Viola Roseboro’ isn’t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes role in the careers of a lot of American writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shaping what’s thought of as the American literary canon. 

Research:
“4 New Features.” Washington D.C. Evening Star. 4/29/2013. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1913-04-29/ed-1/?sp=10&r=-0.115,-0.055,1.648,0.596,0
Dykeman, Wilma. “Tennessee Women: An Infinite Variety.” Newport. Wakestone Books. 1993.
Gorton, Stephanie. “The Strange, Forgotten Life of Viola Roseboro’.” The Paris Review. 2/24/2020. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/24/the-strange-forgotten-life-of-viola-roseboro/
Gregorie, Anne King. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Apr., 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566059
Howell, Isabel. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp, a Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, December, 1956. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42621315
McClure, S. S. “My Autobiography.” London: J. Murray. 1914. https://archive.org/details/myautobiography00mcclrich/
New York Times. “VIOLA ROSEBORO', FICTION EDITOR, 87; Former McClure's, Collier's Executive Dies--Helped O. Henry Get Start Bought Tarkington Stories Praised by Will Irwin.” 1/30/1945. https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/30/archives/viola-roseboro-fiction-editor-87-former-mcclures-colliers-executive.html
Osborn, Scott C. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2954261
“Person Annotations.” From “#0088: Transcription of Letter from Willa Cather to Viola Roseboro', June 14 [1903].” The Complete Letters of Willa Cather. Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0088#ref001
Robinson, Phyllis C. “Willa: The Life of Willa Cather.” New York. Doubleday. 1983.
Roseboro, Viola. “Begging as an Avocation.” New York World. 12/11/1887. Via New York University “Undercover Reporting.” https://undercover.hosting.nyu.edu/s/undercover-reporting/item/13733
A. W.. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring,1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40189490
Schmalhofer, Stephen. “The Making of My Ántonia.” First Things. 12/17/2018. https://firstthings.com/the-making-of-my-ntonia/
Schmalhofer, Stephen. “Viola Roseboro’s literary garden.” The New Criterion. 12/12/2018. https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/viola-roseboros-literary-garden-10164/
Skaggs, Merrill M. “Viola Roseboro': A Prototype for Cather's ‘My Mortal Enemy’.” The Mississippi Quarterly , Winter 2000-01, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Winter 2000-01). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26476820
Skaggs, Merrill Maguire. “Willa Cather's New York: New Essays on Cather in the City.” Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2000.
Tarbell, Ida M. “All In The Day S Work An Autobiography.” The Macmillan Company. 1939. https://archive.org/details/allinthedayswork010810mbp/
The Georgia Historical Quarterly. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of Nenx Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro'. Two volumes in one by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Vol. 40, No. 2 (June, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40577676
Adkins, Gilbert R. “Two Daughters of Tennessee.” Franklin County Historical Review. 1986: XVII:1, 30-42.
Johanningsmeier, Charles. “Unmasking Willa Cather's ‘Mortal Enemy.’” Cather Studies. Vol. 5. https://cather.unl.edu/scholarship/catherstudies/5/cs005.johanningsmeier
Williams, Jay. “Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902.” University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Project MUSE. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/35026.

Viola Roseboro&rsquo; isn&rsquo;t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes role in the careers of a lot of American writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shaping what&rsquo;s thought of as the American literary canon.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;4 New Features.&rdquo; Washington D.C. Evening Star. 4/29/2013. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1913-04-29/ed-1/?sp=10&amp;r=-0.115,-0.055,1.648,0.596,0</li>
<li>Dykeman, Wilma. &ldquo;Tennessee Women: An Infinite Variety.&rdquo; Newport. Wakestone Books. 1993.</li>
<li>Gorton, Stephanie. &ldquo;The Strange, Forgotten Life of Viola Roseboro&rsquo;.&rdquo; The Paris Review. 2/24/2020. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/24/the-strange-forgotten-life-of-viola-roseboro/</li>
<li>Gregorie, Anne King. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Apr., 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566059</li>
<li>Howell, Isabel. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp, a Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, December, 1956. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42621315</li>
<li>McClure, S. S. &ldquo;My Autobiography.&rdquo; London: J. Murray. 1914. https://archive.org/details/myautobiography00mcclrich/</li>
<li>New York Times. &ldquo;VIOLA ROSEBORO', FICTION EDITOR, 87; Former McClure's, Collier's Executive Dies--Helped O. Henry Get Start Bought Tarkington Stories Praised by Will Irwin.&rdquo; 1/30/1945. https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/30/archives/viola-roseboro-fiction-editor-87-former-mcclures-colliers-executive.html</li>
<li>Osborn, Scott C. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2954261</li>
<li>&ldquo;Person Annotations.&rdquo; From &ldquo;#0088: Transcription of Letter from Willa Cather to Viola Roseboro', June 14 [1903].&rdquo; The Complete Letters of Willa Cather. Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska&ndash;Lincoln. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0088#ref001</li>
<li>Robinson, Phyllis C. &ldquo;Willa: The Life of Willa Cather.&rdquo; New York. Doubleday. 1983.</li>
<li>Roseboro, Viola. &ldquo;Begging as an Avocation.&rdquo; New York World. 12/11/1887. Via New York University &ldquo;Undercover Reporting.&rdquo; https://undercover.hosting.nyu.edu/s/undercover-reporting/item/13733</li>
<li>A. W.. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring,1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40189490</li>
<li>Schmalhofer, Stephen. &ldquo;The Making of My &Aacute;ntonia.&rdquo; First Things. 12/17/2018. https://firstthings.com/the-making-of-my-ntonia/</li>
<li>Schmalhofer, Stephen. &ldquo;Viola Roseboro&rsquo;s literary garden.&rdquo; The New Criterion. 12/12/2018. https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/viola-roseboros-literary-garden-10164/</li>
<li>Skaggs, Merrill M. &ldquo;Viola Roseboro': A Prototype for Cather's &lsquo;My Mortal Enemy&rsquo;.&rdquo; The Mississippi Quarterly , Winter 2000-01, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Winter 2000-01). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26476820</li>
<li>Skaggs, Merrill Maguire. &ldquo;Willa Cather's New York: New Essays on Cather in the City.&rdquo; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2000.</li>
<li>Tarbell, Ida M. &ldquo;All In The Day S Work An Autobiography.&rdquo; The Macmillan Company. 1939. https://archive.org/details/allinthedayswork010810mbp/</li>
<li>The Georgia Historical Quarterly. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of Nenx Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro'. Two volumes in one by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Vol. 40, No. 2 (June, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40577676</li>
<li>Adkins, Gilbert R. &ldquo;Two Daughters of Tennessee.&rdquo; Franklin County Historical Review. 1986: XVII:1, 30-42.</li>
<li>Johanningsmeier, Charles. &ldquo;Unmasking Willa Cather's &lsquo;Mortal Enemy.&rsquo;&rdquo; Cather Studies. Vol. 5. https://cather.unl.edu/scholarship/catherstudies/5/cs005.johanningsmeier</li>
<li>Williams, Jay. &ldquo;Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902.&rdquo; University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Project MUSE. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/35026.</li>
</ul>

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