Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

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"I received this today. Have you access, possibly, to a copy of this? It would interest me much if a xerox copy of what is in this volume of bibliopgraphical report on poetic writings of mine could be obtained in that outing..."

Contains a subscription envelope advertising the sale of "Poetry by American Women 1900-1975: A Bibliography" by Joan Reardon and Kristine Thorsen.

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"I am grateful for your acting as to that bibliography - planning to act - and glad that the knowledge of it was useful to you. -- And I thank you for the note about the poem in 'Motion Picture Classic! How that magazine and I got together I cannot figure out!--" "--I meant to write more as to the new edition of Collected Poems! -- I kept my pledge - though with very tight punctuality - to get off the material for the new edition about mid-march -..."

Scope and Contents "I looked for omissions in the check-list of that entry in the Poetry By American Women of which you sent me a copy. -- A first inspection has revealed none to me." "Thanks for the N.Y.T Magazine cutting. There have been three items of interest there, for me. The Eain article on Graves; the Tate interview; and a letter in the Apr. 29 issue of the magazine by a woman attacking Graves for his White Goddess representations of the nature of women, and as a poet all liberated women should abhor,...

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"I have now sent off to you 4 packets of ms. material. There are some additions I did not get included in the packages (very rough script- but of some interest?)."

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"It contented me to know that the bundles of manuscript has come to you. I have been slow in sending thanks, from finding it difficult to keep to all my tasks in such days as we have been having here (abnormally hot for Florida);..."

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"Of course, I shall expect delay in your communications with me: and wait upon a sign from you before I write again.- I thank you for this report of your appraisal of the mss material." "Do you know the Oregon bookseller Charles Seluzicki...? He has written to me indicating interest in first editions..."

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"I am sending you the Leaves & the Civilita delle machine issue today.-- I am still in post-hurricane state. It was a bad one, the worst I have experienced in 36 yrs. here."

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"Thank you for your word as to the ms. material; and as to the Pound Provenca. Of course, I'll go by your judgement as to the latter. I am very grateful in your writing on the Word Woman matter. And for your offer of checking what is in the Berg Collection to examine the typescript."

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"I have thought that I need not indicate to you that libraries that have mss. material of nine acquired through Graves marketings or manipulations of material by personal or comercial agents of Graves, I would not wish to be offered anything of what you take into your care, for me. But the history of those operations is intricate, and the operations do go on, so I am noting what I know of the places..."

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"I am moved to confide to you my feelings on receipt of an invitation from McFarlin Library to attend its rededication."