A highly respected, totally trusted friend of mine, a tenured professor at
a leading U.S. university, in the midst of a project involving a prominent
20th-century musician, reports the following contretemps with his widow; I'd
appreciate any & all pertinent comments that might put this into context for
me:
" . . . She said, in effect:
"(1) While she is happy to be of assistance, as custodian of the estate and
his reputation, she cannot give permission to quote [his] letters without
seeing the letters and the entire context of what I intend to make of them;
"(2) She is willing to meet with me in order so that she can clarify
[his] views, opinions and intentions. . . ."
I have never found myself in that particular situation, but I have indeed
done research of all kinds, in several countries, not to mention knowing a
lot of colleagues engaged in research of this particular kind, and I
personally find this response shockingly high-handed - or does that reaction
classify me as simply naif?
Paul Moor (Berlin)
<Texas-Paule@Sigmund-Freud.Org>
Telefon: (030) 8639-5784
Telefax: (030) 8639-5785
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