[Autograph journal of Louise Guerber Burroughs, recounting her first meetings and early friendship with Willa Cather] [1925-1927]

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[Autograph journal of Louise Guerber Burroughs, recounting her first meetings and early friendship with Willa Cather] [1925-1927]

Records the first years of Burroughs's friendship with Willa Cather and her acquaintance with members of Cather's circle, including Edith Lewis, Rudolf Ruzicka and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant. [79] p. of journal entries followed by 2 poems on [7] p.

[86] p. ; 17 cm.

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Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...

Lewis, Edith

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Burroughs, Louise Guerber, 1900-1985.

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Born Ella Louise Guerber in Allentown, Penn., Dec. 4, 1900. Graduated from Cedar Crest College and received a library degree from Columbia University. Beginning in 1923, she worked in the reference dept. at the Denver Public Library, and there met Willa Cather in 1925. Their friendship lasted until Cather's death in 1947. In 1926 she moved to a position at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N.Y. Married Bryson Burroughs, Curator of Paintings at the museum, in 1928. Bryson...

Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley, 1881-1965

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American writer who graduated from Bryn Mawr College (class of 1903). Among her published writings are Willa Cather: A Memoir and Robert Frost: The Trial by Existence. From the description of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant papers, 1949-1964. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 44712504 Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881-1965), author and journalist,wrote for The New Republic and other magazines and published six books,including Fire Under the Andes (1927), Willa Cather: A Mem...

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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American novelist and short-story writer. From the description of Letters, 1926-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494991 Willa Cather was an American novelist and short story writer. From the guide to the Willa Cather literary manuscripts, 1926-1940, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American novelist, journalist, and editor. From the description of Collection, 1908-1963. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research...