a
Kildare, Owen My Name is Rose: The Story of my Regeneration 1903 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Kingsley, Charles The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures 1891 Several markings including Pittsburg Central High School Library (embossed)
Laing, C.H.B. Child's History of Rome: Conquests of the Seven Hills 1875 n/a
Laird & Lee Laird & Lee's Vest-Pocket Standard English/Spanish Spanish/English Dictionary Spelling and Pronunciation n/d C. F. Cather, Red Cloud Neb
Bought in City of Mexico
Feb. 1908
Lane, Rose Wilder Hill-Billy 1926 n/a
Lawrence, D.H. St. Mawr 1925 illegible
Lea, Homer The Vemilion Pencil 1908 Bessie Seymour with Wishes for a Happy __ from Willa November 25, 1908
Lewis, Alfred Henry Peggy O'Neal 1903 Dickenson Duel
Lillie, Lucy C. The Household of Glen Holly 1900 To Elsie Cather from Willa Christmas 1900
Lindsay, Thomas B. The Satires of Juvenal 1890 n/a
Livy The History of Rome, Books XXI and XXII 1905 Elsie Margaret Cather
Logan, John A. The Great Conspiracy 1886 n/a
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Poems, vol. 1 1856 Jennie B. Cather, 1875
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Poems, vol. 2 1856 Jennie B. Cather, 1875
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth The Golden Legend 1851  
Lounsbury, T.R. History of the English Language 1894 notes throughout
Lovelace, Maud Hart The Black Angels 1926 With love from Willa at __
Lubbock, Sir John The Pleasures of Life 1894 W. Cather
Lutes, Della T. The Country Kitchen 1945 Cherry Pudding 115
Lytton, Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii 1834  
Lytton, Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii 1834 Elsie Margaret Cather 75
Maxson, Harold R. The Practical Up-to-Date Guide to Mexico City and Vicinity 1907 C.F. Cather, Red Cloud Neb. Bought in the City of Mexico, Feb. 1908
Monroe, Will S. Bohemia and the Chechs 1910 n/a
Montague, Gilbert Holland The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company 1902 n/a
Morehouse, W.R. Bankers Guide Book 1921 n/a
Morgan, William De Alice-For-Short 1907 illegible
Morris, Clara Little "Jim Crow" 1899 For my dear Elsie from Willa Christmas 1899
Moss, Geoffrey Sweet Pepper 1923 Wishing Bessie a Merry Christmas, Willa Cather
Mulock, Miss John Halifax, Gentleman 1890 W.Cather
Murray, Gilbert Religio Gramatici: The Religion of a Man of Letters 1918 For Elsie from Elizabeth in memory of a year of comradeship, June 1925
Murray, Hugh The Encyclopedia of Geography, vol. 1 1845 n/a
Murray, Hugh The Encyclopedia of Geography, vol. 2 1845 n/a
Murray, Hugh The Encyclopedia of Geography, vol. 3 1845 n/a
Nordau, Max Degeneration 1895 Willa Cather
Ouida Signa 1884 n/a
Ouida Wanda: Countess von Szalras 1883 bookmarks
Overton, Grand M., ed. The Women Who Make Our Novels 1919 bookmark reads "mat on Cather"
Page, Thomas Nelson Gordon Keith 1903 Bess Seymour Bladen Neb
Page, Thomas Nelson In Ole Virginia 1906 C.F. Cather
bookmark
Page, Thomas Nelson Under the Crust 1911 n/a
Pancoast, Henry S. Standard English Prose: Bacon to Stevenson 1907 Elsie Margaret Cather
Parker, Sir Gilbert The Translation of a Savage n/d Cather _illegible_
Parrish, Randall My Lady of the North: The Love Story of a Gray Jacket n/d C.F. Cather, Red Cloud Nebr
Parrish, Randall The Red Mist: A Tale of Civil Strife 1914 Doug Cather
Pater, Walter The Renaissance 1919 n/a
Paxson, Frederic L. History of the American Frontier 1763-1893 1924 n/a
Philips, Austin Red Tape 1910 C.F. Cather,
Aug. 23, 1910
from Willa
Phillpotts, Eden Lying Prophets 1896 Bessie Seymour, Christmas 1897
Poe, Edgar Allen The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales 1889 n/a
Pollard, Josephine History of the New Testament in Words of One Syllable 1888 Douglas Cather
Porter, Jane Thaddeus of Warsaw n/d n/a
Pound, Louise, ed. American Ballads and Songs 1922 H773-4. 100
Poushkin, Alexander The Prose Tales of Alexander Poushkin 1914 n/a
Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru, vol. 1 1890 n/a
Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru, vol. 2 1890 n/a
Prichard, Constantine E., ed. Selected Letters of Pliny 1899 small notes throughout
Reed, Myrtle A Weaver of Dreams 1911 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Reed, Myrtle Master of the Vineyard 1910 For Mother on her Birthday from Willa
Reed, Myrtle Old Rose & Silver 1910 Srx 150
Reid, James S. M. Tulli Ciceronis: Cato Maior de Senectute 1892 Willa Cather
State University, April 1892
Ridpath, John Clark Cyclopedia of Universal History, vol. 2 1885 n/a
Riley, James Whitcomb An Old Sweetheart of Mine 1902 To Jennie B. Cather from her husband Chas. F. Cather, Feby. 14-1904
Rinehart, Mary Roberts The Circular Staircase 1908 Wishing Mother a Happy New Year, Willa 1911
Rising, Lawrence She Who Was Helena Cass 1920 To Miss Willa Cather with the admiration of Lawrence Rising
Robinson, William J. Psycho Analysis or Freudian Philosophy 1930 n/a
Robinson, William Our Mysterious Life Glands 1934 n/a
Rodgers, Campbell, et al The Poetic Works of Rogers, Campbell, Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White 1878 To C.F. Cather as a Christmas present from his wife. Dec. 25th, 1881
Roe, E.P. Barriers Burned Away 1892 Henry Cook, Druggist and Book Seller Red Cloud, NE
Roe, E.T., et al Youth's Own Book 1894 To James Cather, my dear little friend, From granma Munsell, Feb. 25th, 1898
Ruskin, John Sesame and LIlies n/d W. Cather
Ryan, Marah Ellis The Bond-Woman 1899 Mrs. C.F. Cather
Sandoz, Mari The Buffalo Hunters 1954 For Elsie Cather because she has the _____, most unspoiled sense of humor in all the world. Sincerely, Mari Sandoz
Sandoz, Mari The Story Cathcer 1963 For Elsie Cather because she has the creative eye to make all her friends nobler, Mari Sandoz
Sawyer, Walter Leon A Local Habitation 1899 To Mother November 21 1909, Willa
Scott, Sir Walter The Lady of the Lake n/d Elsie M. Cather
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe n/d Elsie Margaret Cather. November 18, 1903
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe n/d W.Cather Jr.
Scott, Sir Walter Marmion 1808 Elsie Margaret Cather
Scott, Sir Walter Rob Roy n/d Wishing Elsie a Merry Christmas-from-Isabelle McClung
Scott, Sir Walter The Abbot n/d Elsie Margaret Cather. December 25, 1903
Scott, Sir Walter The Black Dwarf 1830 Elsie Margaret Cather
Scott, Sir Walter The Lady of the Lake 1904 Elsie Margaret Cather
Scott, Sir Walter The Monastery n/d Elsie Margaret Cather
Scott, Sir Walter The Pirate n/d Elsie Margaret Cather
Scott, Sir Walter The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott 1875 028 ANU To Chas. F. Cather by Jennie B. Cather, Dec. 25th, 1880
Scott, Sir Walter Waverly or 'Tis Sixety Years Since n/d n/a
Scott, Sir Walter Woodstock n/d Elsie Margaret Cather
Seignobos, Charles The Evolution of the French People 1932 n/a
Seymour, Thomas D. The First Six Books of Homer's Iliad 1891 April 1892, 148 liner
Willa Cather State University, Lincoln Neb.
Shakespeare, William Antony and Cleopatra 1887 William Cather, Willie Cather, Willie Cather, Willie Cather
Shakespeare, William As You Like It 1916 n/a
Shakespeare, William As You Like It 1883 W. Cather
Shakespeare, Wililam Romeo and Juliet 1881 n/a
Shakespeare, William Romeo and Juliet 1887 Willie Cather, Willie Cather, Willie Cather
Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's Complete Works 1871 From Jennie B. Cather to her husband Charles F. Cather, Dec. 25th, 1878
Sheldon, M. French Salammbo of Flaubert 1886 illegible
Shelley, Henry C.  Literary By-Paths in Old England 1907 illegible
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Prometheus Unbound n/d Willa Cather
Sickels, Daniel The General Ahiman Rezon and Freemason's Guide: Containing Monitorial Instructions... 1882 n/a
Singmaster, Elsie Basil Everman 1920 Wishing Bessie _____
Smith, Arthur Cosslett The Turquoise Cup and Desert 1903 Elsie Margaret Cather
Smith, G. Herbert Son of the Stars 1939 n/a
Spurgeon, Rev. C.H. The Saint and His Savior; or the Progress of the Soul in the Knowledge of Jesus 1858 n/a
Stacpoole, H. DeVere The Ship of Coral 1911 For Bessie from Willa
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton The Autobiography of Henry M. Stanley 1909 To the __________ friend on her birthday, Dec. 7, 1909 S.S.M.
Stephens, Robert Neilson Philip Winwood 1900 To Mother from Jessica Xmas 1901
Stern, G.B. The Room 1922 n/a
Stevenson, Augusta Children's Classics in Dramatic Form: Book Five 1912 n/a
Stevenson, Robert Louis Complete Poems 1911 Elsie Cather, June 1912
Stevenson, Robert Louis Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde n/d n/a
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island n/d n/a
Stimson, F.J.  King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay 1901 To Mother at Christmas Time, 1901 Willie
Stockton, Frank R. The Lady or the Tiger and other stories 1899 To Bessie from Roscoe Cather and Jessie Cather
Stratton-Porter, Gene Laddie, a True Blue story 1913 Wishing Mother a Merry Christmas, Douglass - 1913
Synge, J.M. Riders to the Sea 1951 n/a
Tarbell, Ida M. He Knew Lincoln 1907 Charles F. Cather, from Willa
Tarkington, Booth The Conquest of Canaan 1905 n/a
Tarkington, Booth The Guest of Quesnay 1908 A merry Christmas and a Happy New year to mother from Willa Christmas 1908
Tarkington, Booth The Plutocrat 1927 For my dear Mother With Christmas Wishes from Willa 1924
Taylor, Benjamin F. Between the Gates 1880 Private Library No. 11 Wm Cather
Taylor, H.C. Chatfield The Crimson Wing 1902 n/a
Taylor, J.E. Geological Stories 1874 J.M. Bates
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson's Poems n/d n/a
Tennyson, Alfred The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson 1880 01-2 C4T Jennie B. Cather 1881
Tennyson, Afred The Works of Alfred Tennyson n/d Notes on back cover
Thackeray, William Makepeace The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon 1891 n/a
Thackeray, William Makepeace Henry Esmond Catherine Denis Duval and Lovel the Widower n/d W. Cather

Thackeray, William Makepeace

The Adventures of Phillip on his way through the World n/d n/a
Thackeray, William Makepeace The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh n/d W. Cather
Thackeray, William Makepeace The Virginians n/d S.V. Taylor
Thomas, Dorothy Ma Jeeter's Girls 1933 illegible
Thompson, Sylvia The Battle of the Horizons 1928 Christmas 1929, C.M.C.
Thurston, Katherine Cecil The Gambler 1905 I Wish Mother a Merry Christmas, Willa Christmas 1910
Town, Mr.  The Connoisseur, vol. 1 1793 n/a
Town, Mr. The Connoisseur, vol. 2 1793 n/a
Town, Mr. The Connoisseur, vol. 3 1793 n/a
Town, Mr. The Connoisseur, vol. 4 1793 n/a
Treverlyan, G.M. History of England, vol. 1 1953 n/a
Tupper, Martin Farquhar   1851  
Tyndale, Troilus Hilgard Don Cosme: A Romance of the South   Chas. Cather
Upham, Thomas C. Abridgement of Mental Philosophy 1873 Private Library Willie Cather Number 5 (sticker); No. 98 Willie Cather Willa Cather
Valdes, A. Palacio The Joy of Captain Ribot 1900 Willa Sibert Cather
Van Dyke, Henry "Even Unto Bethlehem": The Story of Christmas 1928 Wishing Bessie A Merry Christmas, Willa
Venable, Emerson The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution 1912 n/a
Verne, Jules Five Weeks in a Balloon n/d n/a
Verne, Jules Michael Strogoff the Courier of the Czar n/d Grandma from Willa Xmas 88
Voynich, E.L. The Gadfly 1897 Merry Christmas to Mother, Willa
Wallace, Lew The Fair God 1887 Cather; Mrs. C.F. Cather
Walters, L.D.O. The Year's at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry 1920 To Elaine with much love for Christmas 1925, from Elizabeth A.
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Marcella, vol. 1 1894 n/a
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Robert Elsmere n/d n/a
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey The History of David Grieve 1892 Willa Cather
Warman, Cy Snow on the Headlight 1899 n/a
Weihofen, Henry The Urge to Punish 1956 n/a
Wetherell, Elizabeth The Wide, Wide World 1892 n/a
Weyman, Stanley J. The Man in Black n/d n/a
Wheeler, Ella Maurine and Other Poems 1888 n/a
White, William Allen In Our Town 1906 Sticker, Apr. 10, 1906:
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS BOOK FROM MR. S.S. McCLURE'S ROOM
Wickham, Anna The Contemplative Quarry 1921 To Willa Cather with the open admiration of _____________ August 1921
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Rose O' the River 1905 To Mother from Roscoe
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Susanna and Sue 1909 With a heart-full of love to _____ at Christmas Time. Willa 1917
Williams, Charles Richard Selections from Lucian 1892 W. Cather State University, Lincoln Neb. April 1893
Williamson, C.N. and A.M. The Guests of Hercules 1912 Wishing Bessie a Happy Christmas. Willa December 1915
Williamson, C.N. and A.M. Lady Betty Across the Water 1907 Cather
Williamson, C.N. and A.M. Set in Silver 1909 Cather
Wilson, Augusta Evans Infelice: A Novel 1876 n/a
Wilson, Margaret The Able McLaughlins 1923 Mrs. C.F. Cather, Red Cloud Nebr.
Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation 1874 Sticker: J.F. Curran Private Library Number 44.
Second sticker reads: W. Cather Jr.
Winter, William Gray Days and Gold 1894 n/a
Wister, Owen Lady Baltimore 1906 Wishing Mother a very Merry Christmas. Willa 1907
Wister, Owen The Virginian 1904 To Auntie Sister from Willa Cather Christmas 1912
Wooley, Edwin Handbook of Compositions 1907 ________
Worster, W.W. Guest the One-Eyed 1922 Try to find time to read this, Bobby, you'll like it. Willa Xmas 1923; Elsie M. Cather
Young, Francis Brett Cold Harbour 1925 For Bessie Seymour 40 William Anderson Bladen Nebraska
Young, Francis Brett Pilgrim's Rest 1923 n/a
Zangwill, Israel The Melting Pot 1911 _______________
_______________

 

Southwick Paper Collection

Date range: 1894-1998

Bulk dates: 1905-1945

Finding Aid created by Nolan Bennet, 2023
Copyright: National Willa Cather Center

Extent: One box plus oversized items

Abstract: The Southwick Paper Collection contains original and facsimile Willa Cather letters and correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, and serial publication clippings.

Language: The material is in English and French

Access and Use: No restrictions on access; users should acquaint themselves with copyright restrictions for later publications.

Acquisition Information: This collection was donated by the Southwick family, who inherited the material through Cather's niece, Helen Cather Southwick.

Access Restrictions: The record group is open to research.

Cite as: [item #], Southwick Paper Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

Subjects:

  • Manuscripts
  • Cather Correspondence
  • Willa Cather personal effects
  • Short Stories
  • Poetry
  • Magazine Publications

Related Materials: 

  • Southwick Rare Book Collection
  • Betty Kort Collection
  • Southwick Family Collections

Copyright: Copyright remains with the National Willa Cather Center unless it has been retained by the original creators or publishers; publication may be restricted in those cases, and those seeking publication of copyrighted materials should consult a copyright database or consult their institution or publisher for assistance.

Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date
Magazine and Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F01 1931 Time Magazine Original Publication and Letter to Mary Virginia (Copy) Time Magazine and Willa Cather August 1931
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F02 Miscellaneous Letters to Cather (Copies)   1913-1941
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F03 Rose Rosicky Letter to Willa Cather (Original and Copies) Rose Rosicky 1926
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F04 Shadows on the Rock Typescript (Copy pp. 47-72 199-200)    
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F05 Lucy Gayheart Typescript (Copy pp. 22-118)    
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F06 "Enchanted Bluff" Original Publication Willa Cather in Harper's Monthly Magazine 1909
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F07 The Professor's House Typescript (Copy pp. 1-22)    
Stationery Tx-50-4000-F08 Willa Cather 1973 Commemorative Stamps and Postcards   1973
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F09 "The Willing Muse" Original Publication Willa Cather in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine August 1907
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F10 "Her Boss" Original Publication Willa Cather in Smart Set October 1919
Publication Tx-50-4000-F11 "My First Novels [there were two]" Publication Willa Cather for The Colophon  
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F12 "Three American Singers" Original Publication (Incomplete pp. 41-48) Willa Cather in McClure's Magazine December 1913
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F13 "Plays of Real Life" Original Publication Willa Cather in McClure's Magazine March 1913
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F14 "Joseph and His Brothers" Typescript (Copy)    
Publication and Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F15 "Willa Cather" in Sewanee Review and letter to Willa Cather George L. White Jr. January 1942
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F16 Letters to Willa Cather from Knopf Publishing (Copies)   1926-1947
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F17 "El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional" Original Publication Willa Cather in New England Magazine June 1901
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F18 "A Death in the Desert" Original Publication Willa Cather in Scribner's Magazine January 1903
Clipping Tx-50-4000-F19 Article on Willa Cather The Chicago Daily News March1919
Stationery Tx-50-4000-F20 Willa Cather's Stationery    
Magazine Publication and Document Tx-50-4000-F21 "Jack-a-Boy" Original publication and Payslip Willa Cather in The Saturday Evening Post March 1901
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F22 "Two Friends" Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F23 "The Pilgrim" Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F24 148 Charles Street Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Clipping Tx-50-4000-F25 "The Novel Démeublé" Clipping with Edits (Copy) Willa Cather  
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F26 "Behind the Singer Tower" Original Publication Willa Cather in Collier's May 1912
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F27 "The Sweated Drama" Original Publication Willa Cather in McClure's Magazine January 1915
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F28 Correspondence about Cather Letters (Copy) Helen Cather Sherwood December 1983
Clipping Tx-50-4000-F29 G. P. Cather Obituary   1918
Document Tx-50-4000-F30 "Letters of the Class of '70 Mt. Holyoke Seminary" (Copy) Franc Cather 1874
Article Tx-50-4000-F31 Introduction to One of Ours Toho University Goichi Fukui 1979
Article Tx-50-4000-F32 "Remembering Willa Cather" in Woman's Press Lorna R. R. Birtwell November 1948
Document Tx-50-4000-F33 Checks for Anna Sadilek Pavelka from Willa Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1943-1946
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F34 Letter to James (Jim) Cather (Copy) Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F35 Letter to Roscoe Cather (Copy) Willa Cather June 1935
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F36 Letter to Charles F. Cather (Copy) S. S. McClure December 1906
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F37 Letters to Charles F. Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1906-1918
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F38 Letters to Elsie (Bobbie) Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1907-1941
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F39 Letters to Douglass Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1916
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F40 Letters to Mary Virginia Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1914-1930
Newspaper Tx-50-4000-F41 "An Old River Metropolis" Original Publication in Nebraska State Journal Willa Cather August 1894
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F42 Letter to Helen Cather Southwick Susan A. Hallgarth December 1991
Newspapers and Clippings Tx-50-4000-F43 Various Newspaper Articles Mentioning Willa Cather After 1947   1947-1998
Newspapers and Clippings Tx-50-4000-F44 Various Newspaper Articles Mentioning Willa Cather Before 1947   1921-1944
Clippings Tx-50-4000-F45 Various Clippings Not Related to Willa Cather    
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F46 Letters to Helen Cather Southwick Sue Rosowski  
Newspapers and Clippings Tx-50-4000-F47 Various Newspaper Articles About Alfred A. Knopf   1948-1983
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F48 Alfred A. Knopf on Willa Cather Typescript (Copy) Alfred A. Knopf  
Document Tx-50-4000-F49 Memo for Editorial Department at Knopf Publishing on Willa Cather   March 1929
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F50 Letters to Charles E. Cather from Knopf Publishing (Copies)   1995-1996
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F51 "My Aunt Willie!" (Copy) Helen Cather Southwick  
Document Tx-50-4000-F52 The Song of the Lark Promotional Booklet    
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F53 Letters Between Edward H. Dodd and Alfred A. Knopf (Copies) Alfred A. Knopf and Edward H. Dodd 1956
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F54 "Miss Jewett" Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F55 "On Cyndus" Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F56 "Before Breakfast" Typescript (Copy) Willa Cather  
Manuscript Tx-50-4000-F57 "Willa Cather" Original Typescript Published in The Hudson Review William Stafford 1958
Medical Document Tx-50-4000-F58 Prescription Slip Dr. Patterson  
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F59 McClure's Magazine Includes Chapters IV-VII of Alexander's Masquerade by Willa Cather Willa Cather March 1912
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F60 "The Bohemian Girl" Original Publication in McClures Magazine Willa Cather August 1912
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F61 "Wireless Boys Who Went Down with Their Ships" Original Publication in Every Week (Incomplete Copy) Willa Cather August 1915
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F62 Original Publications of Poems that Appear in April Twilights Willa Cather  
Magazine Publication Tx-50-4000-F63 Original Publications of Various Poems Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F64 Letter to Mary Virginia Cather (Copy) Jessica Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F65 Letters to Helen Louse (Copies) Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F66 Letters to Anna Sadilek Pavelka (Copies) Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F67 Letters from Edith Lewis (Copies) Edith Lewis  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F68 Letters to Edith Lewis (Copies)    
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F69 Letters to Willa Cather (Copies) Charles F. Cather 1918-1923
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F70 Letters to Willa Cather (Copies) Leon Bakst 1923
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F71 Letters to Glendinning Keeble (Copies) Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F72 Letters to Harrison Blaine (Copies) Willa Cather  
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F73 Letters to George and Eleanor Austermann (Copies) Willa Cather 1933-1947
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F74 Miscellaneous Letters from Willa Cather (Copies) Willa Cather 1989-1943
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F75 Original Telegram to Douglas Cather Willa Cather January 1932
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F76 Miscellaneous Original Letters to Willa Cather    
Correspondence Tx-50-4000-F77 Partial Letters Unknown Recipients (Copies) Willa Cather  
Documents Tx-50-4000-F78 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Willa Cather    
Stationery Tx-50-4000-F79 Envelopes to and From Willa Cather    
Manuscripts Tx-50-4000-F80 Typescripts of Unknown Publication Poems (Originals and Copies) Willa Cather