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Light, James (Jim), (includes photographs), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1956-1989

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Title Light, James (Jim), (includes photographs), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1956-1989

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n.d., 1956-1989

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Light, Jim [1983]
Southern Illinois University
CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS 62901
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
June 4
Dear Jack:
Just as note to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing you + visiting Moberly on Jack Conroy day. I wish I'd known exactly what I was supposed to do on that panel prior to sitting down, so I could have done more than talk off the top of my head — maybe even have said something intelligent — but as your old friend Archie says, "toujour gai, toujor gai." I wish also that I'd been able to stay for "Banjo Dancing," but I just had to get back in Carbondale the next morning to discuss with the President here, a lad named Sumit, the need for our Russian program — a fairly costly program that he'd like to destroy. In any case I truly enjoyed seeing you, more than I can say, + I hope to see you again + again + again before our last shirts wear out.
All goes much the same as usual here in Carbondale. A couple of weeks ago I wandered to the local race track to squander my substance + what should strike my eye in the first race but a horse called Hy Jamie. A miracle I thought — but then to check the validity of the miracle I scanned the racing form and of course concluded that I couldn't believe in this miracle because the facts implied it

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 17 Folder 902

BibID nan

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL1BZDY

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