Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-
Dates
- Existence: 1929
Biography
J. Howard Woolmer was born in Montreal in 1929. He moved to New York City in 1958, where he began a career as a professional bookseller in the early 1960s.
Found in 304 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-04-13
"In regard to the book that we proposed I must make clear that there is no hurry involved."
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"You asked about the Leaves. I should have told you this long ago but sometimes I feel a bit secretive about my projects. I recently compiled a Checklist of the Hogarth Press..."
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"In regard to the University of Tulsa. They have specialized in buying author collections in the field of twentieth century literature..."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-05-25
"When I was in Tulsa I went over their holdings of Laura Riding material and am listing below a short inventory from my notes."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-06-11
"The person to write to at Tulsa is Guy Logsdon, Librarian, McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla. 74104."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-06-22
"I didn't make a photostat of the stories that we sold to the Berg Collection as I didn't feel that extra copies should be floating around. This didn't seem fair to the Berg or yourself. As a result I don't know how many words are involved."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-07-08
"Thank you for your two letters of 27th and 28th of June and for the package of manuscripts that also arrived safely. Thank you also for the two photographs which are delightful."
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"In regard to The Word Woman book, I estimate that the material we already have, that is, not including your commentary, would run to probably 225 pages..."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-07-27
"I'm sorry that I was confused about which mss you were referring to. I've now located the section and transcribe it below-."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-08-13
"I've just heard that Tulsa has requested funds to buy the manuscripts that I offered to them. There is no gurantee that funds will be granted, however, but I am hopeful that purchase will be effected."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-08-27
"I spoke to Guy Logsdon this afternoon and he assures me that the Laura Riding Jackson collection is being kept seperate (and shelved seperately) from the Graves collection. The two books you mentioned, Survey of Modernist Poetry and the Pamphlet Against Anthologies belong to the Jackson collection and will be cross-referenced to the Graves collection."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-09-07
"I sent the letter off to the AB; it covers the situation well, I think. I certainly expect them to publish it. The figures of $3,250 included the $500 for Susan Morris. In other words the three collections amounted to..."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-09-15
"I can only guess about the size of Alan Clark's Bibliography but would certainly expect it to be a full size book. Something in excess of 200 pages I would imagine. We would certainly consider publishing it in this form if he would like us to do it."
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- Paris (France) -- Intellectual life. 1
- Poetry bookshop collection. 1
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- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Smith, Logan Pearsall. 1
- Special Collections -- Ephemera -- Fitzgerald, F. Scott. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Drabble, Margaret. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Gordon, Caroline. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Jackson, Laura R. 1
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- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Tate, Allen. 1
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