Autobiographical manuscript for Charlton Laird

Charlton Laird, a noted linguist, author, and English professor at the University of Nevada had written an unpublished autobiography, I'd rather write. John Garberson, a university journalism professor and friend of Laird, proposed using the manuscript and adding his biographical notes to each chapter. Working together, Garberson contacted Laird's long-time friends and requested information or opinions about Laird. Included in the responses is information about Laird's first wife, Floy Davis Laird, including copies of her poetry, and second wife, Helene Gent Laird. Laird also gave him materials and publications from his personal collection, which includes his correspondence to Sven Liljeblad, folklorist and linguist. The tentative title for this autobiography/biography was Most of the whole truth, but was not completed when, in 1984, both Laird and Garberson died within days of each other.