Box 2

"When I was in Tulsa I went over their holdings of Laura Riding material and am listing below a short inventory from my notes."

"Your word as to rights in the proposed limited edition is a considerate, and generous, one indeed. You will tell me, some time, what your thinking is as to length, in relation to my sense of need of later-time commentary?"

"The person to write to at Tulsa is Guy Logsdon, Librarian, McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla. 74104."

"I shall indeed be writing to Guy Logsdon: the information as to what is there will interest me, and be useful to bibliographer Alan Clark (hard at work here, just now- he goes to Cornell next week for study of the collection there)."

"I think I did not refer to the matter of manuscripts in my last letter to you. I have had to interrupt sorting of paper for a selection of material for sending to you..."

"I didn't make a photostat of the stories that we sold to the Berg Collection as I didn't feel that extra copies should be floating around. This didn't seem fair to the Berg or yourself. As a result I don't know how many words are involved."

This item was part of a later acquisition from J. Howard Woolmer.

This letter is unsigned, but presumed to be written by Laura Jackson based on the content of the letter.

"I have opened the envelope to tell you that I put together ... a .... of ms. for your selling for me as you may find feasible."

"Thank you for your two letters of 27th and 28th of June and for the package of manuscripts that also arrived safely. Thank you also for the two photographs which are delightful."

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"In regard to The Word Woman book, I estimate that the material we already have, that is, not including your commentary, would run to probably 225 pages..."

"As I wrote to you, I am, litt[l]e by little, sorting work-papers and xxx.ms. accumulations - I could fill out what I sent to you (my portion of it, as distinct from that of Susan Morris), with somewhat more just now, if you like. Anyhow, after a further exploring in these things, of immediate days, I set aside for sending you the manuscript of a long piece of writing of the title 'Twentieth Century Literary Individualism'."