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Title Ray, David, Judy, and Sapphina, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1968-1989

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n.d., 1968-1989

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription [black and white photo of a typewriter by a window]
Dorland Mountain Colony
Temecula, California
5517 Crestwood Drive, Kansas City, MO. 64110
13 February, 1988
Ray, David
Dear Jack,
We have been saddened to hear about your stroke, but it was good to learn from Doug Wixson that you are recovering. We often think of you, and simply wanted to take Valentine's Day as an appropriate time to tell you that we love you, and we treasure the works you have so generously inscribed in the past. Sapphina also delights in looking back at your books, particularly The Fast Sooner Hound, and the playful drawings and tender wishes for her happiness — she has taken those words seriously, and benefitted greatly from them.
But the main thing is just to say we love you!!
Doug has been in touch about your papers, and there is certainly no need to worry about them — I am sure Doug will find an appropriate place and one that you can give your blessing to. You should not be too selfless in this, of course, as this would be an appropriate source of income to pay for your medical expenses. Whatever some institution gives you, it won't be a fraction of what your fantastic collection of literary treasures is worth. Over the years I was playing with the notion of coming up with some thousands to offer you, with the idea of merging these works with my collection, but I think Doug is pursuing the right course, which is to bestow them outright and create a Jack Conroy room where scholars will devote themselves to an understanding of your immense contribution to our literature. By the way, I have found them well aware of that contribution both in India and in New Zealand and in Australia.
I am still playing with The Disinherited as a screenplay, and feel more confident about finishing it sometime since I have now completed another full-length screenplay — one about the Underground Railroad days in 1855. When you are feeling

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 24 Folder 1288

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL1M240

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