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Newly donated letters excite Cather scholars.

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From: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
Date: 20070125
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Byline: Matthew Hansen

Jan. 25--LINCOLN -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln now holds the largest collection of Willa Cather's private letters after a recent gift to the school.

Newly donated correspondence -- nearly 400 letters the famed Nebraska author wrote to her brother and sister-in-law -- should allow experts to unearth previously hidden details of Cather's writing and life, two scholars said Wednesday.

A preliminary look at the letters suggests that Cather trusted her brother's literary chops, said Andrew Jewell, editor of UNL's Willa Cather Archive.

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