Smith, Louisa to Julia Briggs, 1984-12-16

"Dear Julia, A new address, a new situation, and a highly desirable setting all around. I'm back in Minnesota after a shakey year in Illinois. I now have the doctorate and a full-time position at Mankato State University in an English department, highly unusual for a person in children's literature. With the thesis out of the day, and what an albatross -- Coleridge was right -- it was, I'm back working on the Millar material. In fact, I just received notice of several books to be paid for which I took a chance and ordered..."