I - I’d rather skip this part, but courage—

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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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Relation
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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Relation
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
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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Relation
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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Relation
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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Relation
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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Relation
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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Relation
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
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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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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Relation
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