Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-

"It appears that Dr. Monti is not going to be able to afford to purchase any manuscript material: as a matter of fact she had to postpone the purchase of Two Leaves until July." "I had a visit several weeks ago from Penelope Fitzgerald, and English novelist. Her last novel, Offshore, a very good one, won the Booker Prize..."

"Thanks for your letter of 10 July concerning the discovery of your unpublished poems. I'm delighted that these were located and that they have gone to the Berg Collection."

"I have not heard from Dr. Monti so have to assume that she does not have the funds to purchase the Two Leaves."

"In regard to the book that we proposed I must make clear that there is no hurry involved." ...

"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..." ...

"In regard to the University of Tulsa. They have specialized in buying author collections in the field of twentieth century literature..."

"When I was in Tulsa I went over their holdings of Laura Riding material and am listing below a short inventory from my notes."

"The person to write to at Tulsa is Guy Logsdon, Librarian, McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla. 74104."

"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."

"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..."

"I'm sorry that I was confused about which mss you were referring to. I've now located the section and transcribe it below-."

"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."