Finding-Aid for the James Ingram Merrill Papers (WTU00083)

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Collection Outline

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Collection Outline

I. Correspondence.

II. Journals.

III. Ouija Material.

IV. Manuscripts

V. Material Towards Books.

VI. Audiovisual.

VII. Personal Papers.

VIII. Ephemera.

IX. Realia.

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Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Merrill, James Ingram
	Title	James Merrill Papers.
	Dates:	1926-2003
	Quantity:	175.5 linear feet.
	Identification:	WTU00083

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Biographical Note

James Ingram Merrill was born in New York City on March 3, 1926, and grew up in Manhattan and Southampton. He was the son of Charles Merrill, co-founder of the brokerage firm Merrill Lynch, and his second wife, Hellen Ingram. He began writing poems as a child, and at age sixteen, while he was in prep school, his father had a book of them privately printed under the title Jim's Books.

Merrill's studies at Amherst College were interrupted by service in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1945. Another book, The Black Swan, was privately printed in 1946 while he was still in college. Following his graduation in 1947, he taught for a year at Bard College. His first trade book, First Poems, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1951 to critical acclaim. In 1956 he used a portion of his inheritance to found the Ingram Merrill Foundation, which has since awarded grants to hundreds of artists and writers. Over the next decade he published two novels, The Seraglio (1957) and The (Diblos) Notebook (1965) as well as two books of poems, The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace (1959) and Water Street (1962). His 1966 collection of poems, Nights and Days, won the National Book Award and brought his work a wider audience.

He went on to earn numerous awards for his poetry, including the Bollingen Prize for Braving the Elements (1972), the Pulitzer Prize for Divine Comedies (1976), and a second National Book Award for Mirabell (1978). In 1983, his epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover (1982) won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

On February 6, 1995 James Merrill died from AIDS in Tucson, Arizona. His last book, A Scattering of Salts, was published a month later.

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Scope and Contents Note

The collection holds a wide variety of materials that document James Ingram Merrill's entire life.

The extensive correspondence is between Merrill and his family, friends, business associates, and others. Thousands of pages of heavily annotated notebooks, typescripts, worksheets, and galleys show Merrill's work towards poems, fiction, and drama. The audiovisual and personal material document other aspects of Merrill's life.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Some Restrictions. Contact Curator.

Use Restriction

Some Restrictions. Contact Curator.

Users of the collections must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Application for the use of manuscript collection materials form.

Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent publish manuscript collection materials form.

All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.

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Administrative Information

Source of Collection

Most of the material was donated by James Merrill. Other portions of the collection were purchased from various individuals.

Processing Information

Processed by Washington University Department Special Collections Staff, ca. 1996-present and is ongoing. EAD encoded finding-aid completed by Sonya McDonald, November 2004.

Accruals

Interfiled within collection or by accession at end of collection.

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Box and Folder Listing

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I. Correspondence. , (ca. 83.5 linear feet.)

Consists of general correspondence, family correspondence, business correspondence, correspondence to Frederick Buechner, correspondence from Charles P. Curtis, correspondence in Greek, and unidentified correspondence.

All subseries (I.1 - I.7) have there own box numbering order system, each beginning with #1. None of the subseries have folder numbers. The folders are either arranged alphabetically or chronologically.

I. 1. General Correspondence., (ca. 62.5linear feet.)

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I. 1. a. General Correspondence from James Merrill., (ca. 9.0 linear feet.)

This is arranged alphabetically by recipient's last name.

1-104/-

I. 1. b. General Correspondence to James Merrill., (ca. 53.0 linear feet.)

This is arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

1/-

I. 1. c. General Correspondence Neither from Nor to James Merrill., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

This is arranged alphabetically then chronologically.

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I. 2. Family Correspondence., (ca. 8.0 linear feet.)

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I. 2. a. Uncataloged., (ca. 7.5 linear feet.)

1-3/

I.2.a.i. Family Correspondence from James Merrill., ca. 3.5 linear feet.

Arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient.

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I.2.a.ii. Family Correspondence to James Merrill., ca. 3.0 linear feet.

Arranged alphabetically by last name of author.

There is some correspondence intermingled that is not to James Merrill, which has not been separated out.

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I.2.a.iii. Family Correspondence Neither from Nor to James Merrill., ca. 1.0 linear feet, ca. 309 items

Includes correspondence relating to James Merrill and Family, correspondence between Chalres E. Merrill, Sr. and Kinta Desmare, correspondence to Hellen Ingram Merrill Plummer from family and friends.

Folder titles are general titles, the correspondence may be from or to others not labeled on the folder.

May include some correspondence to James Merrill sporadically throughout the series.

I. 2. b. Cataloged., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

I.2.b.i. Family Correspondence from James Merrill., (ca. 208 items.)

Arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient.

I.2.b.ii. Family Correspondence to James Merrill. , (ca. 5 items.)

Arranged alphabetically by first name of author.

I.2.b.iii. Family Correspondence Neither from Nor to James Merrill. , (ca. 11 item.)

Arranged alphabetically.

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I. 3. Business Correspondence., (ca. 7.0 linear feet.)

This is arranged alphabetically by organization name.

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I. 4. Correspondence to Frederick Buechner., (ca. 3.0 linear feet.)

Consists of photocopies of the correspondence, arranged chronologically.

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I. 5. Correspondence from Charles P. Curtis., 1920: May-June. (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

Consists of correspondence from Charles P. Curtis to Ellen and Nelly about his big game hunting trip in Africa, housed in a scrapbook, ca. 30 letters, arranged chronologically.

There is also a newsclipping about Curtis' trip, October 31, 1920.

Also included is TLS, 1p, 1921: March 3, from editor of the Atlantic Monthly to Margaret P. Montague, Boston about Curtis' letters and not seeing much potential for publication.

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I. 6. Correspondence in Greek., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

Uncatalogued.

This includes letters both from James Merrill and to him.

I.6.a. Identified., (ca. 106 items)

I.6.b. Unidentified., (ca. 108 items)

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I. 7. Unidentified Correspondence., (ca. 2.0 linear feet.)

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I.7.a. Uncataloged , (1.5 linear feet.)

I.7.a.i. Unidentified Correspondence from James Merrill. , (ca. 13 items.)

Arranged alphabetically by first name of recipient.

I.7.a.ii. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill. , (ca. 935 items.)

I.7.a.ii.1. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: A - Z. ca. 783 items.

Arranged alphabetically by first name of author or first letter of first name, when the full name could not be made out.

I.7.a.ii.2. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: Illegible. ca. 80 items.

Arranged chronologically.

I.7.a.ii.3. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: Unidentified. ca. 72 items.

Arranged chronologically.

I.7.a.iii. Unidentified Correspondence Neither to Nor from James Merrill. , (ca. 38 items.)

Arranged alphabetically, then chronologically.

I.7.a.iv. Unidentified Family Correspondence. , (ca. 33 items.)

I.7.a.iv.1. From JM. No items.

I.7.a.iv.2. To JM. ca. 3 items.

Arranged alphabetically by first name of author.

I.7.a.iv.3. Neither from Nor to JM. ca. 30 items.

Arranged alphabetically.

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I.7.b. Cataloged , (0.5 linear feet.)

I.7.b.i. Unidentified Correspondence from James Merrill. , (ca. 14 items.)

Arranged in reverse chronological order.

I.7.b.ii. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill. , ()

I.7.b.ii.1. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: A - Z. ca. 23 items.

Arranged alphabetically by first name of author.

I.7.b.ii.2. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: Illegible. 1 item.

Arranged chronologically.

I.7.b.ii.3. Unidentified Correspondence to James Merrill: Unidentified. ca 3 items.

Arranged chronologically.

I.7.b.iii. Unidentified Correspondence Neither to Nor from James Merrill. , (No items.)

I.7.b.iv. Unidentified Family Correspondence. , (No items.)

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II. Journals., (ca. 7.5 linear feet.)

Consists of James Merrill's journals, David Kalstone's journals, and Bernard de Zogheb's journal.

Each subseries has its own box numbering order system, each beginning with #1. None of the subseries have folder numbers.

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II. 1. James Merrill's Journals., (ca. 6.0 linear feet.)

Consists of James Merrill's journals with auto entries by Merrill, arranged chronologically by the first date noted in each journal. The dates listed are the beginning and ending dates found in each journal. However, some pages are undated and the dates may be sporadic throughout the journals.

Content index available for some journals, see notes below.

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JNL 61., 1935: November 5 - 1936: March 26 ()

JNL 73., 1936: November 9 - 1937: April 2 ()

JNL 57., 1940: January 1 - 1941: ()

JNL 27., 1941: January 1 - 1941: December 25 ()

JNL 1., 1944: November 11 - 1949: November 13 ()

2/-

JNL 68., 1948: July 30 - 1950: January 11 ()

Index Available/Notebook B

JNL 2., 1949: May 22 - 1949: September 9 ()

JNL 69., 1949: December 26 - 1940: August 22 ()

Index Avaiable/Notebook C

JNL 36., 1950: - ()

3/-

JNL 35., 1950: - ()

JNL 71., 1950: August 28 - ()

Index Available/Notbook D

JNL 26., 1950: September 21 - [1951]: February 9 ()

JNL 25., 1951: March 2 - 1983: July 19 ()

4/-

JNL 55., 1951: March 20 - 1960: March 22 ()

JNL 60., 1951: June 14 - 1951: December 25 ()

Index Available/Notebook E

JNL 56., 1952: August - ()

Missing as of 2003: May 6

JNL 28., 1952: December 8 - ()

5/-

JNL 4., 1954: March 23 - 1962: October 2 ()

JNL 67., 1956: August - 1961: November 14 ()

Index Available/Notebook J

JNL 54., 1956: August 9 - ()

6/-

JNL 12., 1957: July 28 - 1981: September 13 ()

JNL 64., 1958: February 22 - ()

Index Available/Notebook I

JNL 3., 1959: January - 1959: December ()

7/-

JNL 62., 1960: February 1 - 1960: November 11 ()

JNL 66., 1961: October 10 - 1963: October 23 ()

Index Available/Notebook H

JNL 59., 1963: March 12 - 1964: January 19 ()

Index Available/Notebook L

JNL 58., 1964: February 15 - 1967: May 14 ()

8/-

JNL 31., 1965: May 6 - 1966: April ()

JNL 29., 1967: November 7 - 1975: September 30 ()

JNL 5., 1968: June 8 - 1970: January 2 ()

JNL 10., 1968: October 27 - 1970: August 25 (8/-)

JNL 40., 1969: December 15 - 1971: September 3 ()

JNL 6., 1970: June 25 - 1972: June 20 ()

9/-

JNL 7., 1970: August 29 - 1972: July 23 ()

JNL 39., 1972: August 25 - 1975: August 28 ()

JNL 38., 1973: March 6 - 1973: December 8 ()

JNL 8., 1975: December 18 - 1976: July (9/-)

JNL 9., 1976: January 12 - 1977: August 1 ()

JNL 30., 1976: March 4 - 1976: May 24 ()

JNL 22., 1977: September 18 - 1978: April 1 ()

JNL 43., 1977: November 3 - 1982: June 30 ()

10/-

JNL 14., 1978: December 31 - 1981: June 17 ()

Restricted.

JNL 51., 1979: September 12 - ()

Restricted.

JNL 37., 1981: April 1 - 1983: April 26 ()

Restricted.

JNL 13., 1981: October 29 - 1994: September 18 ()

Restricted.

JNL 15., 1984: February 11 - 1986: March 26 ()

Restricted.

JNL 44., 1984: June 3 - ()

Restricted.

JNL 53., 1985: August 29 - 1990: August 3 ()

Restricted.

11/-

JNL 16., 1986: March 30 - 1986: August 9 ()

Restricted.

JNL 17., 1986: September 6 - 1987: November 2 ()

Restricted.

JNL 24., 1987: November 9 - 1988 October 16 ()

Restricted.

JNL 18., 1989: April 17 - 1989: August 23 ()

Restricted.

JNL 23., 1989: August 7 - 1990: March 8 ()

Restricted.

JNL 49., 1990: September 6 - 1994: April 4 ()

Restricted.

JNL 48., 1991: October 29 - 1992: June 29 ()

Restricted.

JNL 47., 1993: April 26 - 1995: ()

Restricted.

JNL 50., 1994: September 24 - 1995: February 5 ()

Restricted.

12/-

JNL 65., n.d. - 1958: April 11 ()

Index Available/Notebook G

JNL 63., n.d. - 1958: May 23 (12/-)

Index Available/Notebook F

JNL 52., n.d. ()

JNL 72., n.d. ()

JNL 70., n.d. ()

Index Available/Notebook A

JNL 11., n.d. ()

Missing as of 2003: May 6

JNL 46., n.d. ()

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II. 2. David Kalstone's Journals., (ca. 1.0 linear feet.)

Consists of David Kalstone's (1932-1986, American author) bound venetian journals and daily agenda books, with auto entries by Kalstone, arranged chronologically. (Accession 17250).

Laid in the 1971 book is a printed program for "A Memorial Tribute to David Kalstone," held September 20, 1986, at the New York Public Library. The program contains tributes made at the service by J. D. McClatchy, Richard Poirier, Maxine Groffsky, Edmund White, Alec Treuhaft, Charles Kalstone, Alfred Corn, and James Merrill.

Originally an ALS, 1p., from A. R. Ammons (1926- , American author) to David Kalsone, 1971: May 25 was laid in the 1971 book. This has been separated and is filed in Series I.1.b. Correspondence to JM in the David Kalstone folder.

Journal., 1968: May 25 - 1973: July 15

Venice.

Journal., 1971: July 19 -

Venice. Includes printed program for "A Memorial Tribute to David Kalstone," held September 20, 1986, at the New York Public Library.The program contains tributes made at the service by J. D. McClatchy, Richard Poirier, Maxine Groffsky, Edmund White, Alec Treuhaft, Charles Kalstone, Alfred Corn, and James Merrill. Also see Accession #17000, Series VI.4. Audiovisual, cassette tapes: "A Memorial Tribute to David Kalstone" 9/20/1986. New York Public Library with J. D. McClatchy, Richard Poirier, Maxine Groffsky, Edmund White, Alec Treuhaft, Charles Kalstone, Alfred Corn, and James Merrill.

Originally included ALS, 1p., from A. R. Ammons (1926- , American author) to David Kalstone, 1971: May 25. This has been separated and is filed in Series I.1.b. Correspondence to JM in the David Kalstone folder.

Journal., 1973: September 15 - July 23

Venice.

Journal., 1974: January 1 - 1978: November 28

Daily Agenda., 1979

Daily Agenda., 1980

Daily Agenda., 1983

New York.

Daily Agenda., 1984

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II. 3. Bernard de Zogheb's Journal., 1962-1969. (0.5 linear feet, 1 item.)

Spiral notebook with letters from various people to Bernard de Zogheb pasted onto the notebook pages.

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III. Ouija Material., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Consists of transcripts from James Merrill's sessions with the Ouija board, which were used as inspirations for some of his poetry. These are arranged by format (bound, notebook, and looseleaf) and then chronologically within each group.

The dates listed are the beginning and ending dates noted in each grouping. However, some of the pages are undated and the dates may be sporadic.

This series has one box and one folder numbering order system, beginning with #1.

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III.1. Bound Ouija material., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

1/1

Ouija transcripts., (1 item.)

Ts, (black binder), pages 1 - 184.

1/2

Ouija transcripts., (1 item.)

Ts, (white binder), pages 185 - 319.

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III.2. Ouija Notebook material., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

2/3

Ouija notebook., 1977: May 19 - 1977: May 29. (1 item.)

2/4

Ouija notebook., 1978: July 28 - [1978]: August 30. (1 item.)

Athens.

2/5

Ouija notebook., 1980: July 31 - 1986: January 8, n.d. (1 item.)

2/6

Ouija notebook., 1980: August 27 - 1992: June 1. (1 item.)

2/7

Ouija notebook., 1980: October 19 - 1981: March 17, n.d. (1 item.)

Missing front cover.

2/8

Ouija notebook., [1981]: December 23 - [1992]: March 18, n.d. (1 item.)

Includes TLS, to James Merrill from Bruce Taylor, 1981: February 5, 1p.

2/9

Ouija notebook., 1983: January 28 - 1984: September 10. (1 item.)

2/10

Ouija notebook., 1986: December 16 - 1991: July 12, n.d. (1 item.)

Missing front cover.

2/11

Ouija notebook., 1988: January 13 - 1990: October 6, n.d. (1 item.)

2/12

Ouija notebook., 1990: July 13 - 1990: July 29. (1 item.)

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III.3. Looseleaf Ouija material., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

3/13

Individual Ouija sessions., 1953: November 14; 1976: March 29; 1986: March 8; 1988: October 9; 1989: January 7; 1991: August 20; 1994: September 15; n.d. (ca. 10 items.)

Ts and Ts[x]

3/14

Ouija transcripts., 1955: September 2, n.d. (2 items.)

Ts[x] and Ms[x]

3/15

Ouija transcripts., 1957: August 15 - 1976: April 26. (ca. 31 item.)

3/16

Individual Ouija sessions., 1958: July 11; 1973: September 29; 1979: August 12; n.d. (ca. 4 items.)

Ts and Ms

3/17

Ouija session re: DMC, Yanni., 1968: December 22. (1 item.)

3/18

Ouija session re: Changing Light., 1973: June 29, n.d. (ca. 3 items.)

3/19

Ouija transcripts., 1975: March 2; 1966: September 11; n.d. (ca. 4 items.)

3/20

Ouija transcripts., 1979-1986. (1 item.)

Ts, pages 231-308.

3/21

Ouija transcripts., 1979-1986. (1 item.)

Ts[x] (copy of most of above material), pages 229-302.

3/22

Individual Ouija sessions., n.d. (1 item.)

Ts[x]

3/23

Individual Ouija sessions., n.d. (1 item.)

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IV. Manuscripts, (ca. 19.0 linear feet.)

Consists of material by James Merrill and by others.

The two subseries (IV.1 Manuscripts by JM and IV.2. Manuscripts by Others) has its own box numbering order system, each beginning with #1. Neither subseries has folder numbers.

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IV.1 Manuscripts by James Merrill, (ca. 15.5 linear feet.)

Consists of poems; poetic sequences; prose; drama; translations; miscellaneous manuscripts; and unidentified manuscripts by James Merrill.

This is arranged by genre, then alphabetically.

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IV.1.a. Poems, (ca. 7.5 linear feet)

Consists of individual poems by Merrill, arranged alphabetically by title or first line.

The following manuscripts, published in the Collected Poems, are not in the manuscript collection here at WU: At a Texas Wishing Well, p. 748; Author in Exile to his Publisher, p. 800; Blackcock, p. 799; Les Collines, p. 773; The Eel, p. 791; From "The Broken Home", p. 739; Idea, p. 839; The Image Maker; In the Greenhouse, p. 796; Little Fallacy, p. 493; Poets at Home; Pyrargyrite Metal, p. 789; The Shadow of the Magnolia, p. 98; The Summer People, p. 72; Two Double Dactyls, p. 814; The Water CP, p. [Lodeizen trans.]

An Abdication, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 248

About the Phoenix, 36 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 110

Accumulations of the Sea, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 9

Acrostic, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 817

Advice to Galatea, 2 items

Not published; also titled Advice to a Statue / "April 1945"

After an Estrangement, 6 items

Also titled After a Quarrel

After Cavafy, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 853

After My Mother's Death, 1 item

Not published ; on yellow paper, pencil, with list of poems such as "1002nd Night" that appear in Nights and Days

After Greece, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 134

After the Ball, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 486

After the Fire, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 296

"After the mutual turning of the head", 1 item

Not published

Afternoon Sun, 3 items

Not published; includes a page of "Variations: White Stag, Black Bear;" one draft on typed copy of "Little Fallacy"

"The Air was moth-involving and the light", 1 item

Not published; "July 1945"

Alabaster, 52 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 604

Alessio and the Zinnias, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 668

"All day the Spanish woman has been in a temper", 2 items

Not published

Among the Mosaics, 17 items

Not published

Amsterdam, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 87

Amy Lowell Walks in Her Garden, 1 item

Not published; "May, 1943;" 34 lines blank verse

Anatomy Is Destiny, 2 items

Not published

Angel, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 160

Annie Hill, 58 items

Not published

Annie Hill's Grave, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 158

Another April, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 318

Another August, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 257

Another Postscript, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 829

Arabian Night, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 504

Arclight, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 468

The Art Dealer, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 196

Ascendancy of Children, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 912

"At Dottie Travis' pool", 1 pink note card

Not published; Pool at 1000 Peachtree Battle Ave NW

"At last it is cooler, thanks", 1 item

Not published

At Mamallapurdam, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 811

At Sea, 1 item

Not published

"At 75 one's sights en- / large", 1 item

Not published

"At sunrise no devotions", 1 item

Not published

Autumn 1960, 7 items

Not published under this title; titled "Elegy" except for last draft, dated 1961; next to last draft of "Elegy" dated Autumn 1960; note on one draft "NY Times Summer 1961;" one draft entitled "Two Elegies," with "The Art Dealer;" published as Autumn Elegy Collected Poems p. 735

Awaiting Developments, 1 item

Not published; typed white note card

Banks of a Stream Where Creatures Bathe, 33 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 325

A Bag of Peanuts for John Hollander, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 733

Bareness: A Final Word, 3 items

Not published

Bath Poem, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 707

Beauty is Dead, 1 item

Not published; "Dec. 1941"

The Bed, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 703

"Begin with the black crust of flesh", 1 item

Not published

Beginner's Greek, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 809; "James I. Merrill, '43;" May 1944 at bottom; all 3 drafts 1944

The Bequest, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 736

Between Us, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 189

"Beware of making know the things you know", 1 item

Not published

Big Mirror Outdoors, 37 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 590

Birth and Death of Harlequin, 1 item

Not published; "November, 1942"

"Bird, breast but the shallow air", 2 items

Not published; "May 1945"

Birthday, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 708

A Birthday Cake for D.; From J. and J. C., 2 items

Not published

Birthmark, 2 items

Not published; "28.ix.75"

Black, ?

Not published; "July, 1925"

Black Mesa, 30 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 329

The Black Swan, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 3

The Black Swan, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 3; "Keep separate--these sheets included w/Friar letters," but only one sheet.

The Blind, 4 items

Not published; "November 1943"

Blow Voyage, 1 item

Not published; "Orient Express 1983"

Blue and White, 1 item

Not published; "June, 1943"

Blue and Gold, 1 item

Not published; "September, 1942"

The Blue Grotto, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 462

b o d y, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 646

Bouquet in Time, 5 items

Not published

Breakfast Nook, 7 items

Not published

The Broken Bowl, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 2

The Broken Home, 36 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 197

Bronze 2, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 449

"But that was then. The new improved tomato", 1 item

Not published

Byzantium Revisited, 17 items

Not published

"A cache of spirits is all I can offer now", 1 item

Not published; 4 lines on a yellow note card

Calypso Duet: The Uglies, 2 items

Not published; also titled Song of the Uglies

The Candid Decorator, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 717

A Carpet Not Bought, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 202

Carte du Jour -- 4 Mars 1950, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 2 ; in French, quatrains

The Case Worker, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 743

The Cast Away, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 750

The Cat, 1 item

Not published

The Catch-All, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 769

"Catherine, Walter", 1 item

Not published; "8 - ix - 61;" 6 verse praising, thanking people

Channel 13, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 461

The Charioteer of Delphi, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 74

Charles on Fire, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 195

"Charlotte's amaryllis, bloom by bloom", 3 items

Not published

Charts, 1 item

Not published

Chees!, 1 item

Not published; limerick

Child of the Earth, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 766; crossed out: "Nina de la tierra" "1969"

Childhood Visit, 4 items

Not published

Childlessness, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 148

Chimes for Yahya, 56 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 371

Chinese Poem, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 849

Christmas, 1500, 4 items

Not published; Note: folder states 2 pages; story of Anthony's contrition, setting Florence; "January, August, November, 1942"

Christmas Tree, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 866

Clearing the Title, 47 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 406

Cloud Country, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 11

Coda: The Higher Keys, 3 items

Published in The Changing Light

Col Tempo, 1 item

Not published; love poem for David in Jamaica

"Come noiosa era la mia vita!", 2 items

Not published

The Cone, 1 item

Not published; "February 1945"

Conservatory, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 17

Conversation, 2 items

Not published

Cornwall, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 571

Cosmo, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 650

The Cosmological Eye, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 681; also titled The Blue Eye

Country Music, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 756

The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 57

"Cowards and poets must die many times", 2 items

Not published

Crocheted Curtain, 20 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 742

The Cruise, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 92

Crystal Ball, 6 items

Not published; folder states 1 item

The Current, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 204

Dancing, Joyously Dancing, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 14

La Danse, From the French of Pierre Louys, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1942"

"David dear, David dear", 1 item

Not published; "(with gift of a salt dish)"

David's Night in Veliés, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 255

David's Watercolor, 18 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 503

"The day I changed my brand of cigarettes", 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. n;

The Day of the Eclipse, 43 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 104

A Day on the Connecticut River, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 444

Days of 1956, 2 items

Not published; folder states one item

Days of 1941 and '44, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 425

Days of 1944, 19 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 868; also titled To Wake (Days of 1994), Summer Visits (1994)

Days of 1908, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 803

Days of 1971, 44 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 348

Days of 1964, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 220

Days of 1935, 65 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 3; also titled Days of 1934

Dead Center, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 540

"Dear hunter, carry but this bow", 2 items

Not published; first letters of 5 line poem spell DAVID

Death of a Millionaire, 2 items

Not published; quatrain

Death Masks, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1942"

Debut, 8 items

Not published

Declaration Day, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 494; Dedication [1943] "to my mother;" "June-August 1943," sonnet

Dedication, 1 item

Not publishedsonnet, also to his mother?

A Dedication, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 123

Delft After Vermeer, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 741

Desdemona, 2 items

Not published; folder states one item; on typed page, an additional poem, Titania

Desert Hotel with Frog Amulet, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 764

Destiny of Gestures, 3 items

Not published

Developers at Crystal River, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 413

The Diary of the Duc De L***, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 697

Do Not Be Simple, Do Not Be Sweet, 1 item

Not published; "February 1946"

Domestic Architecture, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 838

Domino, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 419

Donne, 2 items

Not published; on John Donne?; "January 1944"

The Doodler, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 98

Doorknob, 4 items

Not published; "11.xi.85"

A Downward Look, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 589

A Dream, 1 item

Not published; "October, 1943"

Dream (Escape), 26 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 1150

Dreams about Clothes, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 345

The Drowning Poet, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 12

The Dunes, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 82

"Dusk to the green lagoon comes green.", 2 items

Not published; "circa 1949"

"Each day's sufficient poetry", 1 item

Not published

Early Settlers, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 709

Earth Air Water Fire, 2 items

Not published; "July, November, 1943"

"Eat me," say these mushrooms clearly", 1 item

Not published; typed on yellow card, birthday of "Charlee"

Eclogue, 1 item

Not published

Economic Man, 18 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 729

L'Egyptienne, 2 items

Not published; "June 1942"

Eight Bits, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 538; includes Death of a Millionaire

18 West 11th Street, 21 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 314

Electra: A Translation, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 343; "Summer '71;" also titled Seascape with Dentist

; Elegy Before Death, 5 items

Not published

Elegy for the Dying, 5 items

Not published

"Elizabeth, you should have", 3 items

Not published

Embarkation Sonnets, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 692

The Emigration, 2 items

Not published

Empedecles, 2 items

Not published; "22.ix.79"

En Route, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 821; "25.viii;" also titled "A Marriage"

Entrance from Sleep, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 13

Envoi, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 726

The Enoy, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 244

Epithalamium, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 825

Equinox, 1 item

Not published

"Escaping by a flap of leather", 1 item

Not published

Eureka, 2 items

Not published

Europa, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 701

Eve Addresses the Serpent, 4 items

Not published; "November 1944"

Evening on the Hilltop, 8 items

Not published; "12.viii.89"

Facing the Wall, 13 items

Not published; also titled Slides

The Falls, 3 items

Not published

Family Tree, 2 items

Not published

Family Week at Oracle Ranch, 43 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 654

"The fan of silk you flourish in your hand", 2 items

Not published; sonnet

Farewell, 1 item

Not published; to Kimon Friar?

Farewell Performance, 40 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 581; draft page of Geiger Counter

A Fever, 32 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 259

The Fifteenth Summer, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 507; also titled Youth and The Fourteenth Summer

Figures in a Legendary Glade, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 31

Fire Poem, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 59

First Poems, 7 items

Not published; also titled Juvenilia; "First Poems for Frederick Buechner "12.i.79;" also dated "1972" and "4.i.73;" on Amherst College stationary 4 quatrains

Five Inscriptions, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 818

Five Old Favorites, 41 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 152; also titled Five Leaves from the Album in the Waiting Room

"Flattered all summer", 3 items

Not published

Fleche d'Or, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 347

The Flint Eye, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 6

Flying from Byzantium, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 251; 1 page titled "Goodbye [Adieu] and After

Foliage of Vision, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 27

Following the Lieder, 2 items

Not published

For a Bestiary, 38 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 686

Dedicatory poem for Eleanor [']s Copy of Water Street, 3 items

Not published; filed in the "F's" because first draft title "for E."?; also for G. for R. and I.

For Frank Taylor on his 69th Birthday, 1 item

Not published

"For I am white, but O my soul is black", 6 items

Not published

"For Isabel", 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, pink note card w/ stamp of E. Dickinson; quatrain; "21.vii.81"

"For JMB a 70", 1 item

Not published; quatrain in red ink

For John Hollander, 7 items

Not published; 24.iii.88; also titled In the Study and Little Hall

For my Father, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 781; "16 July 1950;" 5 lines on "despair is over for a time"

For Proust, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 139

For Proust, II, 1 item

Not published

For the Poet, 3 items

Not published; "July 1945;" "The marble eye will never close but who;" For S. T. J., Jr. 1?; "July 1945"

The Formal Lovers, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 686

The Forms of Death, 10 items

Not published

Fort Lauderdale, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 820

Fountain in Disuse, Athens, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 723

The Fountain of Age, 4 items

Not published

Four Little Poems, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 25

Four Transmissions in Code, 1 item

Not Published; two typed lines on postcard; "2/1"

The Friend of the Fourth Decade, 26 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 228

From a Notebook, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 130

From Morning to Morning, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 679

From the Cupola 2, 65 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 207

From the Cutting Room Floor, 29 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 463

The Formal Lovers, 3 items

Not published; folder states 1 item

"Small beyond great swaying glooms", 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 739; from "The Broken Home" in Collected Poems

Fragment for Voice and Ukelele, 1 item

Not published; typewritten on blue note card addressed to Peter Hooten, 20 East 17 Street NY; "1.ix.84"

"Francisco on his shelf", 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 513; from The Image Maker

"Fruit on the table. How we have loved it, taste", 2 items

Not published

Full Moon: Letter to T, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 754

The Furnished Room, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 18; also titled Eden, Idyll, Winter Idyll

Gadfly Triolets, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 834; "(DJ from his fond JM)" "for DJ"

Garden, 1 item

Not published; "November 1944"

Gentle Afternoon, 3 items

Not published; "August 1945"

Getting Through, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 150

Ginger Beef, 38 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 535

The Girl with the Eyes of Glass, 1 item

Not Published; "April 1942"

"A glinting torpor / Sacred with venom", 2 items

Not published; "7-8 March 63"

Gothic Novel, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 810

Götterdämmerung, 1 item

Not published; "October, 1942"

Goyesca, 3 items

Not published; "ca. 1943 - 4;" ballet danced to Granados' Goyescas, music based upon certain drawings by Goya

Grace, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 568

Grace Abounding, 2 items

Not published; "for Grace Stone 1960? 61?"

Graffito5, 67 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 7

The Grand Canyon, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 136

The Grape Cure, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 29

Grass, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 405

The Great Emigration, 28 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 629

"Green upon Green" [dedication to From the First Nine], 1 item

Not published; for Harry and Kathleen

The Green Eye, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 5

The Greenhouse, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 63

"Gusts from the Stadium downhill", 1 item

Not published; "9.i.73

The Harpist, 1 item

Not published; "August, 1942"

The Headdress, 6 items

Not published

The Hearings, 5 items

Not published

The Help, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 418

"Help me love, you who are blind", 5 items

Not published

"Here in this circus tent", 1 item

Not published; DMc from JM; 30.iv.80

Here Today, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 836

"Here under you bold spell, I cannot prevent", 1 item

Not published

The Hermit in the Forest, 2 items

Not published

The Hero, 8 items

Not published

Here Mozart Sings, 1 item

Not published; "December, 1942"

The Higher Keys, 2 folders

Published in Collected Poems, p. 205

Drafts also under Coda: The Higher Keys

Hindu Illuminations, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 534

"His profile flames, slices the hard wind; then", 4 items

Not published

Holderlin, 1 item

Not published; "March 1945"

"Holding a lens to magic one is least", 1 item

Not published; "October 1946"

"Holding his mother's hand, less", 1 item

Not published; sketch of the face of a female veiled or mummy like

Homage to Beardsley, 3 items

Not published

Home Fires, 37 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 608

The House Fly, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 436

The Horoscope, 2 items

Not published in this form

The Hospitable Translators, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 830; "Raritan"

Hôtel de l'Univers en Portugal, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 68

Hourglass (2), 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 740

Hour-Glass, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 16

The House, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 50

House by the Water, 7 items

Not published; "1963"

The House of the Customs Men, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 790; "How to make Bob and Doris see the fruits of their half century?;" "15 June 1985"

"H.P. (1925-1980)", 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 828

Human Relations, 7 items

Not published; "1957"

"I meant for you to have intelligence, 1 item

Not published

I never baked a cake before / But now that David's, 44 items

Not published

"I never yet have seen a human being dead", 3 items

Not published; "May 1944"

"I write to kill, when wiles", 1 item

Not published; "7.vi.67"

Icarus, 1 item

Not published; "November, 1942"

Icecap, 49 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 569

Ideas, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 433

The Illustrations, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 832

Impeyan Monal, 3 items

Not published; "9.iv.85"

"In accents so convincing they nonplus", 2 items

Not published

In Amazement, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 854 as Minotaur; "Some drafts of 'Minotaur;" "22-25.ix.94"

In Monument Valley, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 301

In Nine Sleep Valley, 86 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 319

"In the beginning, a dimensionless", 5 items

Not published

In the Dark, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 477

In the Hall of Mirrors, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 121

In the Pink, 19 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 857

In Theaters, 1 item

Not published; about Baudelaire, 5 lines

India: The Dance of Giving, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 710

The Insect God, 4 items

Not published

The Instilling, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 623

Introduction to the Media, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 850

Investiture at Cecconi's, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 580; includes one draft page of Walks in Rome

Island in the Works, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 411

Jotting at Ravenna, 1 item

Not published; Juan Burning the Diary 20/727

"Keats on board ship for what we shall call Rome", 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 677 items; Black Swan dedication “To Kimon Friar”

Key West Aquarium: The Saw Fish, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 883; also Unlovely Fauna drafts

The Kimono, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 361

"King Louis of France had a gilded ball", 3 items

Not published

The Kitchen Knight, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 734

Kite Poem, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 24

Koi, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 867

Komboloi, 91 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 334

Kostas Tympakianakis, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 238

Kyoto: At the Detached Palace, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 67

Laboratory Poem, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 89

"Lamps from men's foreheads", 1 item

Not published

Landscape with Torrent, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 721

Landscape with VW, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 724

Last Mornings in California, 39 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 447

Last Times, 3 items

Not published; 11 lines in Greek

The Laughing Buddha, 1 item

Not published; "Nov. 1941"

The Lawn Fete of Homunculus Artifex, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 145

Lecture: The Skeleton, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 702

Lenses, 40 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 475

The Leper Colony, 1 item

Not published

Letter, 15 items

Not published; "Letter (unpublished)"

Letter from Egypt, 33 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 164

Letter to Gina [Plunguian?], 1 item

Not published

Letter to Henry Luce, 14 items

Not published; version of "Elizabeth" poem

A Letter To The Editor, 1 item

Not published; 1945 newspaper; "J.I.M."

"The letters lie on the floor", 1 item

Not published

Light of the Street, Darkness of Your Own House, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 245

Lindoro, 2 items

Not published

Lines Composed at Sunset, 6 items

Not published?; "American Letters '48;" page from the magazine apparently

Lines for X, 2 items

Not published; pencil draft lines from Bronze on one page

Lipstick, 1 item

Not published; 4 lines on white note card

"A little boy", 2 items

Not published; ink on yellowing paper

Little Fanfare for Felix Magowan, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 201

"The little love god split", 1 item

Not published

"The lizard quicker than its own tongue is darting", 2 items

Not published

The Locusts, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 119

The Log, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 295

A Look Askance, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 637; also titled Sodom Was, Sodom Rome Babylon, Notes on NY, The NY School, A Look Askance at New York, A Look Askance at Xandau

"Look for kindness where you never expect to find it", 2 items

Not published; "Ca. 44" in red ink

"Looking up from my craft", 1 item

Not published

Lorelei, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 227

Losing the Marbles 1, 65 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 572

Lost in Translation, 59 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 362

Love Takes the Shape of a Camellia, 2 items

Not published; "James I. Merrill '43"

Lover by Full Moon, 6 items

Not published; also titled The Two by Moonlight

The Lovers, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 64

LP, 2 items

Not published; "1967;" On sheet a separate villanelle "642719" / "1967;" also the "theatres" poem about Baudelaire 1956

Lunch with a Scholar, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 765

The Mad Scene, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 206

Maise, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 186

Man's Raga, 1 item

Not published

Mandala, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 312

Manos Karastefaris, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 379

Marsyas, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 96

Masquerade, 1 item

Not published/ sonnet

Master and Man, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 767

Matinees, 49 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 267

"May this thermometric sphere", 1 item

Not published; file card

McKane's Falls, 40 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 368

Meditation, 1 item

Not published; sonnet "Oct 1941"

Medusa, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 7

Melisande, 1 item

Not published; "August, 1942"

Men's Song at Wedding, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 716; "1967"

Menu, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 530

Meteor, 3 items

Not published; "1958"

The "Metro", 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 435

Midas Among the Goldenrod, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 78

Midsummer Evening on the Prinsengracht, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 478

"Mimi darling Valentine", 1 item

Not published; paper note

Minds, 1 item

Not published; half sheet of paper

Minotaur, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 854; clean drafts

Minuet - 18th Century, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1942"

Mirror, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 83

Missing: Café at Rapallo,

Published in Collected Poems, p. 794

Missing Person, 10 items

Not published; poem about David losing himself

Month, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 438

The Moon, 3 items

Not published; "27.viii;" on the moon walk

Odd Bits, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 851 as More Bits

"The moon ends inquiries", 1 item

Not published

More Enterprise, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 237

More or Less, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 632

Morning Exercise, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 602

Morning Glory, 69 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 496

Morning in the Grand Style, 3 items

Not published; "November 1946"

Mornings in a New House, 37 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 261

Mosquito, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 746

Mouthpiece, 36 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 815

Movements of Hands, 1 item

Not published; "July 1945"

Mozart, 1 item

Not published; "Winter 1941-42"

Mozart, II, 1 item

Not published; "January 1943;" sonnet

Music from Above, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 722

"Music heightens the affair", 1 item

Not published

Mutability, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. "June, 1942"

"My bedroom apple green, flattening out", 1 item

Not published; "25.i.95"

"My eye is a brown jewel, a frozen city", 2 items

Not published; "/in red ink: college days"

My Father's Irish Setters, 29 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 627

NYR, Box 2001, 1 item

Not published; pink note card; 4 line personal ad

Narcissus, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1944;" "James I. Merrill '43"

A Narrow Escape, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 77

Navarino, 28 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 846

Nero Dines in the Gardens of the Golden House, 1 item

Not published; "December, 1942"

"New Happiness--how to cope with it?", 2 items

Not published

New Study, 5 items

Not published; "25.viii"

Night: Before Death, 4 items

Not published; "January, 1943" ; also titled Sonnet

Nightgown, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 175

Nike, 26 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 249

"Nimbly, the mirage, where General Rommel", 1 item

Not published

Nine Lives 1, 76 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 591

1939, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 191

"no eyes are wet", 1 item

Not published; "NY 1948?9?"

No Nightingales, 1 item

Not published; "August, 1942"

"No syllable 2",

Not published; "1963"

Notes for a Swan Song, 1 item

Not published

No Word, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 753

Nobody's Fault, 9 items

Not published

Nocturne 1, 1 item

Not published; "Oct. 1941"

Novelettes, 37 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 624

November Ode, 30 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 843; drafts and JM reaction to criticism of poem

"Now we are safe at last,", 2 items

Not published; "Ca. 1960"

"Now all the minions of Amor", 1 item

Not published

Now or Never, 2 items

Not published

O Soft Embalmer, 7 items

Not published

The Oasis, 1 item

Not published

The Objects, 5 items

Not published

Octave for an Uncompleteable Sonnet,

Not published; "November, 1942"

The Octopus, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 58

Ode to Memory, 15 items

Not published; "22.vi. 79"

"Of late there had been a stir", 12 items

Not published

"Off to Roumania for her annual", 3 items

Not published

The Old Fate 2, 2 items

Not published; "/ 21.viii.89"

Old Journal, 1 item

Not published; "2.i.73;" Version of First Poems

Olive Grove, 1 item

Not published; folder states: Olive Green

On an Enemy, 1 item

Not published; "October 1944"

On An Italian Shore, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 802; also titled Cavafy: On an . . .

On the Block, 21 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 633

On the Bridge, 30 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 737

"Once more now this whole being bearing my name", 4 items

Not published

164 East 72nd Street, 85 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 661

"Only because we two,", 2 items

Not published

Opaque Morning W. C. W. 1883-1963, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 757

The Opera Company, 44 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 263

"Or as they call you here", 13 items

Not published; 1965?

Oracle, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 725

Oranges, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 856

Orfeo, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 97

Orpheus, 1 item

Not published; "October, 1942"

Osbert Sitwell, 4 items

Not published; anagrams on Sitwell's name

Ouzo for Robin, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 240

Overdue Pilgrimage, 46 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 666

Page from the Koran, 19 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 428

Pagliaccio, 1 item

Not published; "June, 1942"

The Palace of Poesy, 8 items

Not published

Palm, 1 item

Not published; not Valéry

Palm Beach with Portuguese Man-of-War, 29 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 420

The Pardoner's Tale, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 761

The Parnassians, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 529

The Parrot, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 37

The Parrot Fish, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 163

Part of the Vigil, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 246

"Passing of time unnerves us all", 2 items

Not published; birthday poem for DJ 1962

Pathetic Fallacy, 2 items

Not published under this title, whole day in Beirut

Paul Valéry: Palme, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 472

The Peacock, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 39

Pearl, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 665

A Pebble from the North Cape, 10 items

Not published

Peeled Words, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 842

Peevish Poem, 5 items

Not published

The Pelican, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 38

The Perfume, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 103

Periwinkles, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 48

Perspectives of the Lonesome Eye, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 682; folder states 1 item

Peter, 53 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 440

Phenomenal Love Song, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 684; "April 1946"

Philip Larkin, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 835

A Phoenix, 6 items

Not published

Pieces of History, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 299

Pier: Under Pisces, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 416

"Pierced by the violet light, the others have risen", 1 item

Not published

The Pilgrimage to Dachu, 1 item

Not published

Pipe Dream, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 833

Pledge, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 649

Poem for Those, 1 item

Not published; "Who never find out how to give things names"

Poem in Spring, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 15

Poem of Summer's End, 34 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 132

Poet with Astrologer, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 741

Pola Diva, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 271

The Ponchielli Complex, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 614

The Pond, 2 items

Not published

"Poor Shattered HIP (was she in fact)", 1 item

Not published; white note card from Hellen, w/ 6 lines by JM

Portrait, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1942;" of a woman

A Portrait, 1 item

Not published; "November 1944"

Posing for Sculpture, 9 items

Not published; sonnet

Poupee Valsante, 1 item

Not published; "May, 1943" ; "(from The Tales of Hoffman)"

The Power Station, 21 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 114

"Precisely, Chris", 5 items

Not published

Preface to the Memoirs, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 262; folder states Preface to the Memories

Prelude, In a Minor Key, 1 item

Not published; "May, 1943"

The Present, 1 item

Not published

Press Release, 60 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 638

Primer, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 40

Prism: A Paperweight, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 137

Processional, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 583

The Progress, 2 items

Not published

Prose of Departure 1, 43 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 541

The Pyroxenes, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 664

The Puppet Garonce, 5 items

Not published; also titled Puppet Theatre and Little Players

Quatrains for Pegasus, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 663

"The quiet intensity of mute-eye swell", 1 item

Not published; early

R's, 1 item

Not published; typed 5 line stanzas

Radio, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 653

Radiometer, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 469

The Railroad Station, 1 item

Not published; pencil on small note card

Recognition, 1 item

Not published/ "June 1941"

Recognition, 1 item

Not published; "August, 1942"

The Reconnaissance, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 156

Remora, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 258

A Renewal, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 66

Tardy Repentance of a Female Bass, 2 items

Not published

Rescue, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 619; also titled Turtle

Revivals of Tristan , 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 423

Rhapsody on Czech Themes 1, 01 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 859; folder states Rhapsody on Czech Things

'Rien n'égale en longueur les boiteuse journées…', 1 item

Not published; in English; "June, 1943"

"Rimmed with rouge there in the chalkwhite circle", 2 items

Not published; "'Plectrum' tentative title"

The Ring Cycle, 37 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 611

River Poem, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 23

Roger Clay's Proposal, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 155

The Romance Language, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 751

A Room at the Heart of Things, 97 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 508

Rough Sketch for an Aeon on the Alps, 35 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 712

"Said Alcibiades to Socrates", 1 item

Not published; penciled on fragment of an air letter

Saint, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 73

Salome, 24 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 79

Santo, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 439

Santorini: Stopping the Leak 1, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 479

Scenes of Childhood, 96 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 141

The School Play, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 422

Scrapping the Computer, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 635

"The sea and the sea's rhythms", 4 items

Not published; "ca. 1963"

The Sea-Nymph, 2 items

Not published; "Feb. 1942"

Seascape with Dentist, 1 item

Not published; "11.vii.71"

Seaside Doorway, Summer Dawn, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 758

Self-Portrait in Tyvec™ Windbreaker, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 669; in blue ink: "a poem written entirely on the computer"

Sententions, 1 item

Not published; "1950-51?"

Serenade, 4 items

Not published; "ca. 1944"

Serenade, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 501

Le Serpent Qui Danse, 1 item

Not published; "June, 1946;" "from the French of Charles Baudelaire"

The Seventh Round, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 749

"The Seventies! They ended long ago.", 1 item

Not published; white note card; 16. ix.92

"Shelley would have viewed", 1 item

Not published; this draft belongs with drafts of Overdue Pilgrimage

"Shielding her red eyes the albino girl", 1 item

Not published

Siestas of an Architect, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 827

"Silently and moonlessly", 2 items

Not published

642719, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 747; also titled Villanelle

16.ix.65, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 233

Six Leaves from the Album in the Waiting-Room, 3 items

Not mss. but pages from Poetry magazine; "June '61" Old Vienna, Economic Man, etc.

"Small foreign cars were easy to get round", 3 items

Not published

The Smile, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 166

Snake Pit, 2 items

Not published

Snapshot of a Snapshot of Adam, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 826

Snow Jobs, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 607

"Some evenings, even now, I will run home early", 1 item

Not published

Some Negatives: X at the Chateau, 27 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 65

Song, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 840

Sonnet, 1 item

Not published; "May-June 1942"

Sonnet, 1 item

Not published"November 1944"

Sonnet, 1 item

Not published

Sonnet: A Cynic Mutters Under His Breath, 1 item

Not published

Sonnet in Pieces, 1 item

Not published; "to a gay deceiver"

Spleen, 1 item

Not published

"June, 1942",

"From the French of Charles Baudelaire"

Stained Glass Window, 2 items

"We got it when the Baptist church next door"

Stones, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 118

The Storm, 6 items

Not publishedearly poem

Strato in Plaster, 32 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 336

The Sun Sets, 1 item

Not published

"The sunflower's going", 2 items

Not published; in red ink: "late '50's"

The Suppliant, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 823

"Surprise, surprise!", 1 item

Not published

A Survival, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 109; also titled The Cottage in the Garden; folder states: A Survivor

Suspense of Love, 2 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 690

Swimming by Night, 21 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 167

Swimming with Dolphins, 1 item

Not published

Syrinx, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 355

Table Talk, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 731

Ten More, 1 item

Not published; (1959); Ten [More] Commandments for ?

A Tenancy, 34 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 168

"The two loves of my life both want to die", 2 items

Not published

Then and Now, 2 items

Not published

Theory of Vision, 11 item

Not published; "April, 1944"

"There came a spell when Fall", 1 item

Not published; "29.4.79

"There had been earlier witchcrafts, those", 1 item

Not published

"There were 'bonds. for sale at the bank", 1 item

Not published; 4 lines on red card, gift for Frank from D and J

"These are the things that I do not like", 1 item

Not published; half sheet "James I. Merrill. AGE 10"

"These early visions of desire", 1 item

Not published; draft belongs in First Poems folder

"They are the winners, the old ones, alone upon", 1 item

Not published; "June 1945"

Think Tank, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 415

"This poor machine, it has no red", 3 items

Not published

Thistledown, 1 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 61

"Those afternoons you'd wake", 1 item

Not published; red note card

"Though chocolate is bad for you", 1 item

Not published; Happy Birthday to Harriet and Grace

The Thousand and Second Night, ca. 156 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 176

Three Dreams about Elizabeth Bishop, 3 items

Not published

Three Phases, 1 item

Not published; "October, 1943"

Three Chores, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 90

Three Sketches for Europa, 16 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 93

Three Sonnets for Cleopatra, 4 items

Not published; "September, 1942"

Tiffany Base, 14 items

Not published

Time, 29 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 192

A Timepiece, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 62

Tintype before Sailing, 7 items

Not published

To a Butterfly, 13 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 161

To a Pocket Calculator, 19 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 831

To L. C. from J.M, 1 item

Not published; parchment card: On Her Birthday, MXMIII

To Remember J. J. J., 5 items

Not published; also titled To Remember Jean

To My Greek, 84 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 241

To Return is to Advance, 1 item

Not published; "October 1946"

To the Editor of Shenandoah, 1 item

Not published; "Athens: 13.viii.73"

To the Reader, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 616

A Toast for Doris and Robert Magowan's 40th Anniversary--Not Long After a Burglary, 1 item

Not published

"Today the seven years were up. The movers,", 2 items

Not published

"The tomato worm", 2 items

Not published; "15 Feb 64"

Tomorrows, 6 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 759

Tony: Ending the Life, 55 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 642

Topics, 34 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 429

Tourist Solves Language Problem, 1 item

Not published; couplet

Transfigured Bird, 20 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 33

Trees Listening to Bach, 22 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 470

Trails Through the Night, 1 item

Not published; "July, 1942;" 6 quatrains

Trellis, 4 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 75

The Triangle, 2 items

Not published

Trois Voiles, 1 item

Not published; "August, 1942;" Chason de Crépuscule

"The trumpet of the blood is fluent in", 1 item

Not published; "July 1945"

Tsikoudhià, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 752

Two for One, 1 item

Not published; 2 five line stanzas; 1. Nulla Dies sine Linea; 2. Pentimento

Two from Florida, 19 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 505

Leavetaking Limerick, 2 items

Not published; red and blue note cards; "Christian from James 10.iii.86 Key West"

"Two neighbors by their swimming pool", 1 item

Not published

Under Libra: Weights and Measures, 80 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 330

Under Mars,

Published in Collected Poems, p. 327

"Unperceptibly the needle stuck at E", 1 item

Not published

Up and Down, 59 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 339

Upon a Second Marriage, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 72

An Upset, 14 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 437

An Upward Look, 30 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 674

An Urban Convalescence, 27 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 127

A Valentine in Crayons, 9 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 700

Vanity, 3 items

Not published

Variations and Elegy: White Stag, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 42

Variations: The Air Is Sweetest, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 19

Versailles, 2 items

Not published; "March 1945"

Verse for Urania , 102 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 385

The Victor Dog, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 353

View from the Laboratory, 12 items

Not published

A View of the Burning, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 95

Violent Pastoral, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 190

A Vision of the Garden, 17 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 131

Voices from a Ryder, 5 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. published as Storm 848

Voices from the Other World, 27 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 112

Volume 44, No. 4, 12 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 641; also titled Volume 61, Number 8 and Vol. 58, NO. 3

Volcanic Holiday, 58 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 617

"A Vouliagmeni de l'Attique", 1 item

Not published; paper scrap

"Wait. A half-remembered incident", 2 items

Not published

Walking All Night, 34 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 107

Walks in Rome , 102 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 563

Wasp, 8 items

Not published

Watching the Dance, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 205; also titled At the Ballet; in blue ink: "in N.Y. Ballet Program (1963?)"

The Water Hyacinth, 10 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 157

Waterspout, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 502

"We might be waiting in a darkening room", 3 items

Not published

We Walk in Woods , 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 763

"Well then, a glass flashed to the flushing air", 7 items

Not published; It does have a title: Poem

"Whatever led", 1 item

Not published; "24 October;" about attending boring Hudson Review party

"When by your voice the air is stirred", 2 items

Not published

"Whenever someone dies", 2 items

Not published

Where?, 1 item

Not published; "October 1941"

The White Unholy Ghost, 1 item

Not published; albino girl poem again; "James Merrill 431 E 57 NY"

Whitebeard on Videotape, 15 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 399

Who Guessed Amiss the Riddle of the Sphinx, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 76

The Will, 74 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 392

Willow, 11 item

Published in Collected Poems, p. 49

Willowware Cup, 25 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 324

"A wind must have died down, or a spring rain", 1 item

Not published

"The wind, the winter's", 2 items

Not published; in red ink: "1958 (unfinished)"

The Wintering Weeks, 3 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 71

Winter's Tale, 1 item

Not published; apparently the 1940's

"Words and more words. Their touchstones litter us", 2 items

Not published

Words for Maria, 30 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 235

Words for the Familiar Spirit, 23 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 719

Wreath for the Warm-Eyed, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 18

Yam, 18 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 328

Yànnina, 8 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 380

Ye, They Sal Have the Flour of Il Endyng, 1 item

Not published; early

Years ago in Amherst, Alison, 1 item

Not published; on note card Alison and Jonathan

"Yes, yes, the world's a stage. Let it be said.", 1 item

Not published

"You have impressed a hollow in my mind", 1 item

Not published; quarter paper; "12 June 1944;" For Friar?

"Your taste for older women would persist", 4 items

Not published

"You my simple one", 1 item

Not published

"You who are made in the rare shape of death", 1 item

Not published; "July 1945;" sonnet

"Your mind's gone, you keep nodding", 1 item

Not published

Zeno Reminded of a Family Quarrel, 7 items

Published in Collected Poems, p. 706

6/-

IV.1.b. Poetic Sequences., (8 items.) (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Consists of sequences of poems by Merrill, arranged alphabetically by title or first line.

"The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace"., 1950-1951. 1 item.

North Star (with Frederick Buechner)., 1943. (1 item.)

Poems, 1942-1943., 1942-1943. (1 item.)

Accession 1666.

Poems., April 1944. (1 item.)

Poems to Tomas Howkins., n.d. (2 items.)

Polaris, a Book of Poems (with Frederick Buechner)., 1942. (1 item.)

"A Selection of Undergraduate Writing" (includes "Rose" and "The Flint Eye") from English 23-24., 1946-1947. (1 item.)

Short stories., 1954. (1 item.)

7-12/-

IV.1.c. Prose., (ca. 3.5 linear foot.)

Consists of prose work by Merrill including fiction, non-fiction, and fragments, arranged by category then alphabetically by title or first line.

7/-

IV.1.c.i. Fiction., ca. 0.25 linear feet

"Ambition's Debt Is Paid". pub. Jim's Book. October 6, 1941. 1 item.

"Bridge Party". n.d. 1 item.

"The Driver". pub. Recitative. [1962]. 3 items.

"The Fairy Tale". pub. Jim's Book. February 1942. 1 item.

"The Frost". April 10, 1941. 2 items.

"The Green and Pink". n.d. 1 item.

"In Broad Daylight". n.d. 3 items.

"Madonna". pub. Jim's Book. February 1942. 1 item.

"Miss Georgina Tinker". pub. Jim's Book. October 1940. 1 item.

"Mr. Pope and Mr. Pratt". [ca. 1940s]. 1 item.

"Perhaps a Million Years". [ca. 1940s]. 1 item.

"Peru: The Landscape Game". pub. Recitative. 1971. ca. 24 items.

"Return". 1941. 2 items.

"Rose" pub. Recitative. n.d. 1 item.

7-11/-

IV.1.c.ii. Non-Fiction., ca. 2.75 linear feet

7-8/-

IV.1.c.ii.(a) Essays., (ca. 0.75 linear feet)

"A la recherche du temps perdu: Impressionism in Literature," This is a photocopy of the original held at Amherst of JM's senior thesis at Amherst., 1947. (1 item.)

"A la recherche du temps perdu: Impressionism in Literature," Typescript carbon., 1947. (1 item.)

"A la recherche du temps perdu: Impressionism in Literature," Notes and quotations towards thesis., [ca. 1943-1946]. (1 item.)

"Acoustical Chambers". pub. Recitative., 1982. (ca. 8 items.)

"Angel or Earthly Creature". pub. Jim's Book., 1942. (1 item.)

"Autobiography"., [ca. 1946]. (1 item.)

"Base Angel"., 1943. (1 item.)

"Concerning Berkeley and the World and God"., April 3, 1944. (2 items.)

"Divine Poem". pub. Recitative., [1980]. (ca. 33 items.)

"Esthetic Perception"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"Holderin"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"Impressionism in Painting"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"Impressions of Marlowe"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"The Language Problem in Carlyle"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"The Language Problem in Newman"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"The Language Problem in Tennyson"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"Re: Lawrenceville"., 1991. (4 items.)

"Marvelous Poet: Review of C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems, translated by Edmund Keeley". pub. New York Review., July 17, 1975. (1 item.)

"Notes on Corot". pub. Recitative., [1960]. (ca. 16 items.)

"Object Lessons". pub. Recitative., [1972]. (ca. 16 items.)

"Patterns?"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"The Plato Club" With David Jackson., 1992. (2 items.)

"The Plato Club". Page proofs., 1992. (1 item.)

"Plays within Plays"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"Ravel's Mother Goose"., [1987]. (5 items.)

"Rilke and George"., [ca. 1940s]. (1 item.)

"The Transparent Eye". pub. Recitative., [1983]. (ca. 20 items.)

"Unreal Citizens". pub. Recitative., 1974-1975. (ca. 38 items.)

"The Use of Metaphor in Literature and Science". With professor's comments., [ca. 1940s]. (2 items.)

"The White Devil" and "A Woman Killed wtih Kindness"., October 16, 1945. (1 item.)

Clippings from The Lawrence by or about JM., 1942-1943. (5 items.)

9/-

IV.1.c.ii.(b) Interviews., (ca. 0.25 linear feet)

Arranged alphabetically by interviewees last name.

Interview with John Boatwright and Enrique Ucelay DaCal, pub. Recitative., ca. 1969. (4 items.)

Interview with Fred Bornhauser, pub. Recitative., [1981]. (2 items.)

Interview with Professor Chung., May 1, 1983. (1 item.)

Interview with J. D. McClatchy, pub. Recitative., [1979]. (2 items.)

Interview with James Merrill by unidentified, with annotations by James Merrill and unidentified., n.d. (1 item.)

Interview with Philip Rubin., September 1993. (2 items.)

Interview with Donald Sheehan, pub. Contemporary Literature vol. 9 no. 1., Winter 1968. (4 items.)

Interview with Helen Vendler, pub. Recitative., [1979]. (1 item.)

Interview., November 13, 1984. (1 item.)

"On Yannina: An Interview with David Kalstone". pub. Recitative., 1972. (2 items.)

IV.1.c.ii.(c) Introductions, prefaces, and afterwords. ca. 0.25 linear feet

Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

Foreword to Above the Land by Julie Agoos (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1987]. (ca. 11 item.)

Foreword to Navigable Waterways by Pamela Alexander (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1985]. (ca. 18 items.)

Foreword to Terms to Be Met by George Bradley (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1986]. (ca. 18 items.)

Foreword to Out of the Woods by Thomas Bolt (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1989]. (ca. 7 items.)

Foreword to Hermit with Landscape by Daniel Hall (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1990]. (ca. 16 items.)

Introduction to Dante's Inferno: Translations by Twenty Contemporary Poets ed. Daniel Halpern., [1993]. (2 items.)

Afterword to Becoming a Poet: Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell by David Kalstone., [1989]. (ca. 42 items.)

Introduction to New Paintings by Barbara Kassel., 1987. (5 items.)

Foreword to To the Place of Trumpets by Brigit Pegeer Kelly (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1990]. (1 item.)

Foreword to The Evolution of the Flightless Bird by Richard Kenney (Yale Younger Poet Series)., [1984]. (ca. 12 items.)

Introduction to Dorothea Tanning: hail, delierium!., [1992]. (1 item.)

Forward to Le Sorelle Bronte pub. Recitative., [1963]. (1 item.)

Forward to Nineteen Poems pub. Recitative., [1977]. (5 items.)

Foreword to Recitative., July 1985. (4 items.)

"Robert Bagg: A Postrcript" pub. Recitative., [1961]. (ca. 7 items.)

10-11/-

IV.1.c.ii.(d) Readings, Speeches, Lectures., (ca. 0.75 linear feet)

"Aphorisms 1970"., 1970. (1 item.)

"A Class Day Talk" pub. Recitative., [1980]. (ca. 9 items.)

"Education of the Poet"., n.d. (ca. 32 items.)

National Book Award (Mirabell: Books of Number), Acceptance speech., [1978]. (1 item.)

National Book Award (Nights and Days), Acceptance speech., 1967. (2 items.)

Notes on Cafavy reading., n.d. (ca. 7 items.)

Notes for Memorial to Howard Moss., n.d. (ca. 18 items.)

Notes for "RW at the Morgan Library"., 1988. (ca. 6 items.)

Notes for reading at Washington University., [November 1994]. (ca. 16 items.)

Notes for speech on Alan Ansen., n.d. (2 items.)

Notes for speech on T. S. Eliot at Washington University., n.d. (ca. 8 items.)

Sandover. Various drafts, notes, business, etc. for "Voices of Sandover", "An Evening at Sandover", etc., n.d. (ca. 100 items.)

"An Evening at Sandover", Ts[p] drafts with minor holograph annotations., n.d. (1 item.)

"An Evening at Sandover", Ts[p] draft., n.d. (1 item.)

"An Evening at Sandover", Ts[p] notes and drafts., 1988, n.d. (ca. 23 items.)

"An Evening at Sandover", Ts[p] draft with minor holograph annotations and revisions., n.d. (4 items.)

"Evening at Sandover", Ts draft with minor holograph annotations and revisions., February 6, 1988. (1 item.)

"Evening at Sandover", notes., 1988. (ca. 12 item.)

"Voices from Sandover", galley proofs., November 30, 1988. (2 items.)

"Voices from Sandover", business., 1990, n.d. (ca. 22 items.)

"Voices from Sandover", Ts[x]., n.d. (1 item.)

"Voices from Sandover", Ts[p] drafts with holograph annoations and revisions., n.d. (2 items.)

"Voices from Sandover", drafts., n.d. (5 items.)

"Voices from Sandover", drafts, notes, business., n.d. (ca. 19 items.)

"Voices from Sandover", drafts and speech introduction., n.d. (ca. 6 items.)

James Merrill and Helen Vendler, Poetry Works relating to Sandover, Ts., September 1990. (1 item.)

Sketch for Life Magazine., 1988. (ca. 11 item.)

Speech on John Ashberry., n.d. (2 items.)

Speech on Howard Moss, n.d. (1 item.)

Tribute to Louise Fitzhugh., December 6, 1974. (1 item.)

Tribute to David Kalstone., [1988]. (3 items.)

Various notes., n.d. (2 items.)

Various notes, lists, drafts towards readings, speeches, toasts, etc., 1980s-1990s. (ca. 30 items.)

Various notes towards speeches, toasts, tributes, etc., n.d. (ca. 21 item.)

11/-

IV.1.c.ii.(e) Blurbs., (ca. 0.25 linear feet)

Comments on Louis Coxe's The North Wall, copy of printed page advertising the book., n.d. (1 item.)

Comments about Madison Morrison in TL [draft] to George Economou from JM., n.d. (1 item.)

Comments on Wyatt Townley's Perfectly Normal, copy of printed page advertising the book., n.d. (1 item.)

Comments on Frederick Turner's The Garden, Ts., n.d. (1 item.)

Comments on Frederick Turner's The New World, Ts., n.d. (1 item.)

12/-

IV.1.c.iii. Fragments., ca. 0.5 linear feet

"Although no painter myself ...". n.d. 1 item.

"Francis material", possibly related to early version of The Seraglio. [ca. 1950s]. 3 items.

"A guidebook I took to Greece in the 50s...". [ca. 1950s]. ca. 8 items.

"Half of a novel, Salzburg-Mallorea-Rome". 1950-1951. 3 items.

"Ideas, by their nature, are few and everywhere...". n.d. 2 items.

"Istanbul". n.d. 1 item.

"Journal Entries ", for Seneca Review. n.d. ca. 8 items.

Lawrenceville. [1991].

Missing as of 2004: March 2.

"Lost 70s novel" 1970s, 1992. ca. 12 items.

Notes for Kyoto piece for John Myers' Semicolon. n.d. ca. 10 items.

"Paint". n.d. 4 items.

Rilke essay. n.d. 2 items.

"The Stonington Novel". September 24, 1962. 5 items.

Untitled Novel. n.d. ca. 6 items.

"We were perhaps eight at table ...". n.d. 1 item.

Reading notes from Amherst years. [ca. 1943-1947]. 1 item.

Various autobiographical notes. n.d. ca. 6 items.

Various drafts of letters, some with poem drafts on them. n.d. ca. 10 items.

Various fragments. n.d. ca. 15 items.

13-15/-

IV. 1. d. Drama., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Consists of drama work by Merrill, arranged alphabetically by title.

i. The Bait., n.d. (6 items, 3 folders.)

Two copies of the original version and Ts short story or sketch.

ii. The Bait., n.d. (2 items, 2 folders.)

Two copies of revised version.

iii.The Birthday Party: A play in verse., n.d. (2 items, 2 folders.)

Two copies.

iv. The Brain Bank., 1954, 1957-1958, 1960. (6 items, 1 folder.)

Tentative sketches, precis, journal entries.

vi. The Image-Maker., 1985-1986. (3 folders, 3 folders.)

Two copies and playbill.

vii. The Immortal Husband., 1955. (5 items, 5 folders.)

Five copies.

viii. Tithonus/The Immortal Husband., (ca. 29 items, 7 folders.)

Drafts and scripts.

16/-

IV. 1. e. Translations., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

Consists of translations by Merrill, arranged alphabetically by title or first line.

"The Author in Exile to His Publisher in Prison " by V. Vassilikos., n.d. (1 item.)

"Bowl of Roses" by R. Rilke., n.d. (1 item.)

"Cafe at Rapallo" by E. Montale., n.d. (2 items.)

"The Dead Horse" by C. Meireles., n.d. (1 item.)

"Drinking Sans Rival ouzo..." by V. Vassilikos., n.d. (1 item.)

"The Eel" by E. Montale., n.d. (1 item.)

"Ich Grolle Nicht" by H. Heine/Schumann., n.d. (4 items.)

"In the Greenhouse" by E. Montale., ca. 1957. (2 items.)

"Isolda di Elba" by V. Vassilikos., ca. 1969. (1 item.)

"Lad, it is time" by R. Rilke., [ca. 1943-1944]. (2 items.)

"Les Collines" by G. Apollinaire., [ca. 1945-1946]. (1 item.)

"The Malleability of Sorrow" by H. Lodeizen., n.d. (1 item.)

"Palme" by R. Rilke., February 1923. (2 items.)

"Parsifal" by P. Verlaine., n.d. (2 items.)

"Second Rose Motif" by C. Meireles., n.d. (2 items.)

"Vigil" by C. Meireles., n.d. (1 item.)

Translations of various H. Lodeizen poems., n.d. (ca. 18 items.)

Translations of various C. Meireles poems., n.d. (ca. 9 items.)

Translation of short story of V. Vassilikos., n.d. (2 items.)

17-18/-

IV. 1. f. Miscellaneous Manuscripts., (ca. 1.0 linear feet.)

Consists of autograph manuscripts and typescripts by JM. Some have titles and some do not. They were not easily identifiable with specific JM works. These are roughly arranged chronologically.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1940s-1970s, n.d. (ca. 96 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1950s-1990s, n.d. (ca. 73 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1950s-1990s, n.d. (ca. 84 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1970s, n.d. (ca. 75 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1970s-1990s, n.d. (ca. 101 item.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1980s, n.d. (ca. 84 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1980s, n.d. (ca. 56 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 1980s, n.d. (ca. 38 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., n.d. (ca. 100 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., n.d. (ca. 60 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts., n.d. (ca. 26 items.)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Juvenalia., n.d. (ca. 16 items.)

^Box/folder
1-7/-

IV. 2. Manuscripts by Others., (ca. 10.5 linear feet.)

Consists of manuscripts by others, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, then by title or first line. Some material had no author identified, this material is filed by Unidentified author and arranged by title or first line.

Some folders may contain more than one poem.

Manuscripts by Others,

The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by author's last name, then by title or first line.

1/-

A.F.A.,

"The Point"

Adams, Don.,

poem and essay

Allen, David.,

"James Merrill: The Poet and the Man"

Allen, Dick.,

poems

Alonso, Jose.,

untitled

Amirthanayagam, Indran.,

"Be Rude, Boy, Again"

"Words for the Sri Lanka Tourist Office"

Anderson, Marcia Lee.,

poems

Ansen, Alan.,

"The Lay Contemplative's Vade Mecum"

"The Return from Greece"

"Routines"

Applewhite, James.,

"Iron Age Flying"

Argoos, Julie.,

"Brain Damage"

"Calendar Year"

Auden, W. H.,

"A New Year Greeting"

Austin, Norman.,

"Adagio"

"Hermes"

B., P. B.,

"Something to Consider"

Backhurst, Paul.,

"For the Omahas"

Baggs, Robert.,

poems

Baranczak, Stanislaw.,

"James Merrill"

"Wiersze Wybrane"

Barnstone, Willis.,

"A Rose in Hell"

Bell, Charles G.,

"The Number of My Loves"

Berton, Melissa.,

"Poetry Sample"

Bidart, Frank.,

"The Arc"

"The Book of the body"

"Elegy"

"The First Hour of the Night"

"The Sacrifice"

"The War of Vaslav Nijinsky"

Blais, Marie-Claire.,

"Nuit de la Poesie"

Blasing, Mutlu K.,

"Rethinking Models of Literary Change"

Bleckley, David.,

"Particle Intervals"

Blumenfeld, Harold.,

"The Charioteer of Delphi" score

Bogen, Don.,

"After the Splendid Display"

Bojo, the Homo,

"The Queen's Masque"

Bolt, Thomas.,

"Blackbody Radiation"

"A Cluster of Sunsets"

"Dark Ice"

"Sermons in Stones"

Bolton, Charles.,

"Heart Murmur"

"Pain's Kitchen"

"Specific Gravity"

Borris, Siegfried.,

"Practical Harmony"

Bradley, George.,

"A Brief Last Testament"

"The Fire Fetched Down"

"Keats' Handkerchief"

Brockway, James.,

poems

Browning, Barbara.,

"We Were All Hungry"

Budenz, Julia.,

"Sonetti Petrarcheschi"

Buechner, Frederick.,

"Class Poem 1993"

Burford, William,

"Proteus"

Burnett, Tom.,

"From Angels to Zanzibar"

Campbell, Charles.,

"Poetry's Cobblestones Cut Diamond-Faceted"

[Causse, Michele].,

"A Quelle Heure Est la Levee dans le Desert?"

Chambers, John.,

"The Man Who Sank Atlantis"

Chouliaras, Yiorgos.,

"Call It Cruelty, Call It Culture"

Christopher, Nicholas.,

"Desperate Characters"

Coffman, Lisa.,

"Brother Ass"

Corn, Alfred.,

"Ashes and Ardor"

"Dublin, the Liberties"

"The West Door: Poems"

Creston, Richard,

"Ode to the Cupola"

D.E.A.,

"It's Time" and "I Saw Her Wince"

D.N.J.,

"A Superior Geography"

Dacaville, Anthony.,

poems

Daum, Raymond.,

"The Spirits Beneath the Stones"

Deren, Maya,

"Arts in Haiti"

Dickerson, Billie.,

poems

Dietz, Daniel.,

stories

2/-

Doty, Mark.,

"Atlantis"

Dunlop, Lane.,

"The Partie Pris of Things"

Durkin, Kevin.,

"James Merrill's Four-Dimensional Magnum Opus"

Edwards, George.,

"Music and the Politics of Postmodernism"

"The Nonsense of an Ending"

Eliot, Alexander.,

re: "Don Pour's Pageant"

Elliot, Alistair.,

poems

Fandel, John.,

"The Eight Morning"

Farinholt, Katharine Woltz.,

"Late Settings by James Merrill, Poet Supreme"

Fitzgerald, Edward.,

"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"

Forche, Carolyn.,

"Angel of History"

Freccero, John.,

"Paradiso X"

Friedmann, Elizabeth.,

"To the Scribe"

Fredericks, Claude.,

"I'm madman ..."

"Mammy Hottentot & Daddy Esking"

"On Circe's Island"

Friar, Kimon.,

translations

Fuller, Janice.,

"Wallace Stevens, James Merrill, and the Way of the Dandy"

Galvin, James.,

"Merrill Intro"

Gibbons, Mark.,

poems

Goldensohn, Lorrie.,

"Fronting the Backward Past"

Golffing, Francis et al.,

"Finger Exercises "

Golffing, Francis.,

poems

"A Wreath for Jimmy"

Gomes, Alair.,

"Journal of a Trip"

Gracht, Gisele van der.,

"The Inner Wall-Paper"

Grams, Paul,

poems

Grassi, Carolyn,

"Actual Grace"

"Down to Earth"

"Ebb and Flow"

"Interiors"

"Italian Poems"

"Masques"

"Poems of Place"

3/-

"Stonehenge",

Green, Galen,

"Sad Rodeo"

Greene, George.,

"Letters to Fitch"

"Postscript"

"Selected Poems"

Gurganus, Allan.,

"The Biography of My Autobiography"

Guym(?), R. S.,

"Sonnet Against Racine's Phedre"

Hadas, Rachel.,

"The Art of What Has Been"

"Living in Time"

"Musings"

"Other Worlds Than This"

Harrison, Jeffrey.,

poems

"The Singing Underneath"

Hess, Marjorie.,

"Mirabell: Books of Number"

Hill, Gary.,

"Epitaph"

Hine, Daryl.,

"In & Out"

"The Wastebasket"

Hinton, David.,

"Tung Chi'I-Ch'Ang's Album"

Hollander, John.,

"By the Gulf"

"For a Tall Headstone"

"His View of Hong Kong"

"Limping on Lemnos, on a Hill with Waves"

poems

"Tales of the Supernatural"

"The Trimmer"

Hollander, Martha.,

"Looking East on 12th Street"

Homewood, Edward R.,

"Triceptual"

Horvath, Brooke.,

"Frederick Buechner: The Son of Laughter"

"High Seas and Heavy Traffic"

Howard, Richard.,

"For James Boatwright"

Huskey, James.,

"James Merrill's Grand and Comic Fairytale"

Jackson, David.,

"Would the above do? No, I felt; ..."

Johnston, Ned.,

"Home Waters"

[Joncy, Montezuma].,

"The Epileptic Fit"

Joseph, Lawrence.,

Curriculum Vitae

Kallman, Chester.,

translations

Kalstone, David.,

poems

Kelley, Briget.,

untitled

Kempton, Murray.,

"The Soviet Union's distaste for free elections ..."

Kikel, Rudy.,

"Current Addresses"

"Miss Gottshee"

"Nein"

Knox, Caroline.,

"Coffee Table Book"

Koch, Kenneth.,

poems

Lawson, D. S.,

"James Merrill"

Lederer, Richard.,

"This History of the World"

Lehman, David.,

"For I Will Consider Your Dog Molly"

"Prospectus"

Lesser, Rika.,

"Etruscan Things"

"Holding Out"

Leithauser, Brad.,

poems

L'Engle, Madeleine.,

"Triennial Address"

Lock, Samuel.,

"Gilgamesh"

Lodeizen, Hans/James Merrill.,

"For My Father"

Logan, William.,

poems

"Sad-Faced Man"

Loerke, Oskar.,

"Towards Evening"

Loughhead, Charles.,

"Traces of Histories "for JM

Ludwig, Michael.,

"The Changing Light at Sandover"

Magowan, Robin.,

"Memoirs"

4/-

Magowan, Stephen.,

"The Cow Jumped over the Moon"

"The Last Castrato"

"The Ripoff Artist"

Mai, Chiang.,

"Strange Relation"

Many authors.,

blurbs

Authors include: Robert Frost, Joy Hawkins, Emerson, William James.

Many authors.,

extracts from letters

Authors include: Adrien de Menasce, Simone Rodocanachi, Fay Guarino, Laura Terni, Marcel Salinas, Suzy Romano, Peter Calvious, Johnny Nahman, Rosine Moreno, Maggie Debbane.

Marx, Raoul.,

"Poets at Home"

Matheson, William.,

poems

McClatchy J. D.,

"The Fall Guy"

"Introduction for a reading"

The Tanning Prize - Nominations

McGinley, Phyllis,

"Memo for Duncan Hines"

Mendell, Olga.,

poems

Meredith, William.,

"Love Letter from an Impossible Land"

Merrill, Bruce.,

"The Young Man's Novel"

Merrill, Octavia.,

"Gold Stars"

Millier, Brett Candlish.,

"Elusive Mastery"

Moffett, Judith.,

"Masking as Theme"

"Now You've Seen through Me, Sang the Cataract"

"Sir Cameo"

"Surviving"

"What Is Truth?"

"Whinny Moor Crossing"

Moore, Marianne.,

"Feed Me, Also, River God"

Morrison, Madison.,

"Each" and "Realization"

"Need"

"Oriental Element in Modernist Anglo-American Poetry"

poems

"The Poetical Element in the Lao Tzu"

"Sleep"

translations

Morse, Robert.,

"The End"

"Nineteen Poems"

"Winter Eve"

Moss, Howard.,

"Afterwords"

Muir, Edwin.,

"The Combat"

Mullen, William.,

"Enchanted Rock"

"Spring Canyon"

Mycue, Edward.,

"Poems and Songs"

poems

"The Stephen Cycle"

Nadel, Alan.,

"And When the Long Adventure Reached Its End"

Nepo, Mark.,

"Fire without Witness"

Newman, Michael.,

"No Second Coming"

poems

"Swatches of the Whole Cloth"

Non, Everand A.,

"Volume I - First Edition of Lyric Lays and Vice Verses"

Oates, Joyce Carol.,

"JCO and I"

Paley, Karen S.,

"What I Say to Mean"

Perkins, Robert.,

"M Is for Muskox"

Pettingell, Phoebe.,

"When Mom Is the Muse"

Polito, Robert.,

"Doubles"

"Evidence"

5/-

"Last Times",

poems

"Reader's Guide to James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover"

"A Second Cup"

"Sibylline Listening"

"Undercurrents of Distress"

"What the Dead Know"

Poros.,

"Greek Isles"

Potts, Beatrice Plummer.,

"About the Artists: Ben Shute"

Potts, Theo.,

"Here's our young man from Greece..."

Reed, Jeremy.,

poems

Richie, Donald.,

diverse poems

"Gerodonotachi"

"Japan"

"Journals"

"Prose of Departure"

"Sections of a Child"

"Selected Stories - Namahage"

"The Triumph of Antiquity"

"A Want of Trysts"

Richie, Mary.,

"The Session"

Rogers, Bertha.,

"Beowulf"

"A House of Corners"

untitled

Rotella, Guy.,

"Framing Aftermath"

Russell, Peter.,

"Ephemeron"

poems

S., J.,

"As promised, gentlemen"

Saez, Richard.,

"At the Salon Level"

Schnider, P.,

"Waxworks"

Schwartz, Lloyd.,

"Apparitions"

"Cairo Traffic"

Scott, Mark.,

"James Merrill's Speech of Touch"

Sea Cliff Press.,

"Holiday Greetings"

Seferis, George.,

poems

Selinger, Eric.,

"Soliloquy or Kiss"

Sheehan, Donald,

"Mary De Rachewiltz' Italian Translation of Cantos I-XXX: A Prosodic Novel"

"Sysladobsis August"

Sinano, C. Ayoub.,

"Pola de Pera"

Sloss, Henry.,

"An Old World Setting"

untitled

Smith, Margoret.,

"How to Eat a Lily"

Souville, E. M.,

"Origin of the Florida Orange"

Spender, Stephen.,

speech

Sprague, [Maryan].,

"Alice in Wondertown"

"False Dogs"

Strand, Mark.,

"Introduction to James Merrill"

Sullivan, Janet.,

"Viewfinder"

Summers, U. T.,

"Mary and John"

Tarozzi, Bianca.,

"The Book of Ephraim"

Theise, Neil.,

"The Beginning"

Thompson, Sue.,

"Introduction"

Tirrell, John Elliott.,

"Nobis Pacem"

Turner, Frederick.,

"The Garden"

poems

Van Duyn, Mona.,

"For Robert M. Schmitz, June 1969"

"The Pagoda"

"Pigeon Eggs"

poems

Wachsman, Gordon.,

"The Contemporary Aztec Myth"

Wade, J. Bradley.,

"The Little Blue Man"

Waltl, Herbert.,

"Antipolis"

Warth, Jane.,

"The Famous Pianist V"

Weinraub, Richard.,

"Four Treasures"

poems

Wender, Dorothea.,

"Hesiod and Theognis"

Wesket, Y.,

"Sty Week"

Westover, Jeffrey.,

"Summoning Old and Altered Ghosts"

Wright, Craig.,

"John Dory"

Yenser, Jon Kelly.,

"Reminiscence"

"A Sensible Place"

Yenser, Stephen.,

"Bibliography"

"Blue Guide"

"Bringing It Home"

"Close Camardon"

"Falling Awake"

"Feux D'Artifices"

"The Fullness of Time"

"Introduction"

"James Merrill: His Poetry and the Age"

"Merrill In His Element"

"The Names of God"

"New Books in Review"

"Nightwood: Contexts"

notes for poems

"Old Haunts"

"Open Secrets"

"Pavanes & Polypeptides"

poems

"Recent Poetry: Five Poets"

"Research Plan"

"Sea Changes: On Dave Smith"

"Terminal Moraine"

"Vertumnal"

York, Virginia.,

"A Green Wave"

Young, William.,

poems

Zagajewski, Adam.,

"Tremor: Selected Poems"

Zogheb, Bernard de.,

"Nella casa ..."

"Non so cosa ..."

"Opere"

"Phaedra"

"Salome"

"Le Sorelle Bronte"

"Vacanze a Parigi"

"La Vita Alessandrina"

Manuscripts by Unidentified Others,

These manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title or first line because the author is unidentified.

"Across Testi Lapcha Pass",

"All the feelings are mixed",

"An Alphabet of Anger",

"The American Renaissance: Give All to Love",

" And the Sun" and "On This Day" [by (ek)],

"Angels",

"April",

"Armadillo",

"Articulation and the Creative Process",

"At the Bus Stop, Eurydice",

"At the Masseur's",

"Bad Blood",

"The Beautiful Prostitute, Lisa",

"Before They Wake",

"Birds in a Forest Swaying",

"Book 24",

"The Boy Who Cried Love",

"Breaking Home",

"The Broken Window",

"Burn, burn all...",

"Catullus: Excruciar",

"Clearing Your Desk",

"The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara",

"Combing the Hair",

"The Compass Card",

"Concord: A Self-Portrait",

"Continental Drift",

"Custom Made",

"Cynthia, white and elderly is...",

"Cysts",

"Cythera",

"Dante's Last Word",

"Dead Reckoning",

"Death and Alchemical Transformation",

"Discovery/The Nation '80",

"Dorothy Wordsworth",

"Double exposure",

draft,

"The dragon in itself...",

"Dream Sequins",

"Effet de Neige",

"Elegy",

"The Encantadas",

"Excerpts from the Angel Handbook",

"Fall",

"The Fire House",

"Five Inscriptions",

"Five Translations of Chun Wang",

"Fog Argument",

"For Judith Hoberman Kinsley",

"Fourteen People",

"A Fragile Father",

"From one end of this country ...",

"From the Balbec Liederbuch",

"Gods Don't Have to Think",

"The Greater Dionysia",

"Green Children",

"guests; the Persian...",

"A habit all my own",

"Hell",

"Home From Hospital",

"Icarus" and "Cythesa",

"I don't complain, although my heart would break...",

"An Idol's Gesture",

I Know a Place [by unidentified, Carl],

"In the Catskills",

"Institute of Contemporary Arts Poetry Reading, 28th September 1954",

"In Time and Place",

"Introduction",

"It was early in 1952 ...",

"I Wish We Could've Made It Anyway",

"Je Demande la Vie Eternelle",

"James Merrill: the Mad Scene",

"Julie: That story's ...",

"Kitty",

"Labuntur Anni",

"La Cava delle Antiquita",

"La Madeleine",

"Last Christmas",

"Last Crop",

"A Law for the Preservation of an Historical District",

"Lexington: a flyting",

"Lives and Deaths of the Poets and Non-Poets",

"L'oeuvre et L'homme",

"Love",

"Lovely ... reminding us of the emotional energy...",

"Magic",

"Magic World",

"The manipulation of mirrors",

Manuscripts in Greek,

"March 15, 1979",

"May 2, 1982",

"Medea to Jason",

"Memorandum of agreement",

"Merrill Introduction," 1 p.,

"Merrill Introduction," 3 pp.,

"A Midsummer Night's Dream",

"Mirabell libretto",

"Moon",

"Mort Intime",

"Nana",

"The Naturalist",

"1991",

"No Words, Just Silent Wasting Heals a Pain Uniquely Female",

"Noche Triste",

"Notes & acknowledgments",

"Notes from Greece",

"Notes on Northwest Landscape",

"Notes on the Recurring Images in Montale's Poems",

Possibly by James Merrill.

"Ode to the Chapel Center",

"One cannot ever forget...",

"One to One",

"Orrery",

"Packs",

page in French,

"Path over Underpass",

"Perhaps you've wondered why this sudden silence...",

"Pittsburgh International Airport",

poems,

poems: "Griselda's Song: Patience on a Monument, ""The Capital of Way, ""Epithalamium for a Midsummer Marriage",

"Poetry and Music on a Tree",

"Powers of Thirteen",

"Prelude",

"Proving What?",

"Psyche in Winter",

"Quotations",

"Rabbits",

"Referents; mystical eyes ...",

"The rider and the dream",

"Say/Tell",

"Scene i. Jews, Coviello",

"Sequence",

"Signs",

"Singular and Plural",

"Sinks from uniqueness now one more example",

"Sleeping in the Sun",

"Son of Zeus and Maria",

"Sondra",

"Sundown Song for a Teacher",

"That Road",

"There was an end ...",

"This began as it ended",

"This is neither the time ...",

"Though far too modest",

"The Time of Day: I",

"To Barbara in Florida",

"To dearest J.I.M.",

"To James Merrill",

"To run their small boat faster, these two...",

"The Town Is a Puppet Show",

"The Trip",

"Two Incidents On and Off Guam",

"Two Travelers on a Summer Evening",

"Uncle Grant",

"United Hungarians",

untitled,

"Vantages a Week",

"Visions from the Ramble",

"A Visit",

"W. H. Auden had just closed his summer home ...",

"A Waka for Robert Hegel",

"Wash in Eight Colors",

"We would like to obtain the professional rights...",

"The Wedding and Reception",

"Went",

"What Does a Midsummers Dream Have to Say?",

"Where the Jungle Begins",

"Why Life Isn't Like the Movies",

"Woodcut" and "If Nietzche's Right",

"You bitch, squealed Ezra Pound",

"You Turn Me On",

Diverse poems and fragments,

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V. Material Towards Books., (ca. 11.5 linear feet.)

Consists of material towards books including page proofs, galley proofs, business, typescripts/manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, notes, and changes and corrections for the different books by Merrill.

This is arranged chronologically by publication date.

This series has one box numbering order system, beginning with #1 and no folder numbers.

^Box/folder
1/-

V.1. The Black Swan., 1946. (ca, 90 items, 3 folders.)

V.1.a. page proofs., (ca. 13 items, 1 folder.)

V.1.b. typescripts/manuscripts., (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.1.c. drafts., (ca. 73 items, 1 folder.)

V.2. First Poems., 1950. (ca 22 items, 9 folders.)

V.2.a. page proofs., (ca. 7 items, 1 folder.)

V.2.b. galley proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.2.c. business., (3 items, 1 folder.)

V.2.d. typescripts/manuscripts., (5 items, 4 folders.)

V.2.e. drafts., (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.2.f. notes., (2 items, 1 folder.)

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2/-

V.3. The Seraglio., 1957. (ca. 27 items, 4 folders.)

V.3.a. business., (3 items, 1 folder.)

V.3.b. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.3.c. notes., (ca. 23 items, 2 folders.)

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3/-

V.4. The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace., 1959. (ca. 26 items, 4 folders.)

V.4.a. page proofs., (ca. 12 items, 1 folder.)

V.4.b. galley proofs., (3 items, 1 folder.)

V.4.c. drafts., (ca. 10 items, 1 folder.)

V.4.d. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.5. Selected Poems., 1961. (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.5.a. typescripts/manuscripts., (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.6. Water Street., 1962. (ca. 29 items, 5 folders.)

V.6.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.6.b. galley proofs., (ca. 6 items, 1 folder.)

V.6.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.6.d. drafts., (ca. 20 items 1 folder.)

V.6.e. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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4-5/-

V.7. The (Diblos) Notebook., 1965. (ca. 136 items, 9 folders.)

V.7.a. galley proofs., (3 items, 3 folders.)

V.7.b. business., (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.7.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (5 items, 1 folder.)

V.7.d. drafts., (ca. 95 items, 3 folders.)

V.7.e. notes., (ca. 29 items, 1 folder.)

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6/-

V.8. Nights and Days., 1966. (ca. 13 items, 4 folders.)

V.8.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.8.b. galley proofs., (5 items, 1 folder.)

V.8.c. drafts., (ca. 6 items, 1 folder.)

V.8.d. galley proofs, "The Thousand and Second Night"., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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V.9. The Fire Screen., 1969. (ca. 14 items, 7 folders.)

V.9.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.9.b. galley proofs., (3 items, 3 folders.)

V.9.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.9.d. drafts., (ca. 8 items, 1 folder.)

V.9.e. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.10. Braving the Elements., 1972. (ca. 8 items, 5 folders.)

V.10.a. page proofs., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.10.b. galley proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.10.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.10.d. drafts., (3 items, 1 folder.)

V.10.e. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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8/-

V.11. The Yellow Pages., 1974. (ca. 25 items, 10 folders.)

V.11.a. page proofs., (4 items, 3 folders.)

V.11.b. business., (ca. 13 items, 1 folder.)

V.11.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (ca. 6 items, 5 folders.)

V.11.d. correspondence., (2 items, 1 folder.)

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V.12. Divine Comedies., 1976. (ca. 809 items, 18 folders.)

V.12.a. galley proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.12.b. drafts., (ca. 9 items, 2 folders.)

V.12.c. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.12.d. typescripts/manuscripts, "The Book of Ephraim"., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.12.e. drafts, "The Book of Ephraim"., (ca. 394 items, 7 folders.)

V.12.f. notes, "The Book of Ephraim"., (ca. 403 items, 5 folders.)

V.12.g. changes and corrections."The Book of Ephraim"., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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11-12/-

V.13. Mirabell: Books of Number., 1978. (ca. 642 items, 17 folders.)

V.13.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.13.b. business., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.13.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.13.d. drafts., (ca. 306 items, 8 folders.)

V.13.e. notes., (ca. 330 items, 5 folders.)

V.13.f. changes and corrections., (2 items, 1 folder.)

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13-16/-

V.14. Scripts for the Pageant., 1980. (ca. 1166 items, 14 folders.)

V.14.a. galley proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.14.b. business., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.14.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.14.d. drafts., (ca. 420 items, 5 folders.)

V.14.e. notes., (ca. 740 items, 5 folders.)

V.14.f. changes and corrections., (3 items, 1 folder.)

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17/-

V.15. The Changing Light at Sandover., 1982. (ca. 24 items, 5 folders.)

V.15.a. page proofs., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.15.b. business., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.15.c. drafts., (ca. 15 items, 1 folder.)

V.15.d. changes and corrections., (4 items, 1 folder.)

V.15.e. late revisions., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.16. From the First Nine., 1982. (ca. 10 items, 4 folders.)

V.16.a. typescripts/manuscripts., (4 items, 2 folders.)

V.16.b. drafts., (5 items, 1 folder.)

V.16.c. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.17. Late Settings., 1985. (ca. 20 items, 2 folders.)

V.17.a. drafts., (ca. 20 items, 2 folders.)

V.18. Recitative., 1986. (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.18.a. business., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.19. The Inner Room., 1988. (ca. 8 items, 4 folders.)

V.19.a. galley proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.19.b. business., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.19.c. drafts., (ca. 6 items, 2 folders.)

V.20. Selected Poems (1946-1985)., 1992. (ca. 10 items, 3 folders.)

V.20.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.20.b. drafts., (ca. 8 items,1 folder.)

V.20.c. changes and corrections., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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V.21. A Different Person, 1993. (ca. 149 items, 17 folders.)

V.21.a. page proofs., (2 items, 1 folder.)

V.21.b. business., (3 items, 1 folder.)

V.21.c. typescripts/manuscripts., (3 items, 3 folders.)

V.21.d. drafts., (ca. 128 items, 10 folders.)

V.21.e. notes., (ca. 11 item, 1 folder.)

V.21.f. changes and corrections., (2 items, 1 folder.)

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21-23/-

V.22. A Scattering of Salts., 1995. (ca. 40 items, 14 folders.)

V.22.a. page proofs., (3 items, 3 folders.)

V.22.b. typescripts/manuscripts., (3 items, 2 folders.)

V.22.c. drafts., (ca. 33 items, 8 folders.)

V.22.d. galley proofs, "Self-Portrait in Tyvek Winbreaker"., (1 item, 1 folder.)

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23/-

V.23. Unidentified., n.d. (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.22.a. page proofs., (1 item, 1 folder.)

V.24. Small Press Publications., n.d. (3 items, 3 folders.)

V.24.a. Ideas, Etc., (1 item, 1 folder.)

Page proof from one poem in the publication, with holograph annotations and revisions.

V.24.b. Peter., (1 item, 1 folder.)

Title page and page signed by JM that describes publication information.

V.24.c. Unidentified., (1 item, 1 folder.)

Page proofs.

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1-14/-

VI. Audiovisual., (ca. 22.0 linear feet.)

Consists of photographs, negatives, slides, cassette tapes, video tapes, and reel-to-reels.

This series has one box numbering order system, beginning with #1 and no folder numbers.

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1-10/-

VI. 1. Photographs., (ca. 18.0 linear feet.)

The photographs are divided in the categories below. The folders are only partially labeled.

1-6/-

VI. 1. a. Photographs from James Merrill., (ca. 12.0 linear feet.)

There was no apparent original order of these photographs. They are sorted into general categories, including James Merrill, Family, Friends, and Places. However, some photographs may overlap categories. For example, there may be family photographs in with friends, and vice versa.

Some photographs have labels on the back indentifying the photograph; the labels were put on by staff or scholars. Words written in pencil in brackets [ ], on the back of the photographs were written by staff to identify the photograph. Some photographs are identified by the label on the folder they are in.

1/-

James Merrill.,

Includes photographs of James Merrill as a child, as a young man, in college, in the 1960s and 1970s, as an older man, and professional photographs of him.

PRESERVATION: Photo 4.25x5.5" oval, black and white photo in 7.5x8.75" oval wooden frame of bust of JM as a child [Rip across middle of photo and attached to the frame and storage concern]. Stored wrapped in tissue paper at end of collections with box of Photo albums and Scrapbooks.

PRESERVATION: Photo 6.5x9" black and white photo of JM young and in military uniform; in glass frame 13x15" with "Dan Dan" engraved on the glass at the top. [Should be dismounted and storage concern]. Stored wrapped in bubblewrap at the end of the collection in an oversize box.

2/-

Family.,

Includes photographs of James Merrill's family arranged alphabetically by last name, then general family and friends, and children.

PRESERVATION: Photo 4x5.5" oval, black and white photo in glass of Mary Jane Power, teen girl in lacy dress with cameo broach and hairpiece with feather [Glass is cracked, but not chipping off and storage concern]. Stored wrapped in tissue paper at end of collection with Photo albums and Scrapbooks.

PRESERVATION: Photo collage in wooden frame 8.75x6.75", includes baby, woman, woman ice skating, and man in bathing suit with gold and silver checkerboard background [Storage concern]. Stored in tissue paper at end of collection in box with Photo albums and Scrapbooks.

3-4/-

Friends.,

Includes photographs of James Merrill's friends arranged alphabetically by last name and then general groups of friends.

5-6/-

Places.,

Includes photographs of places including 702 Elizabeth, Key West; "The Orchard;" Southampton; Stonington; and others. This group also includes photographs of animals and objects.

7/-

VI. 1. b. Photographs from James Merrill, originally in Vincit Qui Patitur photo album., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Includes photographs of James Merrill as a child, as a young man, in military uniform, his family, his friends, places/houses, and others.

The original order was not maintained. The photographs have been sorted by people and places, then arranged alphabetically by last name or place name.

8/-

VI. 1. c. Photographs relating to David Jackson., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Includes photographs of David Jackson, his family, and his friends especially James Merrill.

9/-

VI. 1. d. Photographs from Peter Hooten., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

Includes photographs from Peter Hooten.

10/-

VI. 1.e. Photographs from Jerl Surratt., (1 folder.)

Includes photographs from Jerl Surratt.

VI. 1. f. Miscellany Photographs., (14 folders.)

Includes various miscellaneous photographs.

VI. 1. g. Possible Duplicate Photographs., (22 folders.)

Includes photographs that may be duplicates of photographs in the earlier boxes.

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VI. 2. Negatives., (ca. 1.25 linear foot.)

ca. 500 negatives intermixed with slides, no apparent order.

VI. 3. Slides., (ca. 1.25 linear foot.)

ca. 500 slides intermixed with negatives, no apparent order.

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VI. 4. Cassette tapes., (ca. 0.5 linear foot.)

From John Lord., 1994-1995. (34 cassette tapes.)

Hoiby: Investiture at Cecconi's (Merrill), n.d. (1 cassette tape.)

James Merrill at the Hill-stead, The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival., Summer 1993. (1 cassette tape.)

James Merrill Tribute., 1995: May 13. (1 cassette tape.)

Cassette tapes #9-16., 1993. (8 cassette tapes.)

Side A "Galen Green Shares New Poems with JM & DJ. ..."" 1-316-683-0387". Side B "July 25, 1985: Wichita: Drafts: Galen Green". "Please Share This Tape"., 1985. (1 cassette tape.)

"Accession 1700". "A Memorial Tribute to David Kalstone 9/20/1986. New York Pulic Library with J. D. McClatchy, Richard Poirier, Maxine Grofsky, Edmund White, Alec Treuhaft, Charles Kalstone, Alfred Corn, & James Merrill"., 1986: September 20. (1 cassette tape.)

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VI. 5. Video tapes., (ca. 0.5 linear foot.)

"Merrill Memorial, New York Public Library, 5/13/95"., 1995: May 13. (1 video tape.)

Found the following in brown mailing envelop labeled "Fox/Lorber Associates, Inc., 432 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 (to) James Merrill 164 E. 72nd St, New York, NY 10021". postmarked Feb. 17, 1979., (2 video tapes and DAT 124 tape.)

"Accession 1327". "Poetry Reading, Merrill, Leszek, Tape #1"., n.d. (1 DAT 124 tape.)

"Insurance Video, Merrill, NYC Home"., n.d. (1 video tape.)

"DJM Insurance Tape". "Poetry Reading, Merrill, Leszek, Tape #1"., 1985: July 29. (1 video tape.)

VI. 6. Reel-to-reels., (ca. 0.5 linear foot.)

(Radio Prodotti Geloso) piano and readings., n.d. (3" reel-to-reel.)

No title. No tape., n.d. (3" reel-to-reel.)

"The Dreamers"., 1965: June. (5" reel-to-reel, Agfa.)

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VII. Personal Papers., (ca. 9.0 linear feet.)

Consists of James Merrill's general, medical, legal, and financial materials.

This series has one box and one folder numbering order system, beginning with #1.

Please ask archivist for detailed item listing.

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VII. General., (ca. 5.0 linear feet.)

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VII.1. Education., ()

1/1

Handwritten notes of quotes from JM's childhood and note on Australia., n.d. 4 items.

1/2

Southampton County School and Palm Beach Private School., 1933-1936. 16 items.

1/3

St. Bernard's Prepatory School / Grade Reports., 1934-1939. 8 items.

1/4

St. Bernard's Prepatory School / School Assignments, etc., 1935-1962. 14 items.

1/5

Lawrenceville School., 1939-1943. 26 items.

1/6

Lawrenceville School., 1936-1943. 32 items.

1/7

Lawrenceville School., 1943. 15 items.

1/8

Lawrenceville School: Reunion and Later Years., 1943-1968, 1991-1994. 13 items.

1/9

Amherst College., 1944-1968. 15 items.

1/10

Amherst College / Olio., 1944. 2 copies.

1/11

Amherst College / Olio., 1946, 1956. 3 items.

1/12

Amherst College., 1956, 1968, 1982, 1988. 4 items.

1/12.1

Educational material for James Merrill and Hellen Ingram and clippings., 1933-1937, n.d. ca 22 items.

Accession 1526.

1/13

VII.2. Military., ()

Military., 1945. (4 items.)

1/14-23

VII.3. Awards, Honors, Etc., ()

1/14

National Book Committee., 1966-1967. 6 items.

1/15

Awards, Honors, Etc., 1946-1984. 12 items.

1/16

Awards, Honors, Etc., 1985-1996. 6 items.

1/17

Amherst College, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature., June 7, 1968. 8 items.

1/18

Awards, Honors, Etc., 1982. 8 items.

1/19

Library of Congress., 1990. 7 items.

1/20

American Academy of Achievement., 1986-1991. 6 items.

1/21

American Academy of Arts and Letters., 1971-1994. 14 items.

1/22

Academy of American Poets., 1993-1994. 2 items.

1/23

National Poetry Competition., 1987. 1 item.

1/24

VII.4. Organizations., ()

Organizations., 1960-1993. (39 items.)

2/25

VII.5. Licenses., ()

Licenses., 1947-1986. (17 items.)

2/26

VII.6. CV's., ()

CV's., 1963-1989, n.d. (14 items.)

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VII.7. Calendars, Date books, Address books, etc., ()

2/27

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., n.d. 5 items.

2/28

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., n.d. 3 items.

2/29

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., n.d. ca. 35 items.

2/30

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1992. 1 item.

2/31

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1950, 1953, 1955. 5 items.

2/32

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1956, 1992. 3 items.

2/33

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1958-1960. 3 items.

2/34

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1961-1963. 3 items.

2/35

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1964-1967. 4 items.

2/36

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1968-1972. 8 items.

2/37

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1973-1977. 5 items.

2/38

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1978-1982. 5 items.

2/39

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1983-1987. 6 items.

2/40

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1988-1990. 3 items.

2/41

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1991, 1994. 5 items.

2/42

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., n.d. 7 items.

2/43

Calendars. Date books, Address books, etc., 1962-1993, n.d. 47 items.

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VII.8. Travel, Itineraries, Maps, Etc., ()

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Travel, Itineraries, Maps, Etc., 1953-1993. 16 items.

2/45

Travel, Itineraries, Maps, Etc., 1952-1992. ca. 40 items.

2/45.1

Travel Souvenirs., n.d. ca. 56 items.

2/45.2

Travel Souvenirs., n.d. ca. 50 items.

2/46

VII.9. Building Plans., ()

Plans for wallpaper for Stonington and related invoices., 1974, 1977. (24 items.)

2-3, 6/47-50

VII.10. Family., ()

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Hellen Ingram Plummer., ca. 185 items.

3/48

Family., 1938, 1971, 1988. 4 items.

3/49

Information on William L. Plummer., n.d. 1 item.

3/50

Family, especially on Charles Merrill., 1926-1992. 34 items.

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VII.11. Friends., ()

3/51

Peter Hooten., n.d. 11 item.

3/52

Others, including J. D. McClatchy and Molly Howe., 1963, 1980, 1988, 1991, 2001. 7 items.

3/53

David Jackson., 1910-1983. 18 items.

3/54

David Jackson., 1935-1979. 10 items.

3/55

June Reid., [1947]. 7 items.

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VII.12. Artwork., ()

3/56

James Merrill childhood drawings., n.d. 34 items.

3/57

James Merrill., 1930s. ca. 87 items.

3/58

Artwork., 1942-1978, n.d. 40 items.

PRESERVATION: Painting 10x14", paint on canvas assumed by JM of young boy holding a flower, lots of green [canvas nailed to wooden frame on back, nails rusting, paint chipping, tear in middle area of canvas and stored horizontally, but needs stored vertically]. Stored near end of collection with box of Scrapbooks.

3/59

VII.13. Death., ()

Death., 1995. (6 items.)

3/60-61

VII.14. Miscellaneous., ()

3/60

Miscellaneous., 1939-1994. ca. 149 items.

3/61

Miscellaneous., 1950, 1982, n.d. ca. 36 items.

3/61.1

Miscellaneous., 1970-1984, n.d. ca. 64 items.

No detailed item listing available.

3/61.2

Miscellaneous., 1961, 1985-1993, n.d. ca. 28 items.

No detailed item listing available.

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VII. Medical., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

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Medical., 1970s-1980s, n.d. (29 items.)

3/63

Medical., 1990-1995. (47 items.)

3/63.1

Medical., n.d. (2 items.)

No detailed item listing available.

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VII. Legal., (ca. 0.5 linear feet.)

3/64

Legal., 1942. (31 item.)

3/65

Wills., 1948-1994. (23 items.)

3/66

Insurance., 1960-1974. (12 items.)

3/67

Insurance., 1970-1993. (15 items.)

3/68

Appraisals and Inventories., 1971-1992. (13 items.)

3/69

Personal Loans and IOUs., 1979, n.d. (2 items.)

3/70

Lease and Tenant Material., 1954-1988. (5 items.)

3/71

Legal., 1956, 1990, 1992, n.d. (4 items.)

3/72

Warranties and Service Contracts., 1982, 1992, 1994, n.d. (14 items.)

3/73

Literary Contracts., 1950s-1960s, n.d. (6 items.)

3/74

Literary Contracts., 1970-1982. (12 items.)

3/75

Literary Contracts., 1982-1988, n.d. (16 items.)

3/76

Literary Contracts., 1973, 1990-1994. (24 items.)

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VII. Financial., (ca. 3.0 linear feet.)

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Barnett Bank: Bank Statements., 1993-1994. (3 items.)

4/78

CitiBank: Checking Account Books., 1967-1969. (4 items.)

4/79

CitiBank: Checking Account Books., 1969-1981. (4 items.)

4/80

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1966-1981. (ca. 26 items.)

4/81

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1981. (11 item.)

4/82

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1982-1983. (20 items.)

4/83

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1984-1989. (22 items.)

4/84

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1990-1991. (39 items.)

5/85

CitiBank: Bank Statements., 1992-1994. (17 items.)

5/86

CitiBank: Loose Cancelled Checks., 1980-1991. (ca. 186 items.)

5/87

Connecticut National Bank: Bank Statements., 1984-1992. (ca. 47 items.)

5/88

Dry Dock Savings Bank: Checking Account Book., 1967-1983. (1 item.)

5/89

Florida National Bank of the Florida Keys and Southeast Bank: Bank Statements., 1980-1992. (10 items.)

5/90

Florida National Bank of the Florida Keys: Bank Statements., 1990-1992. (18 items.)

5/91

Hartford National Bank: Checking Account Book and Bank Statements., 1964-1983. (21 item.)

5/92

Shawmut Bank: Bank Statements., 1993-1994. (8 items.)

5/93

Various Banks: Bank Statements, Checks, Etc., 1945-1991. (16 items.)

5/94

Deloitte and Touche / Deloitte Haskins and Sells: Investment Reports and Accounting for Merrill Trusts no. 11 & 12., 1986-1993. (5 items.)

5/95

Magowan Investment Company: Investment Reports and Accounting., 1986-1990. (25 items.)

5/96

Merrill Lynch: Investment Reports and Accounting., 1976-1996. (17 items.)

5/97

O'Connor, Davies and Company: Investment Reports and Accounting., 1992-1994. (1 item.)

5/98

Price Waterhouse and Company: Investment Reports and Accounting., 1979-1981. (2 items.)

5/99

SF Associates: Investment Reports and Accounting., 1992-1994. (4 items.)

5/100

Bills, Invoices and Receipts., 1957-1994. (ca. 91 item.)

5/101

Bills, Invoices and Receipts., 1957-1994. (ca. 85 items.)

5/102

Publisher's Royalty Statements, A - K., 1955-1984. (ca. 67 items.)

5/103

Publisher's Royalty Statements, M - W., 1968-1994. (ca. 35 items.)

5/104

Various check stubs., 1963, 1973, 1989, n.d. (8 items.)

5/105

Miscellaneous Financial Material., 1982, n.d. (2 items.)

5/105.1

Miscellaneous Financial Material., 1994. (1 item.)

No detailed item listing available.

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VIII. Ephemera., (ca. 12.0 linear feet.)

Consists of print and magazine material, clippings, and programs concerning James Merrill and concerning others.

Each subseries has its own box numbering order system, each beginning with #1.

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VIII. 1. Print and Magazines, (ca. 6.0 linear feet.)

The VIII.1.a-c. includes material featuring poems etc. by JM, with articles discussing JM, and material unrelated to JM.

The print material in VIII.1.a-c. is located in several different locations: within the collection, in the special collection general stacks or queue, or the library's regular stacks. Please ask archivist for item listing for details.

The VIII.1.a-c. have no folders, the material is arranged by category, then chronologically.

The VIII.1.d, e, f. have one folder numbering order system, beginning with #1.

VIII. 1. a. Print and Magazines Featuring Poems Etc. by JM., ()

VIII. 1. b. Print and Magazines With Articles Discussing JM., ()

VIII. 1. b. i. Memorial Articles and Obituaries,

VIII. 1. b. ii. Book Reviews.,

VIII. 1. b. iii. Interviews and Articles Discussing JM.,

VIII. 1. c. Print and Magazines Unrelated to JM., ()

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VIII. 1. d. Offprints and Articles., ()

This includes offprints, articles, and photocopies. The items may overlap with some items in the other subseries of Print and Magazine and/or with the Clippings.

These items were found together and were separate from the other materials in the above mentioned series and subseries, so they are kept separate in this subseries.

This is arranged alphabetically by author's last name or title of document. Some of the items have inscriptions and/or signatures.

4/1

VIII.1.d.i. By JM.,

4/2-70

VIII.1.d.ii. By Others.,

4/71

VIII. 1. e. Pre-print Material., ()

4/72

VIII. 1. f. Miscellany., ()

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VIII. 2. Clippings, (ca. 3.0 linear feet.)

Includes material concerning JM and not concerning JM.

The two subseries have there own folder numbering order system, each beginning with #1.

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VIII. 2. a. Clippings Concerning JM., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

This has its own folder numbering system, beginning with #1.

VIII. 2. a. i. Profiles and News., 1960-1993.

1/1

Profiles and News., 1960s. (ca. 15 items.)

1/2

Profiles and News., 1970-1976. (ca. 9 items.)

1/3

Profiles and News., 1977. (ca. 9 items.)

1/4

Profiles and News., 1978-1979. (ca. 6 items.)

1/5

Profiles and News., 1980-1981. (ca. 3 items.)

Missing original as of 2003: May 17 (ca. 12 items).

1/6

Profiles and News., 1982-1983. (ca. 4 items.)

Missing original as of 2003: May 17 (ca. 17 items).

1/7

Profiles and News., 1984. (ca. 14 items.)

1/8

Profiles and News., 1985-1986. (ca. 16 items.)

1/9

Profiles and News., 1987-1988. (ca. 20 items.)

Incluldes material on the scandal involving a Stonington grocery store and the poem "November Ode".

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Profiles and News., 1989-1992. (ca. 22 items.)

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Profiles and News., 1993. (ca. 6 items.)

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Profiles and News., 1995, nd. (ca. 38 items.)

Includes JM obituaries and news of his death.

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VIII. 2. a. ii. Interviews., 1968-1991. ca. 14 items.

VIII. 2. a. iii. Book Reviews., 1950-1995.

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First Poems., 1950. (ca. 33 items.)

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The Immortal Husband., 1955. (ca. 32 items.)

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The Seraglio., 1957. (ca. 60 items.)

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The Sergalio., 1957. (ca. 63 items.)

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Water Street., 1962. (ca. 5 items.)

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The (Diblos) Notebook., 1965. (ca. 68 items.)

Missing as of 2003: May 17.

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Nights and Days., 1966. (ca. 28 items.)

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Fire Screen., 1969. (ca. 13 items.)

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Braving the Elements., 1972. (ca. 22 items.)

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The Yellow Pages., 1974. (ca. 2 items.)

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Divine Comedies., 1976. (ca. 18 items.)

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Divine Comedies., 1976. (ca. 34 items.)

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Mirabell: Books of Number., 1978. (ca. 28 items.)

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Scripts for the Pageant., 1980. (ca. 25 items.)

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From the First Nine., 1982. (ca. 18 items.)

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Late Settings., 1985. (ca. 18 items.)

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Changing Light at Sandover., 1985. (ca. 5 items.)

Missing original as of 2003: May 17 (ca. 25 items).

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Changing Light at Sandover., 1985. (ca. 24 items.)

Missing as of 2003: May 17.

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Recitative., 1986. (ca. 13 items.)

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The Inner Room., 1988. (ca. 3 items.)

Missing original as of 2003: May 17 (ca. 14 items).

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A Different Person., 1993. (ca. 20 items.)

Missing as of 2003: May 17.

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A Different Person., 1993. (ca. 26 items.)

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A Scattering of Salts., 1995. (ca. 26 items.)

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Other reviews., n.d. (ca. 8 items.)

Missing as of 2003: May 17.

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Reviews of anthologies including JM., n.d. (ca. 15 items.)

Missing as of 2003: May 17.

VIII. 2. a. iv. Honors and Awards., 1946-1990.

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High School and College., 1946. (ca. 11 item)

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National Book Award., 1967 and 1979. (ca. 23 items)

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Bollingen Prize., 1975. (ca. 16 items)

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Pulitzer Prize., 1977. (ca. 17 items.)

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National Book Critics Circle, L.A. Times, Bobst Award, Connecticut Commission for the Arts., 1983-1984. (ca. 14 items)

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Poet Laureate of Connecticut and National Art Club., 1986 and 1989. (ca. 38 items)

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Library of Congress Bobbitt Prize and American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters., 1990. (ca. 31 item)

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Honorary Degree from Amherst and Honorary Degree from Yale., 1968 and 1982. (ca. 11 item)

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VIII. 2. a. v. Announcements of JM Poetry Readings, 1967-1994, n.d. ca. 40 items.

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VIII. 2. a. vi. Very brief mentions., 1962-1990, n.d. ca. 38 items.

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VIII. 2. a. vii. Poems, Articles, and Reviews by JM., 1968-1984. n.d. 11 item.

Missing original as of 2003: May 17 (ca. 40 items).

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VIII. 2. b. Clippings Not Concerning JM., (ca. 1.5 linear feet.)

This has its own folder numbering system, beginning with #1.

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Family., 1925-2000, n.d. ca. 17 items.

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Family: Relating to Charles Merrill's business and his divorce., 1930s, 1952-1954, 1975. ca. 37 items.

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Family: Tribute to Helen K. Ingram, great-grandmother to James Merrill, died April 20, 1898., 1898, 1951, 1981, n.d. ca. 9 items.

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Family: Newsclipping about James Merrill's great-grandfather from The Florida Times-Union., October 2, 1888. 1 item.

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Family: Relating to Doris Magowan (JM's half sister)., 1937-2001, n.d. ca. 8 items.

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Family: Relating to Carol Perrenot Longone (friend of Helen Ingram Plummer, JM's mother)., 1951-1958, n.d. ca. 9 items.

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News and writing of other literary figures and friends., 1959-1995, n.d. ca. 56 items.

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News and writing of other literary figures and friends., 1958-1994, n.d. ca. 63 items.

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News and writing of other literary figures and friends., 1982-1994, n.d. ca. 29 items.

Includes material related to Mary McCarthy and Elizabeth Bishop.

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News and writing of other literary figures and friends., 1889-1994, n.d. ca. 63 items.

Including material related to Peter Hooten, W. H. Auden, John Hersey, Eugenio Montale, Maya Deren, Freddie Buechner, Kimon Friar, J. D. McClatchy, Stephen Yenser, David Jackson family.

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Newsclippings from the "Colored News" section of the Mount Sterling Advocate., 1952. 3 items.

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AIDS Quilt songbook and AIDS., 1985, 1991-1993, n.d. ca. 38 items.

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Opera and Performances., 1940, 1961-1994, n.d. ca. 29 items.

2/14

Stonington, Key West and other homes and travels., 1962-1994, n.d. ca. 32 items.

This material includes mateiral about the combustion of the house on 11th Street which JM wrote about.

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News of weird science and helath., 1961-1994, n.d. ca. 35 items.

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Miscellaneous., 1888, 1953-1994, n.d. ca. 146 items.

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VIII. 3. Programs., (ca. 3.0 linear feet.)

Includes various types of programs.

This has its own folder numbering order system, beginning with #1.

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Poetry readings by JM., 1967-1984, n.d. (ca. 41 item)

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Poetry readings by JM., 1984-1988, n.d. (ca. 28 items)

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Poetry readings by JM., 1988-1991, n.d. (ca. 17 items)

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Poetry readings by JM., 1983-2001, n.d. (ca. 20 items)

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Poetry readings by JM., 1986-1997, n.d. (ca. 14 items)

PRESERVATION: Flyer 11x14", paper painted red with paper of JM biography attached, Oct. 13, Central Library [mounted on cardboard, but paper is pealing away]. Stored in OVERSIZE.

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Programs for performances of JM's plays, etc., 1937-1993, n.d. (ca. 40 items)

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Programs for performances of JM's plays, etc., 1937-1993, n.d. (ca. 22 items)

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Poetry readings not featuring JM., 1960-1995, n.d. (ca. 18 items)

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Funeral and Memorial Services for Others., 1947, 1973-1994, n.d. (ca. 16 items)

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Funeral and Memorial Services for Others., 1973-1993, n.d. (ca. 10 items)

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Publishers' Literary Catalogs (including JM)., 1982-1996, n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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Publishers' Literary Catalogs (including JM)., 1963, 1982-1996, n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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Publishers' Literary Catalogs (includes promotion material)., 1964, 1980-1993, n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1937-1943. (1 item)

Scrapbook containing programs and clippings about operas JM attended, 100 pages, 2 sided.

Stored at end of collection with Photo albums and Scrapbooks.

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Opera and Theatre., 1949, n.d. (ca. 9 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1951-1952, n.d. (ca. 6 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1967, 1983-1995, n.d. (ca. 20 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1949-1994, n.d. (ca. 17 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1952-1991, n.d. (ca. 5 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1960, 1980-1991, n.d. (ca. 11 item)

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Opera and Theatre., 1993-1994, n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1946-1969, 1988, n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1955-1960, n.d. (ca. 10 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1936-1977, n.d. (ca. 13 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1953-1994, n.d. (ca. 26 items)

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Opera and Theatre., 1954-1961, n.d. (ca. 19 items)

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Art Exhibits., 1970-1993, n.d. (ca. 21 item)

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Art Exhibits., 1941-1991, n.d. (ca. 24 items)

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Art Exhibits., 1950-1992, n.d. (ca. 16 items)

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Promotional and Publishing., 1965-1994, n.d. (ca. 14 items)

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Organizational Materials., n.d. (ca. 10 items)

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VIII.4. Emphemra Regarding Stephen Yenser., (ca. 8 items)

Ephemera Regarding Stephen Yenser. , n.d. (ca. 8 items)

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IX. Realia., (ca. 2.5 linear feet.)

Consists of James Merrill's awards, book, glasses, camera, baby clothes and shoes, etc.

PRESERVATION: [Items have preservation and storage issues. Most items just wrapped in tissue paper and put in box.]

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Medal., 1991: October 11. ()

The Lawrenceville Medal for Eminent Achievement: 3.5" diameter silver medal with red and black ribbon necklace, engraved on back "James I. Merrill '43, October 11, 1991". In wooden box.

Medal., 1989: February 23. ()

The National Arts Club: 2.5" diameter bronze medal, with lady on front holding award with words "Medal of Honor", engraved on back "For Distinction in Literature, James Merrill, February 23, 1989". In box.

Medal., 1985. ()

Brandeis University Creative Arts Award: 3" diameter bronze medal with woman, man/horse, and boy with trumpet on front, engraved on back "Poetry, James Merrill, 1985". In box.

Medal., n.d. ()

The Elmer H. Bobst Award for Contributing to Arts & Letters: 3" diameter bronze medal, with face of Elmer H. Bobst on front, with wording on back "The Bobst Library, New York University" with image of the library building. In box.

Prize., n.d. ()

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Missing as of 2004: March 24.

Award., n.d. ()

The Golden Plate Award (When John Ashberry received it, he said "I wonder if it's dishwasher proof?")

Misisng as of 2004: March 24.

Medal., n.d. ()

The Golden Plate Award Medal: 2.5" diameter gold medal with purple ribbon necklace, wtih seated woman statue on front with words "Gathering of the Greats", with wording on the back "American Academy of Achievement, Banquet of the Golden Plate".

Pin., 1989: December 1. ()

The American Academy of Arts and Letters: 1x1" pin with horse with wings, engraved on back "James Merrill, December 1, 1989".

Medal., 1963. ()

The Sabrina Society of Amherst College: 2.75" diameter golden medal, with seated lady statue on front, with wording on back "It Asks of Us a Certain Height, Robert Frost At Amherst, 1963" with building and trees.

Pair of eye glasses., n.d. ()

Green glasses in red leather case.

Poster., n.d. ()

Poster 38x12", "The whole view of Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall" in mailing tube.

The Changing Light At Sandover., 1983. ()

By James Merrill, New York: Atheneum, 1983. Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Book with burgundy leather cover in book box.

Camera., n.d. ()

JM's camera.

Photograph., n.d. ()

2.75x6" photo stand-up wooden cutout of James Merrill as a young boy.

Silver cup., n.d. ()

Silver cup, with "James Ingram Merrill" engraved with leaves, in brown flannel bag with words "Tiffany & Co., New York."

Silverware., n.d. ()

Silver silverware includes: baby spoon with engraving of "This little piggy went to market" and "Jim," baby fork, butter knife, spread knife, spoon with long skinny end.

Baby shoe., n.d. ()

One baby shoe, coated so gold/copper in color and stiff.

Baby boots., ca. 1926. ()

Pair of bronzed baby boots, engraved on each bottom is "Jimmy Merrill 1926." Each came in a plastic sack with handwritten label by Hellen Ingram Plummer, "James Ingram Merrill's first shoes, 1927."

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Death mask., n.d. ()

Death mask of James Merrill made out of white plaster.

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Nametag., 1991: June 27-29. ()

American Academy of Achievement nametag, "James Merrill, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry", with words on ribbon "1991 Salute to Excellence Weekend, June 27-29, Guest of Honor".

Baby clothes., n.d. ()

Baby clothes:

White muslin-like, long dress with long sleeves; lace around the collar and bottom of the sleeves; two buttons close the back.

Yellow muslin-like short-sleeve shirt with buttons up the front; buttons around the middle, and pocket with button

Beige cotton tank top

Beige shirt with buttons up the front; embroidered ribbing up the front and around the collar

Light beige jumpe