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                                    THE WRITERS' CONFERENCE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
                                                                                    University of Colorado
                                                                                         Boulder, Colorado                            August 31, 1927

EDWARD DAVISON DIRECTOR Dear Sherwood: Your note gave us a great deal of

                                       pleasure.  I have been meaning to write ever since you left.
                                       But the let-down after everyone had gone was tremendous
                                       and we have so many arrears of sleep to make up
                                       that all letters were neglected.  Boulder is feeling the
                                       first hint of Fall now.  I am reading & gardening
                                       & trying to write and wishing to God that our job
                                      f?  ?.  I want you to know how much
                                      appreciation there was (not least ours), for everything, you
                                      did to make the Conference a success. I have