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622 N. Henry Madison, Wisconsin. 13 July, 1938
Dear Mr. Anderson,
I have, of course, an ulterior motive in writing this
short letter on a very hot summer evening.
First, however, I wish to thank you for your kind
invitation of several months ago to stop in when, and if, I came east. As I am taking work in literary criticism at the University of Wisconsin this summer, I am unable to avail myself of that welcome.
For the first time I read you recent dramatization
of Winesburg, Ohio underlined I enjoyed it, but think it lacked much of the force and directness of characterization which was so prevalant in the collected tales. Incidentally, is there, if this a fair question, a basis in fact for the tale I like best Death in the Woodsunderlined?
I am taking one study under Robert D. Jameson, who
said he was slightly acquainted with you in the early and war-time days in Chicago. He doubts, however, any remembrance of him.
Would you please take the time to write a short note
on your reactions to my short study, whether that reaction be favorable or not, I care not, to each of these (I am applying for a job at each place):
Pres. R. L. Stuart, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana; Pres. H.W. James, New Mexico State Teachers' College, Silver City, New Mexico? I shall be greatly pleased at any criticism of my study
you care to make to either of these men.
Sincerely, Kenneth Davenport