Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, London, England, 1977 July 12 : typescript signed.

Describing his plans to take a print of "Roseland" to Portland tomorrow to screen for Michael Murphy and other investors; noting that "John Heyman is coming back tomorrow and will take up with Ismail where they left off"; observing that for those who've seen the film, their "enthusiasm is really genuine," including "a theatre booker ... who also works as a distributor" [possibly Romaine Hart] who "thinks that it will do really well"; mentioning others who've screened the film, like Don Di Natale; describing "Mr. Brecker's funeral"; giving her his summer travel itinerary, with the usual stops in Klamath Falls and Lake-of-the-Woods; reflecting that he'd like to do another contemporary film set in America, citing the premise of the new Altman film Geraldine [Chaplin] is currently starring in; listing "two new additions to Claverack"-- a shower, and Jeremiah Rusconi-- then remembering a third: a wing chair; recounting a "dread little drama" he encountered on Second Avenue as he passed by Raja's and saw all its furnishings and equipment out on the street; asking her to "bring back two of my miniatures" from London, as he has decided to sell them in New York; telling her they will be packed and delivered to John Murray's office care of "Mrs. Leeston."