c/o Dr. Coggar, 418 Common Street,
Belmont 78, Mass., March 30, 1947.

Professor Norman H. Pearson,
Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut.

Dear Professor Pearson:

I cannot leave New Haven without thanking you again for the pleasant hours I spent in your company a few weeks ago. It was a delightful experience to make your acquaintance, and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. I am only sorry that I could not serve with you in the army during the war; you must have been a highly insubordinate and appreciable military man.

I send you under separate cover today the only piece of literary work which I have at hand, a book I wrote during the war years. It needs a war to make you try your hand at that kind of distillation.

I sincerely hope to see you again, and I intend to keep contact with you as I go back.

With my very best regards,

Sigmund Skard,
Professor, University of Oslo, Norway.

Dear Professor Pearson!

I am very ashamed, not to have written you once since I had
the pleasure of making your acquaintance in New Haven about a year
ago. But my new job as Professor of American Literature in Oslo
has kept me more busy than I appreciate.

I hope to write you more appropriately in a not too distant
future. These words will only serve you as a warning that I may
soon ask you a favor. I am mailing Professor St. T. Williams today
the new plan for the study of American civilization in Oslo. I
would appreciate it immensely if you or Prof. Williams or both
would have a look at the plan, and give me the benefit of your
comments. I certainly do not intend to ask you put any serious
work into this. But if you have a few spare moments, your reactions
will be very helpful to me.

I am using continuously the Oxford Anthology which you were
kind enough to give me, and I am recommending it to the students.
Parts of our conversation in New Haven I hope you will recognize
in the selection of books for study in the Oslo Plan.

With my best regards, Sincerely yours,

May 20, 1948.

SIGMUND SKARD
PROFESSOR

Fjellvegen 2, Lysaker

8.20.1950

Professor Norman Holmes Pearson,
Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut.

Dear Professor Pearson:

Today I saw the Fulbright people here about your Professorship for
1951/52.

They felt, that the right thing to do at this junction would be
for you to apply for the Visiting Professorship in accordance with
our previous correspondance. The procedure is to write the

Conference Board of Associated Research Councils,
2101 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C.,

to inform them that you intend to apply, and ask for the forms etc.
to be filled out. In your application, beside answering the 1001
questions prescribed, you inform the Board that you have been approached
by the University of Oslo, and that a formal invitation will be
on their desk the moment they want it. This seems to be the thing
which will start the wheels moving.

There is little to add for the moment. I am fighting a battle in
the Faculty for my Minor examination of American Civilization (the
Major is firmly entrenched), and I hope things will be in nice shape
when you arrive.

With my personal regards,

October 12, 1950

Conference Board of Associated Research Councils
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

I have been advised by Prof. Sigmund Skard and by the Dean of the Faculty of the University of Oslo that I should write to you in regard to their invitation to me to serve as a guest lecturer there in 1951/52. I believe that certain forms should be filled out which you will perhaps be kind enough to send to me.

Originally I was asked to go for either a half or a full year as visiting professor under the Fullbright Act, and my immediate inclination was to accept for the full year. My associations with the Norwegians during the recent war (for which they honored me with a Knighthood of St. Olaf, first class) made more than appealing the prospect for as long a stay as possible. I have been informed, however, by Prof. Spiller, who has been similarly in Norway, of certain aspects in regard to such an appointment, which may considerably alter the situation, and preclude a full year's absence from Yale and perhaps even a half year's. If I understand correctly I am to be paid in Norwegian currency which cannot be taken from Norway and which is exchanged at a lower rate than that on the normal market. All expenses for my wife and two daughters would have to be paid out of my own pocket, and, in addition, I would be subject to the American income tax on the amount paid in Norway, which would have to be met by my private funds in this country since I could take nothing out from Norway with which to meet it. I am not sure whether the Fullbright funds would pay for the total six months, or twelve months, of salary which I would not receive from Yale. In any case the matter of transportation and expenses for my salary, plus the cost of income tax, would appear to be in the nature of a contribution on my part in exchange for whatever advantages the Norwegian sojourn would offer.

Could you help in clarifying any of these matters at the same time that you sent me the necessary application forms? I should be most deeply grateful.

NHP:llh

1951-52

CONFERENCE BOARD OF ASSOCIATED RESEARCH COUNCILS
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PERSONS
2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington 25, D. C.

1951-52

Information Concerning United States Government Grants to Visiting Lecturers and Research Scholars
Under Public Law 584, Seventy-ninth Congress (The Fulbright Act).

(The following information has been prepared by the Conference Board Committee to assist in answering the questions most frequently raised by persons interested in applying for awards for university teaching and advanced research abroad. Copies are not available in quantity for general distribution.)

## I. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM

The ultimate purpose of the educational exchange program authorized by the Fulbright Act is to further goodwill and understanding between the United States and other countries through the exchange of students, teachers, lecturers, research scholars and specialists. As the act specifies that all recipients of awards must be attached to schools or institutions of higher learning, the element of scholarship becomes an important factor in the selection of candidates. However, scholarship is not in itself the primary consideration. The most significant factor is the contribution of an individual to the program in terms of the total impact of his participation including his scholastic endeavors, his suitability as a representative of his country and the continuing effects or influences of his experience in the direction of ultimate World Peace.

## II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM

The Secretary of State is responsible to the Congress for the administration of Public Law 584, Seventy-ninth Congress (The Fulbright Act). The law provides, however, for the establishment of a ten-member Board of Foreign Scholarships to be appointed by the President to supervise the educational activities of the exchange program both in the United States and abroad and to select the recipients of awards and the institutions qualified to participate in the program. The members of the Board during the academic year 1949-50 have been:

* Francis T. Spaulding, New York State Commissioner of Education, Chairman (deceased)
* Helen C. White, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Vice-Chairman
* John N. Andrews, Personal Representative of the Administrator, Veterans Administration
* Sarah Gibson Blanding, President, Vassar College
* Charles S. Johnson, President, Fisk University
* Walter Johnson, Professor of History, University of Chicago
* Lewis W. Jones, President, University of Arkansas
* Ernest O. Lawrence, Professor of Physics, University of California
* Earl J. McGrath, United States Commissioner of Education
* Martin R. P. McGuire, Professor of Greek and Latin, Catholic University of America

The Board of Foreign Scholarships is served by a secretariat provided by the Division of Exchange of Persons of the Department of State, which in addition to making the arrangements connected with awards, carries on the continuing duties of the Board and coordinates the activities of the United States Educational Foundations and Commissions abroad and the Cooperating Agencies in the United States.

As the funds for the program are entirely in foreign currencies and are not convertible into dollars, it is essential to have administrative agencies established in each participating country. The United States Educational Foundations or Commissions serve this function in addition to that of representing the interests of the respective countries in the Program. While the organization and function of each Foundation or Commission is adapted to that country's specific interests, the general pattern is the same. The membership of the Foundations or Commissions varies according to the terms of each agreement but usually includes an equal number of American citizens and citizens of the participating country. Members of the Foundation and Commission represent the educational, cultural, governmental and other interests of that country and of the United States. Each Foundation or Commission is served by a secretariat consisting of an Executive Secretary and office staff.

The Foundations or Commissions are responsible for recommending annual exchange programs for their respective countries, as stipulated in the bilateral agreements. These programs list specific opportunities for American citizens and indicate the number of students and lecturers and research scholars who can be accommodated. They also specify the number of travel grants offered to foreign nationals in these categories. Other responsibilities of the Foundations or Commissions are to arrange or verify institutional attachments for candidates recommended by the cooperating agencies; serve as fiscal and disbursing agents in carrying out the terms of the awards; and to advise the Department of State and the Board of Foreign Scholarships on special problems arising in connection with the program.

In the United States four Cooperating Agencies have been designated by the Board of Foreign Scholarships and the Department of State to give publicity to announcements concerning opportunities, to receive applications from American citizens, to screen and recommend candidates, to review and comment upon country programs, and to suggest changes which might achieve a better balance between the interests of the foreign country and the United States. The Cooperating Agencies also assist in increasing the flow of foreign students, teachers and scholars to the United States by encouraging institutions and organizations to provide the necessary dollars for their maintenance. They also verify the institutional connections and other arrangements of foreign applicants for travel awards. The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils is the Cooperating Agency concerned with visiting lecturers and advanced research scholars.

The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils is a joint Board representing the American Council on Education, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Research Council and the Social Science Research Council. For the purpose of discharging its responsibilities in connection with the Fulbright Program, the Conference Board organized a Committee on International Exchange of Persons, composed of three representatives from each council with a secretariat attached for administrative convenience to the National Research Council, the operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences. The Committee's secretariat is located in the National Research Council Annex (2101 E Street, N. W.). All correspondence, however, should be addressed to the Committee at the National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C.

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## XII. DIRECT EXCHANGES AND AWARDS TO FOREIGN SCHOLARS

In many cases the release of an American scholar from his institutional responsibilities may be contingent upon securing the services of a substitute during the period of his absence. Occasionally arrangements can be made for a foreign scholar to serve as a substitute and applicants are reminded that foreign scholars who have assurance of dollar support in the United States are entitled to apply for Fulbright travel grants through the respective Foundations or Commissions abroad. In a few instances direct exchanges have been arranged with the participants assuming each other's duties. Although preferential consideration is not given to such applicants in the reviewing process, the acceptability of an individual to the foreign institution may play a part in the foreign country where inability to arrange institutional attachments is often the cause of an unsuccessful outcome of an application.

### ACADEMIC YEAR PERIODS OF INSTITUTIONS IN PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

<table><tr><td>Australia</td><td>March 15 - November or December</td><td>Italy</td><td>November - June or July</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium &amp; Luxembourg</td><td>October - June or July</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>September - July</td></tr><tr><td>Burma</td><td>June 15 - March 15</td><td>New Zealand</td><td>March 1 - October 31</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>October - June</td><td>Norway</td><td>September - June</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>November - July</td><td>Philippines</td><td>June or July - March or April</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>September 15 - June</td><td>Turkey</td><td>September or October - June</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>July - April</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>October - June</td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>October or November - June or July</td><td>U.K. Colonial Dependencies</td><td>September or October - June or July</td></tr></table>

Note: The time periods indicated above apply to most of the institutions of higher learning in the respective countries, but in some instances institutions may deviate somewhat from prevailing schedules.

### APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF AWARDS AVAILABLE FOR LECTURING AND ADVANCED RESEARCH - 1951-52 PROGRAMS

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Lecturers &amp; Specialists</th><th>Research Scholars</th><th></th><th>Lecturers &amp; Specialists</th><th>Research Scholars</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Australia</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>Italy</td><td>12</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium &amp; Luxembourg</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>12</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Burma</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>New Zealand</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>Norway</td><td>10</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>20</td><td>30</td><td>Philippines</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>Turkey</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>11 (Includes all categories)</td><td></td><td>United Kingdom &amp; Colonial Dependencies</td><td>28</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>8 (Includes all categories)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

August 1950

Fra
UNIVERSITETET

Faculty of Letters,

OSLO, den October 2nd 1950.

EM/MB

U.S. Educational Foundation in Norway has informed us that it is intended to offer our University a certain number of American guest lecturers for the academic year 1951/52 under the provision of the Fulbright Act. The American professors who wish to go to Oslo for lecturing will have to send their applications to The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington 25 D.C. before October 15th.

The American guest professors are invited to spend 6 - 9 months in this country. I understand they will get their voyage to and from Norway paid by the U.S. Educational Foundation for themselves, but not for their families. During their stay in Norway they will receive a salary of about Kr. 30.000,- for a stay of 9 months' duration, i.e. about 150 % of a Norwegian professor's salary for a whole year. The salary will be paid in Norwegian currency and must be used in Norway. It is exempt from Norwegian income tax. Further informations are obtainable at the Registrar's office of your University, or from The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, Washington.

The amount of teaching required from our guest professors will be a subject of deliberations between our guests and the Faculty in question. It will certainly not be a heavy burden. A main purpose of their stay in Norway is to establish personal contact with their colleagues here and with Norwegian research workers in their fields, and they will have opportunity of continuing their own research work.

The American professors intending to go to Norway will be selected by the State Department in cooperation with the University of Oslo. The procedure adopted is that the Faculties of our University should approach some American scholars who are desired as guest professors by their colleagues here and ask them to apply for one of the guest lectureships at this University. Your name has been suggested by your nearest colleagues in my Faculty and I understand they have been in contact with you. I hereby wish to say that you will be very welcome here, and I venture to ask you in the name of my Faculty to apply for a guest lectureship. The U.S. Educational Foundation is informed that it is desired by our University authorities that you should be selected as one of the guest professors of our Faculty in the case that you would apply for the lectureship.

Yours sincerely

Dean of the Faculty

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
AMERIKANSK INSTITUTT
LØKKEVEGEN 7

February 4, 1951

Professor Norman Holmes Pearson,
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Dear Professor Pearson:

I am in considerable confusion with regard to your planned visit
to Norway.

When early in the fall I heard from Professor Spiller about the
difficulties with regard to the Income Tax, I wrote you immediately
and asked you to switch to a research fellowship, if possible. I have
had no word from you since. Now Professor Spiller writes me again,
that he saw you at Christmas time, and that you seemed to have written
off the whole thing. At the same time I hear inofficially here, that
the Fulbright Foundation is on the point of changing its policy and
simply cover the tax expenses of the Visiting Professors from now on.
If, however, you are no more interested in the visit, this will be of
little avail in our special case. Neither will I be able to find a
substitute for you at this late date.

I would much appreciate it if you would write me a word, and make
clear where the things stand.

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
AMERIKANSK INSTITUTT
LØKKEVEGE 7

April 10, 1951

Dear Norman Holmes Pearson:

Thank you for your letter of April 3, which I received with great relief.

The break-down of our arrangements for 1951/52 of course was a great disappointment to me. I had looked much forward to our cooperation here, and I knew our loss in not having you. Needless to say, I also felt considerable irritation about the fact that no direct news about developments reached me from any quarter before the arrival of your message today.

Your letter made me better realize the difficulties on your side in this affair; if I felt any desire to scold you, it evaporated during the reading. The hopeless formalism, red tape, and lack of consideration of the Fulbright Foundation irks me no less than it does you, since I run into it all the time; and there is slight comfort in the fact that in this case the bungling is on the American side of the organization. I also realize the pressure under which you were working last summer and fall. The life of a university scholar often is no less tense than that of a creative artist, and demands some understanding from our surroundings.

What this all amounts to is, of course: when things are now cleared up, let us bury this damned episode as soon as possible in the spacious archives of the Fulbright organization, where there are certainly many documents of a similar kind before. The damage is done; don't let us add to it by letting it affect a friendship which I treasure as you do. If things should take a turn for the better in Fulbrightian circles, nothing should please me more than seeing you here in a later year, under more happy auspices. In the meantime I hope we may renew our feeling of fellowship in arms in a cause where minor difficulties and human frictions should be seen in the perspective of larger aims.

With friendly greetings,

LØKKEVEGEN 7

August 18, 1951

Dear Professor Pearson:

These few words will introduce to you a friend and colleague
of mine, Dr. Kristian Smidt, Assistant Professor of English
Literature in the University of Oslo.

Dr. Smidt Wrote his thesis on James Joyce, and last year
brought out a good-sized book on T. S. Eliot (published by the
Academy of Arts and Sciences in Oslo). He is now studying the
principles of Literary Criticism at Princeton on a Rockefeller
grant, but is also eager to acquaint himself with scholars
and ideas in the other leading universities.

It would be of inestimable value to him to meet you and discuss
with you some his problems, and I hope he will have the oppor-
tunity. He is a first-rate man, levelheaded and intelligent, with
a wide range of interests, and of great sincerity. I think you
will like him, and find it worth your while talking to him.
While he is an English Literature man in the first place, he is
also eager to acquaint himself with the American background. He
has been of great assistance to me in my recent battles in Oslo
on behalf of the American Civilization Program.

With my best regards,

SIGMUND SKARD
PROFESSOR

Dear friend and colleague:

I am writing you today quite simply in order to ask whether you are able to help me.

In order to remove the geographical surprise first: I have unexpectedly descended upon Indiana as a NATO Visiting Professor for four months, teaching a seminar in "The Image of America in Europe" (so help me God), finishing up with three lectures on it in May. And this ties up with my cry for succor.

I have long harbored the idea that Europe needs a Handbook of American Studies, written by and for Europeans. The EAAS took up the idea two years ago, a preliminary committee worked out a synopsis and a tentative authors' list, the sociologist A. N. J. den Hollander (Amsterdam) and I took on the editorship, and Longmans, Green in London the publishing. The book is well under way, planned for 550 pp. Most of the authors are well established scholars: let me mention for History Esm. Wright (Glasgow), Pol. Institutions E. Fraenkel (Berlin), Law A. Tunc (the Sorbonne), Philosophy H. W. Schneider (now California), Language R. W. Zandvoort (Groningen), Literature H. Straumann (Zürich), Religion and Education two Italians, - and myself: The Image (here that comes in). Most of the authors have been at work for months; deadline is May 31.

Now, to our disappointment we are unable to find an author for the chapter on *Pictorial Arts and Architecture* (35 pp., ca. 14 000 words, + 16 pp. of illustrations - fee: 50 pounds). The chapter of course is so brief that there will be little space for scholarship (no footnotes, only a bibliography of, say, 40 books): the main point is a *mastery* of the material and an ability to *arrange* the material and *write* well about it. We began by looking for a European; quite simply, there is none. Then we canvassed for an American with European background; they exist, but are unable, as far as I have contacted them (and I have quite a few). I really do not know what to do: since it is not my own field, I have no contacts. And by every day the difficulty increases; we may postpone the deadline until midsummer, but that is not so far off.

It is in this real difficulty that I approach you. Yale is the center of Am. St. in the States today; I am sure you have several people in the Arts Dept. who can do the job, and perhaps some who will. But for me to write a letter to the Dept. - well, you know what time it may take even to have an answer, let alone a positive one. It is shameless to ask you take half an hour of your busy time, and make a few calls to your Art colleagues? Of course, we would prefer established scholars - but quality will be the main thing, meaning i. a. readability! You don't need to take time for a written answer: call me here; I am almost always in after 6 PM (Area Code 812, 332-6381, ext. 7554).

If I can do you a service instead, I will love to. Here I am going to read as a paper the thing on American Studies you were kind enough to read through for me, and also a few other things I am at your disposal, if need be.

With cordial regards,

Sigmund Skard.

FJELLVEGEN 2
LYSAKER

p. t. Memorial Union, Room 554,
Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana,
Febr. 28, 1966.

May 16, 1966

Dear Norman,

Your kind note of April 19 about the Coe Foundation
has weighed heavily on my conscience ever since. I had
a friendly letter from Miss Pettet right away, and even
tually NATO also agreed to extend my grant, as was
hoped for.

Unfortunately, come complication came up which it
would be futile to explain, which however seemed to
make it possible that I would have to leave the USA
before the conference.

Now this is finally cleared up. I have talked to
Miss Pettet over the telephone today, and also sent
her the necessary form. Everything is happiness.

And there remains just to thank you most sincerely
for your kind help, without which I would today have
been a good many dollars worse off. Actually you should
have a commission for your bona officia.

Thank you very much again! It was so nice to see
you at Yale, and I can only repeat my hopes that we
may soon see you on our side.

With all good greetings,

Did I tell you that I will have a new collection of
my own poems this fall?

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

AMERIKANSK INSTITUTT

H.F. BYGGET, BLINDERN

Jan. 15, 1969

Dear Norman:

Thank you very much for your kind letter of Dec. 9, and particularly for your friendly acts and words re. my discipline Sigmund Ro. He is a nice boy, excessively modest, the least pushing type you can imagine. I rather fear he will afraid to tell you that he is there. In any case, it gives me a safe feeling that you know about him. You are going to like him (and his wife, a student of Slavonic languages).

I am also moved by your nice words about the exotic flowering of Am. St. in this stern climate, and by other flattering things along the same line. Actually, having had always so many things in my mind, I sometimes feel almost embarrassed by the support given me here. Well, it took ten initial years of bloody battle that almost drove out of my mind; perhaps there is a certain fairness in things after all.

I am bothering you today (for a very short time) largely in connection with Dietrichson's thesis. Of the committee of three, Roppen in Bergen and I have now both OKed it, and I guess Fryckstedt in Uppsala is going to do the same. "Disputation" would then be in May, I hope.

The thesis has to be printed first, however, according to our rules. There is no financial problem; the Norwegian Research Council takes care of that, and probably the Oslo University Press (which may now take over the Publications from this Institute). But the rules say, that when the thesis is approved in principle, the committee can advise the author to make formal corrections, cuts and reductions. Here there is some discussion on the committee. Roppen is willing to have the book printed largely as it is. Fryckstedt looks at it with the eye of the top-qualified American specialist; from that point of view he regards the general introduction (Money in AL before the Civil War) and the general background chapter (trends 1865-1915) as largely superfluous, and is not too happy about the conclusion (Other authors of the time) either.

I hold a position in the middle. I agree with you that the basic weakness of the book (the work-by-work-approach) can not be remedied. I also find that reference to "source" for quite general statements, summaries of a few well-known books, and long resumes at end of some chapters, could be eliminated. Also the survey of Howells' private economy I find much too detailed. But in general I feel that the introductions have to be there, if the book and its problems should somehow make sense to the reader who is not professor of AL (happily, they are still in the majority on earth). Fryckstedt finds that the book generally gives little that is "totally new". That is true, but only to a certain extent. I find that his careful survey, e. g. of earlier James research, of James' general social attitudes, and his economic metaphors, of Howells' ideas

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on "America as a Plutocracy" and on money and the ideal of equality, etc., while not offering sensational revelations, surely give a more connected and balanced picture than what hitherto had to be pieced together from others.

Enough about this: I am certainly not going to ask you for a general judgment; you have given that already, both to me and to the author. But you are the only person outside the committe who has read the manuscript so far; and you look at it with the eyes of an American scholar. I surely would not like to print among my Institute publications a book which the American critic is bound to declare prolix and circumstantial out of proportion to its value. But I also feel that a European publication has a somewhat different aim, which should in all fairness be paid attention. From your memory of the book, could you give me some advice? I would hardly dare to bother you once more if you hadn't, in one of your earlier letters, directly invited me to do so!

One final word: the manuscript you read, was not yet given the last go-over by me. After that, I made him cut a lot of his mannerisms of style, which I found unbearable ("We now come to", "In my opinion", "In his brilliant book Mr. Edel", etc. etc.) The reading is more smooth now.

Our vacation in Egypt and Greece was marvellous, and even the sun appeared sufficiently often over Delphi, Aegina and the Eleponnesos to make the impression unforgettable.

All our best New Year's wishes, from Ase and myself,

NORMAN
HOLMES
PEARSON

231 HGS
YALE UNIVERSITY
NEW HAVEN · CONN

19 January 1969

Dear Sigmund,

As you can see I am at last beginning to catch
up after my Australian visit (I was pleased to be a voting
member of the ACLS committee which hoped that you too might
visit there). Anyhow I am answering your letter of the 15th
rather more promptly than I have been accustomed to in the
past months.

As to Dietrichson's dissertation, it is of course
difficult to be more than impressionistic in my memory of
details, or anything but crystal-ball-gazing in reference to
its revised appearance. All I can confidently say is that it
deserves the degree, and so of course it deserves publication.
I understand Fryckstedt's reservations, but would come to a
somewhat different conclusion because of them than he does.
There is not much that is new and a great deal that is detailed.
Ergo, to me, a very real part of its value lies in its encyclo-
pedic nature by which (as you suggest) those who are unfamiliar
with general scholarship related to his subject become familiar.
The shorter you cut it the more pedestrian it might seem. More-
over, there is a true freshness or contribution in putting side
by side the relevant discussion of James and Howells. I think
people will turn to the book for this reason.

So, you will see I myself am not unduly alarmed by
the book more or less as it is. And my hunch is that Fryckstedt
when he is as old a hand at directing dissertations as you and I
are, will sense the difference in natures between candidates. He
will not expect them to turn out the same type of work nor with
the same qualities. For Dietrichson although not critically
brilliant is very sound, must make a good teacher and must be an
excellent general colleague.

Ro has not yet appeared, but no doubt will. I have
just read another of Orm's chapters and feel reasonably sure he
should get through this spring.

Do you have the volume of Randall Stewart's essays in
your Institute Library? Let me send it if you haven't. And perhaps
a new edition of H.D.'s *Palimpsest* if you'd like that too?

My greetings to Ase and yourself as always,

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

AMERIKANSK INSTITUTT

H-F-BYGGET, BLINDERN

January 27, 1969

Norman Holmes Pearson
2731 HGS
Yale University
<u>New Haven-Conn</u>

Dear Norman,

This hurried note has the sole purpose of thanking you sincerely for your prompt and kind reply re. Dietrichson. I was <u>very</u> grateful for it.

In the meantime, Dietrichson's book is OK'ed by the entire committee. I have talked matters over with Fryckstedt, who largely agreed with your (and my) points of view, considering the fact that this is a Scandinavian publication. I have put the facts before Dietrichson, advised him to cut some of the chapters somewhat - and that's that.

I do <u>not</u> have the Randall Stewart essays in the Institute Library, nor H.D.'s <u>Palimpsest</u>. I do not see how we deserve having them given to us - but would be <u>very</u> happy to see it happen!

All good greetings from Åse and myself, as always,

NEWHAVEN, CONN.
YALE UNIVERSITY
231 H G 2
PEARSON
HOLMES
NOVEMBER

2 February 1969

My dear Sigmund,

I do not mean to propell us into a
non-stop correspondence. But I wanted to say how
pleased I am that Fryckstedt is willing to play ball
on Dietrichson's book. I am sure this is the sensible
resolution of the problem, if indeed there be a prob-
lem.

More, even, I wanted youto know that
Ro and his wife have been in several times to see me.
He handles himself very well and is settling in nicely.
I shall try to see that he meets some of the younger
men before too long. He has arranged to audit some
seminars, and eidelson has managed this for him, which
is for the best. I could help Mrs Ro perhaps more, and
I arranged for her to meet two of the leading linguistic
men here---Dyen and Sydney Lamb-- they have arranged for
her to audit three courses, since she has not had much of
the type of formal lingusitics they teach here. She is
pleased, and this will give her a splendid chance to meet
all sorts of congenial young people. Students in linguistics
are lonely codgers and love to talk to kinsfolk.

Affectionate greetings to Ase and yourself,

NORMAN
HOLMES
PEARSON

231 HGS

Affectionate greetings to you and yourself,

to send it along.

and if you think someone there sometime might I would be glad
social sciences. I find that I myself don't use my copy
would like a set of the eight-volume Encyclopedia of the
St. Olaf of Your American Library, but I wonder if you have an
mail overseas is lifted. I have no desire to become the
longshoreman's strike is over and the embargo on surface
I will send along the two books once the

are lonely coders and love to talk to kinkfolk.
all sorts of congenial young people. Students in linguistics
blessed, and this will give her a splendid chance to meet
the type of formal linguistics they teach here. She is
her to audit three courses, since she has not had much of
men here---Oyyn and Sydney Lamp--- they have arranged for
I arranged for her to meet two of the leading linguistic
is for the best. I could help Mrs. Ro perhaps more, and
seminars, and eldison has managed this for him, which
men before too long. He has arranged to audit some
I shall try to see that he meets some of the younger
He handles himself very well and is ettling in nicely.
Ro and his wife have been in several times to see me.
More, even, I wanted to know that

2 February 1969

My dear Sigurd,

I do not mean to prod you into a
resolution of the problem, if indeed there be a prop-
on Dietrichson's book. I am sure this is the sensible
blessed I am that Fryckstedt is willing to play ball
non-stop correspondence. But I wanted to say how

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My dear Norman,

H-F - BYGGET, BLINDERN

March 3, 1969

In spite of the impending danger that I may become a pestering
daily part of your mail, I have to express the delight of this insti-
tution of having in its library the Encyclopedia of the Social Scien-
ces. Of course I know that excellent work, and will be happy to know
that the students have easy access to all its solid information. Needless
to say, we would be more than glad to pay the transportation.

Since I have you on the typewriter: you know about the idea that
I should go to Japan and down under for three months, as a kind of con-
tact man for Am. Stud. Downar has written me about it in a siren vein,
and I am now investigating the practical possibilities in the univer-
sity (complicated by my sabbatical 1969/70, which I am unwilling to
shorten). But I am also somewhat hesitant about the usefulness of the
expedition, and my own capacity as an ambassador at large. You have
visited those parts recently, and know the situation I would have to
establish contact with. What do you feel about the idea? What are those
people going to expect from me? Being buried in Institute affairs of
the promotion of my young generation of scholars, reading their m
getting them fellowships, and dining and wining them (the enti-

NEW HAVEN, CONN.
YALE UNIVERSITY
2531 HOG 2
BEARSON
HOLMES
HORMAN

July 7, 1969

Dear Sigmund,

Your letter of June 25th was of course a delight to receive for
every possible reason. I was pleased that Nilsen had gotten
through his defense, and that Seyersted had likewise succeeded.
But naturally my greatest interest was in Dietrichson's success,
and I am pleased that the pattern of his disputatio came very
much along the lines you had thought it might. I must confess
to being somewhat surprised that he did so well with Wallace
Stevens, but wonder if this might not indicate a direction in
which he could well devote some attention. Just after your
letter, I had one from him and he speaks already of his hope of
getting an ACLS fellowship one day. If he is to apply I would
suggest his waiting for a year or so and meanwhile building up
some background on a chosen topic so that he could make the
most of his period on this side.

On June 30th I passed in the bound volumes of Øverland's disser-
tation, and I am glad to say that the Graduate School administra-
tion very kindly offered to award him a special fellowship
covering the fees for the submission of a dissertation and en-
rollment during the year in which it was submitted. Since this
is a $500 fee, it will be a real help to him. I am naturally
pleased at his appointment to Bergen, and feel sure that he
will do an excellent job. I have a very high regard for his
mind, and the training that you gave him was such as to help him
to use his own abilities to the best possible advantage. What
neither you nor I could give him, but which he fortunately has, is
a good deal of drive and enthusiasm and warmth both towards his
subject and towards his students. Since these are essential to
the success of an individual for a program, I feel that he should
do very well in the future. The question of publication of his
dissertation I have told him would have to wait until we had the
readers' report. Going over it as I did, chapter by chapter, I
perhaps have a somewhat cloudy view of it as a whole. But I hope
you liked it as much as I did, and I admire both the perceptions
he showed and the scholarly care which he gave to the handling of
each of his problems.

I am glad that the encyclopedia is beginning to arrive, and I have
sent along a rather pedestrian little book for which I wrote an
introduction in order to help get it published. In the fall I
will be sending you an anthology I have done for the Wesleyan
University Press based on the first ten years of their publication
of poetry. It has some interest, but of course the very definition
of the field limited it from being entirely representative of newer
poetry today.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.
YALE UNIVERSITY
331 H G 2
BEARSON
HOLMES 2
NORMAN

-2-

I am delighted to know that you are taking the Far Eastern trip
next year, and when you know your itinerary do send it along to me
so that I can give you a little briefing on some of the people you
are likely to meet. Downar will of course do this also, but it is
possible that he and I might see the situations slightly differently.
As you know Susan and I will be in Kyoto from April on in 1970,
by on I mean until August 1st. If by chance your visit to Japan
is that late naturally we would hope to see you. At any rate you
must see Kyoto which is one of the landmarks of the East.

With affectionate greetings to your wife and to yourself,

NORMAN
HOLMES
PEARSON
231 HGS
YALE UNIVERSITY
NEW HAVEN-CONN

-3-

by on I mean until August last. If by chance your visit to Japan

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AMERIKANSK INSTITUTT

H-F - BYGGET, BLINDERN

June 25, 1969

Dear Norman:

Finally, my doctoral ordeal has come to an end. On May 31 Nilsen had his *disputatio* in Bergen (Bill Moynihan of Conn. functioning as second opponent), on June 14 Dietrichson in Oslo (Fryckstedt being the first opponent), and on June 18 Seyersted on Kate Chopin ibid. (Dan Aaron as first opponent). My own part at all three acts ran to almost two hours. It's quite a job, also including the heavy dinners (and new speeches). But it was all fun, and came well off.

You will be particularly interested in Dietrichson. As you probably realized, the Swede was more critical of good Jan's work than were the two Norwegians on the committee. But his performance at the *disputatio* was not too severe. Probably he was also impressed by D.s excellent two lectures, particularly the one on Stevens' "Sunday Morning", where the man displayed a sensitivity toward poetry not easily discovered in his monetarian studies. I cannot end this passage without thanking you sincerely for all the help you have bestowed upon Dietrichson. The way in which you take your precious time for that kind of service has impressed me deeply (and not me alone). I am deeply grateful for it.

Next: Orm Øverland! I guess he may have written you already about the fact that he will have the new ass. professorship of AL in Bergen. Prof. Roppen there, Bill Moynihan and myself actually could make the decision without too much of difficulty. Important was, of course, that our scrutiny of the work of Øverland's only competitor, Mr. Nilsen in Bergen, had revealed weaknesses that did not allow us to declare him competent as yet. I am extremely happy on Orm's behalf: he is such a fine man. And it was the Cooper thesis that got him the job: an excellent book, again due to a considerable extent to your exertions and your indefatigable help. Am. Studies in Norway are deeply indebted to you.

When it rains, it pours. Out of the clear sky the Univ. of Trondheim has announced a new ass. professorship of AL, and there are rumors that the Ministry intends to establish a similar chair in Oslo as of Jan. 1., perhaps even an additional lectureship. We will struggle hard to fill that many jobs!

Enumerating all your good deeds: gifts from you are pouring in, - texts, Randall Stewart, and today the first volume of your Encyclopedia (what a wonderful work that is). How shall we remunerate you in this world?

Finally: I have accepted the Far Eastern trip next year, and have told Downar so. May it prove to be useful- I'll do my best.

And now to the mountains tomorrow with Åse - we are pretty well worn out both of us. All good wishes for your own summer! And many thanks again, for many and great things.

As ever, affectionately,
Sigmund.

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September 12, 1969

Professor Norman Holmes Pearson
2731 Hall of Graduate Studies
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Dear Norman,

I have delayed writing to you until I heard again from Sigmund Skard. His letter finally arrived today - just in time because I leave for the Western Pacific next Wednesday. He would like to go to Hyderabad on his way out to the Pacific, and has sent to me a list of talks he would be willing to give. He suggests a "package" of three lectures which he would telescope into one or two wherever desired or necessary. The topics are "The Image of America in Europe" through the years, as the background and motivation for serious studies and largely corresponding to his chapter in the European Handbook; in the second a discussion of "The Growth of American Studies in Europe" down to about 1960; and in the third he would "speak freely on 'The Situation Today,' including the place of the special 'American Studies' methodology." He would also be willing "to read a special paper on 'The American Studies Movement in the U.S.A.' and its impact on Europe." He goes on to say:

"In addition, if asked to speak on other topics, I could imagine offering a few lectures on literary subjects close to my heart (such as, e.g., Emily Dickinson, E.A. Robinson - one lecture plus one reading of his 'Eros Turannos' - and Hemingway Today and Tomorrow). But these I would definitely consider as 'desserts', compared to the main dish referred to above."

A tentative schedule which I am now suggesting to him, with fixed dates only for the Kyoto Seminar and the ANZASA conference, is as follows:

July 1 - July 5
July 5 - July 12
July 12 - July 19
July 19 - July 31

Hyderabad
Taipei
Tokyo
Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe

September 12, 1969

Page two

August 1 - August 9      elsewhere in Japan

August 9 - August 16     South Korea and/or the Philippines
                         (or maybe neither and just a rest)

August 16 - September 6  Australia

September 6 - September 20 New Zealand

He will return to Oslo via the United States.

I shall take up his visit with the Kyoto people, Nakaya and others
in Tokyo, National Taiwan University, Meaney (the president of ANZASA) and
others in Australia and New Zealand on my trip during the next eight weeks,
and encourage them to write to him should they be interested. Obviously, you
should feel equally free, and I know how much advice you can give him, and how
much he will appreciate your suggestions.

The rosters on the Western Pacific fellowship candidates will be drawn up in November, and I will be sure to send you copies, and tell you in December who was successful. Also, after the meeting I will collect a set of applications for you. (I assume you mean of the successful candidates, but if you mean all candidates, or all candidates in literature, that too can be done, but let me know.)

Richard W. Downar
Director
American Studies Program

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September 8, 1970

President Burkhardt, who at the moment is abroad, has asked me to remind you that he looks forward to the pleasure of seeing you at a luncheon he is giving in honor of Professor Sigmund Skard on Tuesday, September 29th. You are asked to meet with him and Professor Skard at twelve-thirty that afternoon at the Century Club, 7 West 43rd Street. In addition to Dr. Burkhardt and Professor Skard, scheduled to attend the luncheon are:

Hennig Cohen, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

William M. Gibson, Professor of English, New York University

Arthur S. Link, Edwards Professor of American History, Princeton University

Kenneth B. Murdock, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University

Norman Holmes Pearson, Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University

Richard C. Sheldon, Program Officer, Division of Humanities and the Arts, Ford Foundation

Robert E. Spiller, Professor of English, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Gordon B. Turner, Vice President, American Council of Learned Societies

Henry Wasser, Professor of English, Richmond College, City University of New York

Richard W. Downar
Director

American Studies Program

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H-F - BYGGET, BLINDERN

Sigmund's addressee

(after leaving Kyoto Hotel August 1)

Suginoi Hotel, Kankaiji, Beppu-shi, Ōita-ken. Tel. (0977) 2-1141.
August 1.

Nishitetsu Grand Hotel, 6-60 2-chome Daimyo, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken.
Tel. (092) 77-7171. August 2-4.

Hiroshima Grand Hotel, 4 4-chome Kami-Hacchobori, Hiroshima-shi,
Hiroshima-ken. Tel. (0822) 21-4581. August 5-6.

Imperial Hotel, 1 1-chome Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Tel. (03) 591-3141. August 7-8.

c/o Professor Limin Chu, College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan
University, Taipei, Taiwan. August 9 - 14.

ANZASA Conference of American Studies, La Trobe University,
Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. August 15 - 22.

KYOTO AMERICAN STUDIES
SUMMER SEMINAR

Schedule for Professor Sigmund Skard in Kyoto

( July 23 - August 1, 1970)

July 23 (Tues.) Arriv. 3:23 p.m. at Kyoto Kintetsu Station.
Konoe Hall (From 23rd to 27nd) Tel. 761-0031
Shigakukaikan (Tea with Faculty and Staff of KASSS)

24 (Fri.) Lecture at KASSS: The Image of America in Europe
1:30 p.m.

25 (Sat.) 9 a.m. Bus leaves Shigakukaikan for Expo.
Evening: Bunraku in Osaka (Pearson, Suga and others)

26 (Sun.) ? Kongo Noh Theatre (with Pearson and Suga)

27 (Mon.) 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Forum at KASSS "University and the Student Powers"
6-8 p.m. Get-together of KASSS at Kyoto University
(Rakuyu-kaikan)

28 (Tues.) Move to Kyoto Hotel (From 28th to 31st)
6 p.m. Dinner Party for Foreign Participants at
Kyoto Hotel

29 (Wed.) Katsura Detached Palace (?)

30 (Thurs.) Nara (with Mr. Kaiho)

31 (Fri.) 11 a.m. Closing Exercises, KASSS
6 p.m. Evaluation Dinner Party at Chimoto

August 1 (Sat.) 8:40 a.m. Leave Kobe for Bepou (with Mr. Kaiho to Kobe)

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H-F-BYGGET, BLINDERN

March 20, 1970

Professor Norman Holmes Pearson,
c/o Professor Makoto Saito,
University of Tokyo,
Tokyo

Dear Norman:

The more my Far Eastern Tour is beginning to take shape as a
reality, the happier I am about your presence in Japan. That's the
reason why I am writing you today.

In the beginning of the month Dick Downar spent a few days in Oslo, and made a lot of decisions. I am writing Prof. Saito by the same mail, telling him that I will arrive on July 12 or 13, and leave again on August 9.

With regard to my whereabouts and activities during those weeks,
apparently it is unavoidable that you participate in working out a
schedule for me. Prof. Saito heads a special Skard Committee of Recep-
tion, which somewhat gives me the jitters, but may be less overawing
than it sounds. I probably should attend the Kyoto Seminar under your
kind direction from July 23 or 24 and to the end. Before and after I
should see more of Japan, visit a few universities, - Downar emphasized
a few, - but not work myself to death. I have told Saito what I have
already seen of Japan.

With regard to lectures, I suggested to Saito the following three,
which to me are closely connected with the purpose of my visit: The
Image of America in Europe; The Growth of American Studies in Europe;
and The "American Studies" Movement - in The USA and Europe (all of
them papers of 45 minutes' length). I also can read a paper on Ernest
Hemingway - Today and Tomorrow, and a thing on E. A. Robinson (a gene-
ral lecture, which is not sensational, + a second period devoted to
"Eros Turannos"). But I much prefer the first three, both with regard
to the Seminar (if anything is desired there) and the universities.

Prof. Saito has asked me how I would like to have hotel reservations
made. I had to answer him that this will depend entirely on the plans
worked out for me in Japan, and the procedure that is regarded as most
practical.

I hate to load you (and Saito) down with these arrangements. But I
see no other way of doing it. I hope you can leave all the dreary work
with the Skard Committee. I look much forward to hearing from you, and
even more to seeing you over there: there will be no need of artificial
stimulants in order to keep conversation going. My mind is slowly
turning Eastward; before I leave for the Easter mountains tomorrow I
have finished my 140 pp. (AL 1800 - 1890) for the Scandinavian History
of World Literature, and left with the printer the fifth volume of my
own poems. The Greeks called is *seisachteia*, unburdening.

With all personal regards,

A TEMPORAL ITINERARY IN JAPAN FOR PROFESSOR SKARD

(as of April 6, 1970)

between July 12/13 and August 9, 1970

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Event</th><th>Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>July 12 (Sun.) or<br>July 13 (Mon.)</td><td>Arrival at Tokyo<br>Welcomeed by Makoto Saito at the Tokyo International Airport<br>To ________ Hotel</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 14 (Tues.)</td><td>Briefing with the Skard Committee (Tokyo members) at 3.00 p.m.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 15 (Wed.)</td><td>Seminar sponsored by The Japan American Literature Association and the Japanese Association for American Studies<br>Title: The Image of America in Europe<br>At the International House at 3.00 p.m. (attended by about 20)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 16 (Thurs.)</td><td>Meeting with Senior Scholars in American Studies, i.e. Dr. Yasaka Takagi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 17 (Fri.)</td><td>Seminar sponsored by the Japanese Association for American Studies<br>Title: The Growth of American Studies in Europe - Historical Survey<br>At the International House at 3.00 p.m.<br>Dinner invited by the Japanese Association for American Studies</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 18 (Sat.) )<br>July 19 (Sun.) )</td><td>Trip to Nikko, accompanied by Makoto Saito</td><td>23-27 th with me</td></tr><tr><td>July 20 (Mon.)<br>July 21 (Tues.)</td><td>Free<br>A day trip to Kamakura (if he wishes), accompanied by Yoshimitsu Ide</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 22 (Wed.)</td><td>Leave Tokyo for Nagoya & Toba (famous for pearl fishery), staying one night at Toba</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 23 (Thurs.)</td><td>Arrival at Kyoto</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 24 - 31<br>(Fri.) (Fri.)</td><td>Attending Kyoto American Studies Summer Seminar<br>Lecture: The Image of America in Europe<br>Forum: The American Studies in Europe: Its Situation today<br>A day or over-night trip to Nara</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 1 (Sat.)</td><td>Leave Kyoto (Kobe-Beppu, Kyushu, by ship) for Fukuoka, Kyushu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 3 (Mon.)</td><td>Seminar sponsored by the Kyushu American Literature Society<br>Title: The "American Studies" Movement in the U.S.A. and Europe - Aims and Methods (Subject to change)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 5 (Wed.)</td><td>Leave Fukuoka for Hiroshima</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 6 (Thurs.)</td><td>Hiroshima Day</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 7 (Fri.)</td><td>Leave Hiroshima for Tokyo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 8 (Sat.)</td><td>Farewell Dinner by the Skard Committee</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 9 (Sun.)</td><td>Departure for Taipei</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

The Kabuki-play going, and visiting the University of Tokyo, both Hongo campus and Komaba campus, including the Center for American Studies, are added in Tokyo.

Professor Sigmund Skard
Amerikansk Institututt
Universitetet i Oslo
H-F - Bygget
Blindern, Oslo
Norway

April 7, 1970

Dear Professor Skard:

We are very pleased to learn that you have met Dr. Downar and informed us about your trip plan. Having received your information, the Skard Committee was held on April 4th, 1970. Following Professor Pearson's suggestion and advice we have worked out a temporal itinerary for your stay in Japan, which is enclosed herewith.

Due to the EXPO '70s, as you know well, the most difficult thing is hotel reservations. To rely on the expert's help we have had contact with Mr. M. Kase, Manager of Japan Travel Bureau, Imperial Hotel Branch. To make a temporal itinerary a definite one we should learn definite dates of your arrival and departure. We shall be most grateful if you let us know the above dates and your candid opinion about the enclosed itinerary at your earliest convenience.

In the meantime, we will send a copy of the *American Review*, V. IV, annual publication of our Association, which may give you a little background knowledge for the American Studies in Japan.

With my best personal regards,

Sincerely yours,

Makoto Saito

MS:yn
encl.

cc: Professor Norman H. Pearson
Dr. Richard W. Downar
The Skard Committee members
The Committee for the Kyoto American Studies Summer Seminar

Oslo, 29 April 1970.

Professor Makoto Saito,
Center for American Studies,
University of Tokyo,
Komaba, Meguro-Ku,
**Tokyo, Japan.**

Dear Professor Saito:

Thank you very much for your two letters of April 7 and 15. For reasons beyond my control this answer is somewhat delayed. I hope the delay has caused no inconvenience.

The final itinerary and time table which you have now worked out, looks extremely attractive to me. Actually, I am quite overwhelmed by your kindness and thoughtfulness, and the extent to which you have gone out of your way in order to make my stay interesting and instructive.

With regard to the time of my arrival, Monday July 13 actually suits me better than the 12, and I will act accordingly.

With regard to lectures etc. I have one single qualification. At the Kyoto Seminar I am scheduled to attend a forum on "The American Studies in Europe - *The Situation Today*". As you may know, I have studied the development of these studies down to the middle 1950's quite thoroughly. But I have made no similar survey of the following period, nor has anybody else; the published material is sparse and scattered, and subject to continuous change. Last year the Ford Foundation had two American scholars travel all over Europe and make a fresh report on the "situation today"; and I had hoped to be able to use that report. But the Foundation now has decided to regard it as an internal document, and I will not be allowed to see it.

Notwithstanding, I will, of course, try to bring together as much of material on the recent years as I am able to. But I would hesitate to give a formal lecture on the subject; at most I might present some remarks as an introduction to a comparative discussion.

My general feeling is, that the 1960's in Europe have not seen any radical change in this field. Actually, I would rather prefer to discuss the recent years as a conclusion to my lecture on "The Growth of American Studies in Europe", and to give *that* talk both in Tokyo and Kyoto. But perhaps a number of scholars may attend both gatherings, making that solution less attractive.
Would you kindly let me have your opinion?