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Draft 1: Typewritten draft[5406-185, 5406-186 and 5406-187]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 175, Folder 5406
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 notes
Format
manuscript; letter sheet, recto only; handwriting in pencil, black fountain pen, black marker, orange fountain pen, blue fountain pen, yellow marker
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 2: Typewritten draft[5401-059 and 5401-067]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5401
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
Format
manuscript; letter sheet, two-pieces taped together; recto only; handwriting in pencil, black fountain pen, blue marker
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 3: Photocopy of second draft[5401-071 and 5401-069]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5401
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
Format
manuscript; letter sheet, recto only; handwriting in pencil and black fountain pen
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 4: Typewritten draft[5395-038 and 5395-037]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Draft 4 consists of 5395-038 and 5395-037, a typewritten draft that is preceded by 5401-59 and -67; followed by 5399-35 and -37
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5395
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
Format
manuscript; letter sheet; recto only; taped over portion; handwriting in pencil, black fountain pen
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 5: Photocopy of fourth draft before corrections[5399-035 and 5399-037]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5399
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
Format
manuscript; letter sheet, recto only; handwriting in pencil and black fountain pen
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 6: Photocopy of fourth draft after corrections[5396-037, 5396-038, 5396-039, and 5396-040]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5394.1
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
Format
manuscript; letter sheet; recto only; handwriting in pencil, black fountain pen
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 7: Typewritten draft[5393-039 and 5393-041]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Typescript reflects holograph corrections made in 5393 draft and related photocopies
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5393
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 typescripts/manuscripts
Format
manuscript; letter-size sheets, recto; holograph (page) number in the upper lefthand corner of recto; brown liquid damage, possible wine stains, on top left corner of all pages; typed; first letter of stanza omitted to leave room for ornamental first capital letter
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 8: Photocopy of seventh draft[5394.1-041 and 5394.1-043]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Typescript reflects holograph corrections made in 5393 draft and related photocopies
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5394.1
Date
undated
Rights
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Relation
Series V-12 typescripts/manuscripts
Format
manuscript; letter-size sheets, recto only; three-hole punched on left margin; holograph (page) number in the upper lefthand corner of recto; photocopied from typed and annotated pages; first letter of stanza handwritten in larger size with red marker to indicate ornamental first capital letter; no additional corrections
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 9: Photocopy of seventh draft[5394.2-041 and 5394.2-042]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Photocopy of manuscript in folder 5393; copy made before liquid damage to 5393
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5394.2
Date
material from complete manuscript sent to Daryl Hine(?) by JM in June of 1975
Rights
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Relation
Series V-12 typescripts/manuscripts
Format
manuscript; letter-size sheets, recto only; three-hole punched on left margin; holograph (page) number in the upper lefthand corner of recto; photocopied from typed and annotated pages; first letter of stanza handwritten in larger size with red marker to indicate ornamental first capital letter; no additional corrections
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Draft 10: Photocopy of seventh draft[5397-095, 5397-096, 5397-097, and 5397-098]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Like 5394, photocopy of typed manuscript in folder 5393; copy made before liquid damage to 5393; probably made around the same time as 5394 (June 1975), though it looks like it was done on a different copier
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5397
Date
undated
Rights
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Series V-12 drafts
manuscript; letter-size sheets, recto and verso; photocopied from typed manuscript; handwritten corrections and annotations in pencil; first letter of stanza handwritten in larger size with red marker to indicate ornamental first capital letter
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Galley proof[5389-050 and 5389-052]
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Title
Divine Comedies - The Book of Ephraim - I
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995--Divine Comedies
Merrill, James, 1926-1995—The Book of Ephraim
Description
Considered final extant draft in collection because it is a galley proof; also, timestamp on first page of proofs very close to book publication date.
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) Box 174, Folder 5389
Date
Date stamp of 24 NOV 1975 on first sheet of proofs
Rights
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Relation
Series V-12 galley proofs
Format
Galley proofs; recto only; three pages per sheet; holograph corrections in pencil and blue pencil, including standard proofreading marks
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts