24) "Crossing the street." Bottom: titles for poems. Pencil, bond.
25) "When my parents were children." Top: titles for poems. Pencil, ink, bond.
26) "My father having flown." Bottom: titles for poems." Pencil, ink, bond.
27) "One afternoon brought something more." Right margin: "dog as satyr." Pencil, ink, bond.
28) "A child, a red dog." Top: "Last." Pencil, ink, bond.
29) "Crossing the street." Half sheet, bond.
29 Verso) "retrospect." Draft page of Merrill's The (Diblos) Notebook. Pencil.
30) "When my parents were younger." Half sheet, bond.
31) "Tonight they have stepped out." Half sheet, pencil, bond.
32) "My father having flown." Half sheet, bond.
33) "One afternoon, red." Half sheet, bond.
34) "A child, a red dog." Half sheet, bond.
35) "When my parents were younger." Bond.
36) "Tonight they have stepped out." Pencil, ink, bond.
37) "Crossing the street." Bond.
38) 'When my parents were younger." Bond.
37) "Crossing the street." Bond.
38) 'When my parents were younger." Bond.
39) "A child, a red dog." Bond.
40) "The Black Swan II." "the <big> red dog led me." One sketch. Pencil, draft paper.
Select an image to view and enlarge text. The manuscripts are in the order Merrill placed them in before sending to Special Collections, Washington University. See the "Notes on the Manuscripts" link on the left.