Draft of a letter to Professor Talcott Parsons

Undated (September 1939)

Dear Professor Parsons,

I am so glad to learn from Prof. K., that you will be in
New York the end of this month and that you intend to meet me.
I am very sorry, that I couldn't realize my intention of staying
longer in Harvard during the congress in the beginning of September
though to meet you was the chief-purpose of my stay in Harvard.
Cambridge. The outbreak of the war forced me to go back to New York
without having made your acquaintance. I hope that my friend, Prof.
Williams has transmitted to you my deepest regret, that I could
not attend your lecture. As I have studied your works with the
greatest interest I accepted the invitation of my friends from
the London School of Economics to write a review of THE STRUCTURE
OF SOCIAL ACTION, to be published either by ECONOMICA or by POLI-
TICA. You'll imagine how I would appreciate your kind assistance
in the clarification of certain points of my interpretation.
Therefore I hope you'll find it possible to pass an evening with me.
Please let me have a line, which date would suit you.

(Alfred Schutz)