Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The collection consists almost entirely of letters written by Willa Cather. Most of the outgoing correspondence is letters and cards to Irene Miner Weisz dating from 1912 to 1946, a number of which reveal much about the author's health and her writing. Other outgoing correspondence consists of letters from Cather to Mary Miner Creighton, Carrie Miner Sherwood, and a few other friends. Also, four incoming letters addressed to Cather (one from Sigrid Undset about conditions in Norway after...