[Autograph letter signed [1907?], and typed letter, with appended autograph note, signed, April 11, 1941, to Viola Roseboro']. [1907]-1941.

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[Autograph letter signed [1907?], and typed letter, with appended autograph note, signed, April 11, 1941, to Viola Roseboro']. [1907]-1941.

Cather's A.L.s describes her current crisis at McClure's over the publication of her story "The profile"; her T.L.s refers to Oliver Wendell Holmes, and incorporates her typed copies of 2 letters from him about her work, one written to her (Mar. 24, 1931) and the other to Ferris Greenslet (July 25, 1930); included also is a revised ms. in 2 unidentified hands (possibly of Cather and Roseboro) of the poem, "Two lovers" ([2] p.).

[10] p. ; 27 cm.

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Roseboro', Viola

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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-2001

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Greenslet, Ferris, 1875-1959

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