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Advertisement for the world permiere of The Straw Market by William Jay Smith at Hollins College, 1966.

Typed and autograph drafts of "Bison Crossing near Mt. Rushmore" by May Swenson. Drafts include autograph annotations.

Tear sheets with corrections ofComedie by Samuel Beckett, 1964.Comedie was translated by Beckett from the original English version, Play.

Autograph and typed drafts of "Motherhood" by May Swenson. Drafts contain autograph annotations.

Elizabeth Bishop to May Swenson, November 11, 1963. Bishop explains the meaning of the name of the birds that Swenson has asked about. Bicos de Lacre means "laquer beaks" or "sealing wax beaks". Bishop will be sending a gift to Swenson, possibly…

May Swenson to Elizabeth Bishop, October 31, 1963. Swenson says that she hopes Bishop and Lota are feeling better since their illnesses. Swenson thanks her for the Samba record and offers to send Bishop the records that she requests from the States…

Elizabeth Bishop to May Swenson, October 12, 1963. Bishop mentions Swenson sending her the original review from the New York Times. She also gives Swenson more history and information about the birds, Bicos de Lacre, that Swenson was so impressed…

Typed and autograph draft of "Riding the 'A'" Some drafts contain handwritten annotations.

Typed drafts of "The Mobile in the Back of the Smithsonian. Some of the drafts have autograph annotations,

"The Torches of Florence" by Andrei Voznesensky and translated by William Jay Smith.Collected inAntiworlds: Poems by Andrei Voznesenskyedited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward, 1966.