Thank you, everyone, who has responded to my inquiry. I have written to Duke's special collections. Best, -- susan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 5, 2014, at 11:24 AM, "JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Never hurts to ask duke u :) > > Thanks! > Jules > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 4, 2014, at 9:34 PM, "Mary Boewe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> =20 >> Mary >> =20 >> ----- 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 >> =20 >> Does anyone know if Lou Budd's correspondence is being collected, and if = > so=3D >> , the contact information? In going through my files, I have found a han= > dw=3D >> ritten note from him, a response to a condolence letter I wrote on the de= > at=3D >> h of his wife. It does not mention Twain or other business or professio= > na=3D >> l matters. I would be happy to donate it to an archive if one exists. >> =20 >> =20 >> =20 >> Many thanks, --susan harris >> =20 >> =20 >> =20 >> Susan K. Harris >> =20 >> Hall Professor of American Literature >> =20 >> University of Kansas >> =20 >> Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 >