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Uncorrected proof of by Mona Van Duyn, 1990. Van Duyn was awarded the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Near Changes.

Portion of the setting copy of To See, To Take by Mona Van Duyn,1970. Van Duyn was awarded the 1971 National Book Award in Poetry for To See, To Take.

Draft of autograph letter from Mona Van Duyn to her publisher at Atheneum, Harry Ford, concerning revisions and additions to her forthcoming book, TO SEE, TO TAKE (circa 1970). This letter represents a portion of a larger collection of spiral…

"The Talker" by Mona Van Duyn from The New Republic, Volume 164, Issue 2930 (February 20, 1971) and collected in Poems, 1965-1973.

Autograph and typescript drafts with corrections of "For May Swenson" by Mona Van Duyn. Published in Poetry(January 1991) and collected in Firefall (1993).

Typescript draft with no corrections of "Paratrooper" by Mona Van Duyn. Published in the Kenyon Review, Volume 6, Number 3 (Summer 1944) and collected in Valentines to the Wide World(1959).

Typescript draft with minimal corrections of "Late Loving" by Mona Van Duyn. Published in Near Changes (1990), "Late Loving" celebrates Van Duyn's nearly fifty-year marriage to Jarvis Thurston.

Typescript draft with published press release of Mona Van Duyn's 1971 National Book Award in Poetry acceptance speech for her book, To See, To Take, March 4, 1971.

Typescript and autograph drafts of "To Poets' Worksheets in the Air-Conditioned Vault of a Library" by Mona Van Duyn. Published in the CARLETON MISCELLANY, Fall 1965 and collected in TO SEE, TO TAKE (1970).

"The Bell" by Mona Van Duyn from The Kenyon Review, Volume VII, Number 4 (Autumn 1945). Van Duyn's first published short story.