Letter from Ellen Van Volkenburg, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1967 March 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

Apologizing for troubling him; being overwhelmed by the collection of her papers, which are joining those of Maurice Browne for housing at the University of Michigan; looking forward to reading his upcoming book, "Nine Before Fotheringhay: A Novel about Mary, Queen of Scots", while on the Queen Elizabeth; asking whether it can be made into a play and imagining Beatrice Straight playing the queen; praising her performance in Phèdre; mentioning the news in a letter of his from January 9th that he will write a book about Chaucer ["The Personality of Chaucer"] and describing a summer of hers in Ann Arbor, Michigan spent reading "every word he wrote"; asking if she can add some of their letters and some of the early books he sent her to the collection at the University of Michigan and describing an intention to give all autographed volumes to the library eventually; expressing interest that his son, David, was in England in 1965-1966; positively describing England; needing to stop writing due to a visit to Beatrice Straight's home, where she will visit also with Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst; briefly describing travel plans.