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August 4, 1952 

Mr. Germain Seligman 
Caneel Bay
Virgin Island Tours
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 

Dear Mr. Seligman: 

I do trust that your trip to the Virgin Islands was a pleasant one, and that you are enjoying at last a pleasant vacation. 

We saw Mrs. Parker on Thursday and brought her up to date, and we would like to report to you on our activities to date. 

First, I am enclosing a list of the magazines we have contacted and the reaction. I have also had a letter from Edward Alexander Parsons, and I quote from it. 

 "I note with great interest your reference to the d'Arenberg collection of manuscripts. I have heard of this collection but never saw it, and unfortunately know nothing of value about it. From your description it sounds most alluring. In regard to a list of bibliophiles who should be interested in this exhibit, the foremost group in New York would, of course, be the members of the Groller Club, 47 East 60th St., New York. I have been a member of this club for many years, and I am sending my personal copy, under separate cover, of the membership with their addresses in order to save time. When you have finished with the year book, you may mail it back to me. 

In Boston the foremost group would be the members of the Club of Odd Volumes, which containes most of the great names of Cambridge and Boston. It was there that I announced the publication of the Alexandrian Library. 

The American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Mass. has only a limited number of members, that is 200. It is in fact The American Academy. I have been a member for over twenty years. However, it is hard to get, not the names of the Academicians, but their addresses. An extended list of names of scholars, most of whom would be interested in this collection could be obtained from the list of members of the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C."