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Proof of Iconographs by May Swenson, circa 1970.

Typescript draft of the preface for Iconographs by May Swenson, circa 1970. Autograph annotations are on several of the pages.

Introduction for Mona Van Duyn, River Styx PM Series. Swenson wrote an introduction for Mona Van Duyn for an event held at the Saint Louis Art Museum, River Styx PM Series. It featured an evening with Mona Van Duyn and Roland Jordan.

Book cover for "Poets of Today." The book combines three poets works, Swenson, Duncan, and Noss. Book was published by Charles Scribner's Sons and includes an introduction of John Wheelock.

Typescript table of contents draft for Half Sun Half Sleep by May Swenson

Haymaking, Rocky Mountain Review, Winter 1938-1939. A poem titled "Haymaking" by May Swenson on page seven of the Rocky Mountain Review Winter, vol 3,number 2, 1938-39.

Typescript drafts with extensive revisions of "Dear Elizabeth" by May Swenson. Begun on September 17, 1963 in New York City, "Dear Elizabeth" was published in THE NEW YORKER, October 9, 1965.

May Swenson to Elizabeth Bishop, September 25, 1963. Swenson thanks Bishop for the Samba record that she sent to her. Swenson suggests that Bishop write articles about South American Jazz for The New Yorker or Esquire. She asks if Bishop if she has…

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

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