Thank you, everyone, who has responded to my inquiry.  I have written to Duke's special collections.  Best, -- susan

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> On Apr 5, 2014, at 11:24 AM, "JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Never hurts to ask duke u :)
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> Thanks!
> Jules
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>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 9:34 PM, "Mary Boewe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Duke University will archive the papers of any of its professors, provide=
> d they express a wish to have them preserved. This is true for Edwin Harris=
> on Cady, first my professor at Syracuse who later shared an office with Lou=
> at Duke while they jointly edited AMERICAN LITERATURE. Certainly the paper=
> s of as distinguished a scholar as Lou Budd ought to be there, but Lou was =
> also humble and self-effacing, so it is possible that he never made the req=
> uest.
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>> Mary
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Susan Kumin Harris" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 12:10:29 PM
>> Subject: Seeking advice
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>> Does anyone know if Lou Budd's correspondence is being collected, and if =
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>> , the contact information?  In going through my files, I have found a han=
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>> ritten note from him, a response to a condolence letter I wrote on the de=
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>> h of his wife.  It does not mention Twain or other business  or professio=
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>> l matters.  I would be happy to donate it to an archive if one exists.
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>> Many thanks,  --susan harris
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>> Susan K. Harris
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>> Hall Professor of American Literature
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>> University of Kansas
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>> Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
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