Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-

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"Thought came to me suddenly as to the carbon copy that is in Alan Clark's hands, of the first revision of Rational Meaning - or.. it is an exact replica of what U. of Tulsa will be having as the same paper extracted..."

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"A kind word came from Mr. Logsdon as to the particular little gift - as you know I have responded to this. I have a thought: I would be willing for U. of Tulsa Library to have the carbon copies of the ms. of the latter part of Rational Meaning at this time..."

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"This is just a brief word on the Cooper's Thesaurus book. I have been hesitating as to sending it to you, thinking I had better be sure of your movements before I do."

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"Your report of the copies of The Telling makes a restful conclusion, for me.--I am mindful of the matter of accounts, as to this. I need only to break off at some point in my work on material for the Chelsea issue. I have had to move the limit-line for that to January's end."

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"Thank you for your covering of matters with which I have presented you, in your letter. And for your very kind offer of assistance in the matter of my presentation of the Stein letters to Cornell V. Library - made in our telephone talk."

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"I shall be thining of the proposal you made in your letter as to a limited, signed, edition of the material sold to the Berg collection:..."

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"Yes, we would like to receive that line, if for no other reason, for locating the mss. she might mention."

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"I think I should answer your last letter because it was I who originally suggested the possibility of publishing the manuscripts that Mr. Woolmer sold for you to the Berg Collection. I saw them briefly as they passed through here, and I liked the bit that I read. But it was after they were gone that we began to discuss the idea of publication--and we then no longer had access to the material."

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"The want-list as you have it is, yes, essentially of items required (though not necessarily affordable!) to complete my collection. Which leaves its bibliographical relevance unclear, as a comment from Mrs. Jackson has already made me see. So far as compilation of the bibliography is concerned, no item on the wants-list need hold us up, so long as we can locate an examinable copy of it somewhere, in dust-wrapper if called for."

Scope and Contents Letter 1, Jacobs to Woolmer: "We, my wife and I, are most grateful to you, Mr. Woolmer, for your kindness in your offer to us, through Mrs. Laura (Riding) Jackson, of possible assistance to us in our attempt to establish a living for ourselves in the second-hand book business. Your voluntering to help where there is a feasible way of helping is extraordinarily kind, and we thank you for it. It is good to have the friendship of Mrs. Jackson, and good to have the acquaintance of her friends...

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"I'm sorting some more ms material. I have found these pages, which cover parts of the book on language- pages from the first typed version, with revision material some of it is new ms. draft."