Newberry Library - Benjamin D. Hitz - Willa Cather papers [box 01], 1913-1949

Title Benjamin D. Hitz - Willa Cather papers [box 01], 1913-1949

Date Created 1913-1949

Subjects Book collectors, Booksellers and bookselling

Summary Chiefly correspondence of Benjamin D. Hitz with librarians, booksellers, experts, and friends of Willa Cather relating to Hitz's search for information about Willa Cather and for first editions of her work. Also a small collection of incoming and outgoing Willa Cather correspondence (including twelve original Cather letters) and biographical, bibliographical, and critical notes. Hitz's correspondents include Frederick B. Adams, Jacob Blanck, E.K. Brown, Flora Bullock, Philip C. Duschnes, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, William A. Jackson, Howard S. Mott, and Louise Pound.

Biographical/Historical Note Indiana collector of books and manuscripts, particularly of explorations of the Middle West and the works of Mary Webb and Willa Cather.

Extent .5 cubic ft. (1 box)

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts (Documents)

Archival Collection Title Benjamin D. Hitz-Willa Cather papers

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Midwest MS Hitz-Cather

BibID 169616

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z9UBW9R

Filename 991696168805867_mms_hitz_cather_bx_1_fl_1

Unique identifier NL111OAP

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