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313 E. Ninth street Topeka April 22 1947 Mr. Jack Conroy 6012 S. Green St., Chi. 21 Dear Mr. Conroy: My date of 1947 was wrong. The first time the Ballad of Kansas City was printed was some 21 years previously. You have my permission to print it under that name and edit it to suit your requirements.... I had intended to send you several similar Ballads such as "Mark Twain," "John L. Sullivan," "The Roosevelts," and some selections from the Great AMERICAN ASS, but I was called back to work at the Hotel Kansan here, and my hours are so long and laborious that I cannot even send you the copy of underlined: The Great American Ass. It is not in my hands, but is lent to a newspaper woman who seems to be writing a magazine article about me. underlined: Biographical notes b. Wilber, Neb. Sept 6. 1881. At that time Willa Cather was an 8-year-old girl from Virginia in Wilber, a Bohemian center. Grad. Kas. Uni. 1904. Columnist on K.C. Star till 1912. [[underlined: " AN ARKANSAS MAN ON BROADWAY" 1912-1914. Hillbilly humor in N.Y. Evening MAIL. Tis was the first of the " - - - ON Broadway" Columns. In 1922 Brentanos published my