Posted by Rob Kafka on September 05, 2000 at 07:50:09:

In Reply to: library posted by anne saunders on August 25, 2000 at 07:48:13:

The answer is yes and no. Yes, because a very detailed catalog by Maureen Girard was issued in 1998 by the Tor House Foundation (still available, I believe -- see their web page at "Related Links" here). It contains annotations of marginalia, mostly by Una, and appears to be quite exhaustive.

But in another sense, no complete catalog can ever be assembled, because the Tor House library was always in flux. Girard's survey describes the collection as it was in the late 1990s. But RJ & UJ continually received and gave away books; there are many obvious lacunae now. RJ's correspondence is proof that he once had many books that are no longer represented.

On the whole, the collection as described by Girard seems weighted more heavily toward Una's interests and reading than Robin's -- though not exclusively by any means.

In 1969 Robert Brophy published a description and general assessment of the library as it existed in 1967. See RJN 23:4-10. Girard's work should be used with Brophy's remarks in mind.

Rob Kafka

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