1987-1994. Four pieces of correspondence written to Nelson Lyon, Southern's former Saturday Night Live collaborator. The first is a typed note, unsigned on Southern's "Peeg" stationery (the "Peeg" being Southern's fictitious yacht), dated March 3, 1987, with holograph corrections; the second, also on "Peeg" stationery, is an undated autograph note, unsigned, as follows: "Nels, get cracking, before we blow this due to your weirdness!! Return o'post Nels!! Return o'post!! Mayday! Mayday?" The third is an autograph note signed written on shirt cardboard, referring, according to Lyon, to the idea of updating Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: "Nels -- / Isn't this just possibly the directorial/production break for which we were waiting?!? Please check it out before I send it to Jackie Waters! See his Serial Mom. Yours in haste and admiration. Ter." And, lastly, an autograph note signed written on the back of a tax table correction form, discussing Lyon's alma mater, Columbia University, where Southern had his final job: "...Science, Socio Studies, and Poli Sci studies distilled to their quiet essence for even the most untutored mind..." The first letter is folded once and a bit edge-sunned; else all items are fine. Lyon got Southern a job at Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, when Southern was hard-pressed for work. Lyon was also co-producer of the William Burroughs album Dead City Radio, in which Burroughs collaborated with John Cale, Sonic Youth and others. He was also a longtime friend of Timothy Leary, and was the person who arranged for Leary to call Burroughs on the phone one last time on the day Leary died. A notable bit of Terry Southern material, placed in the context of the various connections that extend outward from the recipient, Nelson Lyon. [#026395] SOLD