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"I think that I mentioned when I was in Tulsa that Laura Riding wanted a listing of the Riding material in the Tulsa collections. I sent her a list of the books, but she is interested in learning whether or not there are any manuscripts."

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"For my own general knowledge, and unto bibliographical needs, and also for assistance to the person I have authorized to make a bibliography of my writings, I request of you information as to what you have of manuscript material of mine, and some account of the proce[d]ure I should have to folow for the procuring of copies that I might feel I ought to see."

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"We are happy to cooperative with you and to assist you in any way possible. The two collections were purchased from Ellsworth Mason; possibly you are familiar with the collections."

"...The Laura Riding Jackson material is as follows:"

Scope and Contents "For what you have written on Graves material held by you I thank you in particular. I know nothing of these materials. There is never any telling with Graves material, whatever the date of it, as to possibilities of concotions of involved invidious intent in my regard."...."As to your particular holdings of mine: will you, please, tell me. approximately, what your charges will be for making and sending to me photocopies of of certain items which I shall specify...

Scope and Contents "I have now decided on what, of your collection of ms. material originating with me, it may be useful for me to see, in copy. The first three items on the list you sent to me I need not call for..."...."I hope you will excuse my requesting word as to the charges for copies of the letter to H. Wolfe, and the 8 letters to Mr. Cohen and Mr. Burnshaw, and the 8 to Mr. Mendelson, and the single letter to Mr. Woolmer, before asking you to have these made, and sent to...

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"I have found, in chance second looking at a letter from Mr. J. Howard Woolmer in which he kindly listed book-holdings of yours (books of my authoriship) that I ignored a query set beside the listing of them. I am responding to this query here..."

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"I thank you much, and Mr. Farmer equally, for the kind response to my request for certain xeroxes of ms. material, and the complimentary presentation of these."

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"We do have copies of Survey of Modernist Poetry by Laura Riding and Robert Graves and A Pamphlet Against Anthologies by Laura Riding and Robert Graves."

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"What you have written as to the two crticial collaborations is of course satisfactory. I am sure you will, in all cataloguing of these two, observe the order of authorship - which has been blatantly misrepresented in many quarters critical and biliographical."

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"Your comments about EPilogue are of great value to bibliographers. I am puzzled, however, about No Decency Left."