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76. Oakley, Cletus to Mr. Magill. April 30, 1964. [sends Magill several math texts and bibliography.] 77. Powell, John H. to Ruth and Jim. (272 letters). Weds. noon, 1959-70 1959. [has completed fourth act of his play on Walter Raleigh, and "adult western."] 78. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 1 October 1959. [his play has been returned from Knopf.]

Scope and Contents 79. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. June 5, 1961. [opinions on Richardson Dilworth and other Philadelphians; some Powell family history and Native American history of the area, Ottumwa, Iowa.] 80. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. July 25, 1961. [gives his impressions of the characters in his play, The White Queen and eclectic casting.] 81. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. [July, 1961] [has completed writing The White Queen. 82. Powell, Jack to Jim. August 16, 1961. [encloses letter from his agent...

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87. Powell, Jack to Miss Howell. February 14, 1962. [has revised his play "The Trust of Time", with description of changes.] 88. Powell, Jack to Jim andRuth. [1962] [must give a speech and go to conferences about his plays.] 89. Powell. Jack to Jim and Ruth. July 13, 1962 [hard at work on his Dickinson biography.]

Scope and Contents 90. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. February 4, 1963. [expresses concerns about power plants, what he would like to write about (Westtown School, Robert Frost).] 91. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. April 3, 1963. [etymological derivation of the name Iowa.] 92. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. April 16, 1963. [working on a project for the Library Company — collating a lost inventory of Dickinson papers.] 93. Powell, Jack to "dear everybody." September, 1963. [has completed the first of 4 chapters on...

Scope and Contents 94. Powell, Jack to Bernard Segal. 27 January, 1964. [appreciative note of Segal's selection for a judicial post.] 95. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. 27 January `64. [thanks them for clippings which give information he recycles to others.] 96. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. 8 April 1961. [has finished his play — relates opinions of critics.] 97. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 16 July, 1964. [local and national political scene.] 98. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 31 July 1964. [local and national...

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99. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 22 February 1965. [considering taking a position in Department of History at University of Arizona.] 100. Powell, Jack to Ruth abd Jim. 20 June 1965. [is being interviewed abd photographed for an article about him as author for Time.]

Scope and Contents 101. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 26 January 66. [sends a new edition of his Bring Out Your Dead.] 102. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. 14 March 1966. [has turned down a position at University of Florida.] 103. Powell, Jack to Ruth. March, [1966?]. [gives a progress report on his work.] 104. Powell, Jack to Ruth. May 10, 1966. [has accepted a 1-year appointment at University of Texas; reports which classes he will teach.] 105. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. [1966]. [thanks them for photo of...

Scope and Contents 108. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. 21 June 1967. [events in his current and past life — including dealings with the U of P Press, Philadelphia libraries and Universities. 109. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. [ca. July,1967]. [congratulates Jim on his honorary Haverford degree.] 110. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. 18 August 1967. [has finished and mailed his book of essays to a publisher.] 111. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. September 7, 1967. [is in the hospital for surgery and must undergo...

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112. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. May 5, 1968. [has given a speech on history and attended a convention.] 113. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. October [1968]. [is reading proof for his book.]

Scope and Contents 114. Powell, Jack to Ruth and Jim. [1969]. [is reading his own article in a book entitled The Uses of Prose.] 115. Powell, Jack to [Bernard Bergman]. [1969]. [thanks him for praise of his book of essays.] 116. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. 5 February 1969. [his new book, The General and the Jack Ass, has been published.] 117. Powell, Jack to Bernard Bergman. 13 June 1969. [includes 2 photos of Powell.] 118. Powell, Jack to Jim and Ruth. July 22, 1969. [has read and enjoyed Felix Morley's...