Re: Collecting Salinger - Princeton

Byrd, Steven T (BYRDS@papa.uncp.edu)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:08:36 +0000

   
   I agree with Will on this. The princeton stuff is personal, private even, 
very different than 1940/1950 magazine stories. VERY different. This 
transcribing stuff just isn't kosher. 

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:

> Listen Buddy, you have to sign documents that forbid what you suggest.  If
> you want to go to Princeton, why not go to read?  Having rare salinger
> texts is fun but it's not the main thing...the archives in Princeton are
> for readers...the material there is not something that needs widespread
> distribution and it is something that needs quiet, thoughtful
> readers...the fun is in the reading...go to Princeton and read and think,
> will
> 
> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 Hotbuns200@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > What does anybody know about the salinger stories that are kept at the
> > Princeton Library Archives?  I heard that you can't photocopy them.  But can
> > you sit there and transcribe them by hand?  Does anybody have these or has
> > anybody read them?  Is there anybody out there who would like to arrange
> > meeting up there one day and sharing the work of transcribing these rare
> > short stories?
> >
> > Let me know,
> > Adam
> >
> 
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