Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2942

Carbon of letter to John L. Davis, Chapman College, Orange, California from Spencer MacCallum at 5621 University Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois

April 18, 1965

Dear Dr. Davis

This is first of all to apologize for the lapse of communication which I’m afraid I really let go beyond bounds. I was certainly pleased to get your letter and to know that your interest is still very much alive for finding some means of publishing the talks. I am in touch with my mother to try to find out if there might be some way my grandfather could help to finance it. As I believe I told you, the U.S. Trust Company of New York has been paying the bills that come to him for his personal care, but I don’t know if this could be extended to other costs if he were unable to authorize it in writing himself. My mother is pursuing this now with Mr. E. p. Brown, of the Trust Company, who has handled my grand­father’s trust account for many years, and she should be able to tell us something soon. One way or another, I surely hope to see this in published form before long, and with full credit to Chapman College.

Schoolwork has been heavier than I anticipated in the fall when I looked forward to doing some additional editing of the talks in the interim vacations. Gosh, I didn’t even look at them. But in June, I’m looking forward to giving a paper at Claremont Men’s College for their Insti­tute on Freedom and Competitive Enterprise (June 12-22), and certainly would like to get together with you then and consider what the possibilities are and make some concrete plans about publishing the talks. I remember your offer some time ago about staying at the Guest House at Chapman while working on the transcripts, and that certainly sounds attractive for the latter part of this June. Would this be practical for you?

Many thanks for your steadfastness and continued encourage­ment.

Sincerely,

Spencer H. MacCallum

 

CC:  Mrs. Heath MacCallum, Waterford, Virginia

Irvan T. O’Connell, Jr., Claremont Men’s College

Dr. F.A. Harper, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.