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Lafferty to/from Latin Liturgy Assoc. In reference to membership; Mass for Removal of Schism.

Ursula Le Guin to Virginia Kidd (Literary agent). In reference to selection of the novel, Nine Hundred Grandmothers to be included in The Norton Book of Science Fiction.

Negotiations over various Lafferty titles.

Lafferty and Virginia Kidd (Literary agent) to/from Sandra Ley. In reference to Lafferty writing an introduction to “An Assault On Fat Mountain.”

Lafferty to The Library Journal editor. Response to the Journal’s review of The Fall of Rome.

Carbon copy typed short story, and early version taken from the story, “Mater Inventorum,” with handwritten revisions and additions to text, 11p. Completed 15 Aug 1964. Rewritten 12 Dec 1964.

Carbon copy typescript, a second version, 15p. Completed 3 Jun 1967.

Carbon copy typescript, a third version, with handwritten revisions and corrections, 13p.

Memorandum of Agreement with Robert Silverberg/Doubleday & Company granting them permission to include the short story in the anthology, New Dimensions Science Fiction 2. 14 Feb 1971.

Memorandum of Agreement with Robert Silverberg/Pocket Books granting them permission to publish the short story in the anthology, Best From New Dimensions. 6 Apr 1979.

Carbon copy typed short story with handwritten revisions, 20p. Completed 6 Mar 1960.

Carbon copy typescript, a re-working of the 6 Mar 1960 version, with handwritten corrections, 16p; carbon copy typescript of same with handwritten word count. Completed 17 Feb 1984.

See also Series 2: Writings: The Man Who Made Models.

Handwritten and typed novelette with handwritten preliminary notes and word count.

Carbon copy typed, with handwritten corrections, p1-185, and handwritten notes inserted between p120-121; handwritten list of contents and handwritten title page. Completed 29 Nov 1979.