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Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-

 Person

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 294 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-08-27

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.019
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: 1976-08-27

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-09-07

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.021
Scope and Contents

"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..."

Dates: 1976-09-07

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-09-15

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.024
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: 1976-09-15

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-09-27

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.2.2.027
Scope and Contents

"I'm enclosing my cheque for $4,275.00 in payment of the manuscripts that we sold to the University of Tulsa. In reference to your letters of 16th September I'm afraid that I really couldn't go along with your suggestion. Although the dealer you mention is well known to me and we have friendly relations, we still are competitors and I don't think that such a solution would work out."

Dates: 1976-09-27

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-11-08

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.005
Scope and Contents

"I was pleased to hear of Mr. Clark's reactions to my comments on your bibliography. I realize that there is a great deal of work involved in his project, a great amount of detail."

Dates: 1976-11-08

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-11-18

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.007
Scope and Contents

"I'm delighted to hear that Mr. Clark is going to send you a specimenentry for the bibliography. Could I see it? Do you think that he'd mind? If you would like to send me manuscripts occasionally I can keep them here for you."

Dates: 1976-11-18

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1976-12-01

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.010
Scope and Contents

"How about Majorcan Stories? That's simple and we can always give a little detail in a sub-title, if necessary. If I remember correctly, you have photostats of the Majorcan Stories. Will you send them to me so I can copy them here?"

Dates: 1976-12-01

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1977-01-23

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.014
Scope and Contents

"As I mentioned in the phone I delayed writing until I could look at the typescripts in the Berg Collection. I've now estimated a total number of about 74,000 words. There wasn't any time at the Berg, however, to actually study the typescripts so I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask you to send me some copies."

Dates: 1977-01-23

Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1977-02-14

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.016
Scope and Contents

"This is just a short note to let you know that your two packages, the photostats and the Chelsea galleys, have both arrived."

Dates: 1977-02-14

Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1977-02-23

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1976.004.2.3.019
Scope and Contents

"Your last package of manuscripts has just arrived. We've just finished reading through the manuscripts that we've been considering for publication and we're very interested in doing The Word Woman seperately."

Dates: 1977-02-23

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