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August 13, 1943 (Friday)

Dear Mr. Hitz:

It is good to have had a bread of northern air among Michigan's lakes and woods. We are missing our northern Minnesota lodge in the wilderness especially in these awful dog days of heat _and_ humidity! We Nebraskans prefer our heat _dry_. But oh, the wonderful green corn—years since we have seen it so tall and green.

Such wilting weather is not conducive to any sort of work. So I have accomplished little during the past month. I have—almost by accident—a few items of interest; I'll send them on soon, with the necessary explanations. I am nearing the end of the _Courier_ explorations in the deep dank basement of the Capitol—I wish it were not such a hot trip from my home to the Capitol. However, I shall finish the _Couriers_ soon, I think. Some other items have turned up unexpectedly as I turned over my accumulation of stuff.

The University library has a very full bibliography now. Most of the entries are after 1900, though. Since