LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Humanities and the Public

To the Editor:

I was happy to see Patricia Nelson Limerick's lively account of the rewards of engaging in "applied" humanities work ("Tales of Western Adventure," Careers, May 9). Her work at the Center of the American West is an outstanding illustration of the dual benefits of scholar satisfaction and public benefit that can result from such engagement.

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