May 12, 2011

U. of Nebraska Receives Major Donation of Willa Cather Material

U. of Nebraska Receives Major Donation of Willa Cather Material 1

Archives and Special Collections, U. of Nebraska at Lincoln

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Archives and Special Collections, U. of Nebraska at Lincoln

Willa Cather

By Ben Wieder

A new collection of Willa Cather documents obtained by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln includes key scenes from the author's final, unpublished novel, "Hard Punishment," that were previously thought to have been destroyed, along with other material that scholars say could provide new insights into the author's work and life.

The collection, which fills four banker's boxes, "contains things that we really didn't think existed," said Guy J. Reynolds, a professor of English at