Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

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"Thinking of what you wrote as to Dr. Monti, and the two Leaves I find myself remembering the time set for her decision or the Library's capability as being June, rather than May. At any rate., you will by now, or soon, have had some word from her indicating what possibilities she has found, if any, for acquiring something from you of mine, whether the Leaves, or the Leaves plus something more."

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"As to letters: I deposit all mine at Cornell, under restricted status, no access except by my permission, and, then, the permission of the literary executorship for the period of duration of that. If you have letters that you keep in your own store-places, it would be, as I think, a help towards the growth of a general sense of consideration for the writers of letters that a consition be attached to the handling of them after your death..."

Scope and Contents "I want you to be among the first to know of a quite extraordinary development in my 'archival' course of things. Mr. Mathias, who came into acquaintance with a friend of mine, my friend since her and my college days at Cornell, she helping him with recollection of some biographical pertinence, had put into his hands by her discovery she had recently made of a bundle of material, in a barn on her country place long used as a guest-house and store-place, which proved to be a sizable...

Scope and Contents "I go straightway to comment on what you have written on my report to you in the matter of developments as to the early-poems material of mine recently found by an old friend in her existing household possessions.Your initial response to my telephone speaking with you on the matter, before you had my long letter, to the effect that you should have had the handling of the material, this stated in a tone indicating, as I heard it, resentment as of injury inflicted on you, I put to one side in...

Scope and Contents "Your neglect of making response to what I, in two letters in which I took great care to set before you the facts on matters in which you were, in my judgement, taking a stand impulsively disregardful of the facts, and, certainly, as I know the facts and ought to expect respect for my assurances as to them, contentiously unfair in the insinuation as to Mr. Mathias's and my relations, leave me no course but that of considering your and my relations suspended until you face what I have set...

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"I have to-day received the two Leaves, in good condition, they. I thank you for the care taken with wrapping them and mailing them as insured. I am enclosing my check, for covering the mailing expenses."

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"I am grateful for your responsiveness to my telephone inquiry, and for the word as to the Stein letters already on the way to me. The C.P.A whom I am consulting found that I had no need of claiming credit for the gift of the letters, but judged that if the fact and value of the gift were put on record it would have future use in income tax return assessings."

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"This is something along the way to tell you that I have been looking into the long incomplete piece of writing The Word 'Woman' of the recovered manuscripts, and decided that I could find justification for presenting it as a stage of importance in the development of my though concerning 'woman', and Divinity, ideas of Divinity."

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"I am expecting to be called on by Mr. Moran next week, he having received the appraisal communication from you, and done his work of translating my records left with him into the best possible return-report from the point of view of my interest."

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"For the moment, in immediate mark of my feeling, I am sending you a rough script copy that I made for my records (I now have the text in typed form) of a little message I wrote to someone."

Scope and Contents "I shall speak first of the appraisal matter: Complications for attention arose for me from the C.P.A.'s procedures towards procuring for me a self-employment status that could yield me some income..."..."My thought as to t[h]e Leaves was, just, what I said - I had in mind only a fact of your investing in them, and this wondering whether you had had satisfactory business results from the investment."..."As to your word about Ellsworth Mason's...