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Federal Writers Projects
Works Progress Administration
912 Kansas Ave [Avenue]
Topeka Kans [Kansas]
March 10 1936
Dear Umland-
I just arrived here this afternoon from Denver & [and] found your letters on Feb [February] 27 and 29, which had been sent on from Washington. I am sorry they have gone unanswered so long. I left Washington on Feb [February] 29 & [and] have been in Colorado ever since.
By now it is too late to comply with your request for a suggestion about Hist. [Historical] Records Survey job. But I shall be interested to know what you did.
Thanks for writing me about
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the Guide project. With Stepp & [and] Eiseley both gone, I fear your editorial staff is too small to handle the volume of work in the time allowed. I’m glad Christiansen is working out well. But you & [and] he can’t do it all alone. Try to put as many as possible of the introductory essays by Volunteer Consultants at the University & [and] elsewhere.
Your impression of Richmond confirms my own.
What follows is confidential, to be used at your discretion (if you should be discussing the situation with Mari Sandoz, you could speak frankly to her): -- It appears that
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[Sheet] 2
Mr. Lawrence has written an excited letter to Senator Norris in Washington attacking me. Among other things he says that Miss S. is threatening to commit suicide. In consequence another field supervisor, Joseph Gaer (?), is being sent to Nebraska in my place. So I don’t know when I shall see you again.
But I hope you will continue to keep me somewhat informed. [stricken: My] I want to see a good Guide written for Nebraska, -- that’s all. Besides that I have pleasant personal recollections of yourself.
I expect to be here the rest of this week. Next week my
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address will be: c/o [care of] Mrs. Geraldine Parker, Federal Writers Projects, 9th floor, Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Mo. [Missouri]
With best wishes
Lawrence Morris
Object Description
| Title | Lawrence Morris's letter |
| Description | Handwritten letter from WPA Federal Writers' Project field editor Lawrence Morris to Rudolph Umland, March 10, 1936 discusses personnel changes, political pressures and personnel problems at the Nebraska Project. Lawrence tells Umland these matters should be kept confidential except that he might discuss them frankly with Mari Sandoz. |
| Creator | Morris, Lawrence |
| Publisher | Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors |
| Date | 1936-03-10 |
| Type | text |
| Subject |
Morris, Lawrence Umland, Rudolph, 1907-1993 Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966 Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska Federal Writers' Project Employee-employer relations Correspondence |
| Owning Institution | Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors |
| Local Accession/Call Number | Heritage Manuscripts Umland: Archives Original Files. Nebraska Writers' Project. |
| Source | Heritage Manuscripts Umland: Archives Original Files. Nebraska Writers' Project. |
| Relation-Is part of | Heritage Room Collections. The Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors. Bennett Martin Public Library, Lincoln, Nebraska. See https://lincolnlibraries.org/heritage-room-of-nebraska-authors/the-nebraska-federal-writers-project-remembering-writers-of-the-1930s |
| Language | eng |
| Ordering and Use | http://www.memories.ne.gov/rights/heritageroom.html |
Description
| Title | Morris |
| Publisher | Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors |
| Owning Institution | Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors |
| Transcript |
[Page 1] Federal Writers Projects Works Progress Administration 912 Kansas Ave [Avenue] Topeka Kans [Kansas] March 10 1936 Dear Umland- I just arrived here this afternoon from Denver & [and] found your letters on Feb [February] 27 and 29, which had been sent on from Washington. I am sorry they have gone unanswered so long. I left Washington on Feb [February] 29 & [and] have been in Colorado ever since. By now it is too late to comply with your request for a suggestion about Hist. [Historical] Records Survey job. But I shall be interested to know what you did. Thanks for writing me about [Page 2] the Guide project. With Stepp & [and] Eiseley both gone, I fear your editorial staff is too small to handle the volume of work in the time allowed. I’m glad Christiansen is working out well. But you & [and] he can’t do it all alone. Try to put as many as possible of the introductory essays by Volunteer Consultants at the University & [and] elsewhere. Your impression of Richmond confirms my own. What follows is confidential, to be used at your discretion (if you should be discussing the situation with Mari Sandoz, you could speak frankly to her): -- It appears that [Page 3] [Sheet] 2 Mr. Lawrence has written an excited letter to Senator Norris in Washington attacking me. Among other things he says that Miss S. is threatening to commit suicide. In consequence another field supervisor, Joseph Gaer (?), is being sent to Nebraska in my place. So I don’t know when I shall see you again. But I hope you will continue to keep me somewhat informed. [stricken: My] I want to see a good Guide written for Nebraska, -- that’s all. Besides that I have pleasant personal recollections of yourself. I expect to be here the rest of this week. Next week my [Page 4] address will be: c/o [care of] Mrs. Geraldine Parker, Federal Writers Projects, 9th floor, Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Mo. [Missouri] With best wishes Lawrence Morris |