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Williams. Rutherford, June 11, 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: B:9

Scope and Contents

To Tomlinson "Charles," Brook Cottage.Your trip to America: Indigenous peoples and specifically Mesa Verde [uses patriarchal language]; passport trouble. Your family.

Slovenly garbage-men: only artists can now be craftsmen. Glad that Cotswold shops still exist, though I believe in American progress. "We can never turn back the clock, the dominance of the iambic pentameter is lost to us forever. Whitman was a clumsy artist but he was the first to hold the bridgehead." My Leaves of Grass photographs book will be important.

Dates

  • Creation: June 11, 1960

Physical Description

Typed letter, signed 1p (air-letter). Signed "Bill." With corrections.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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