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William Jay Smith's Carte d'Identite, French navy identification, July 28, 1945. Smith served about a French navy boat, La Gradiere, during World War II.

William Matheson to Isabella Gardner, June 11, 1965. Matheson writes to Gardner to introduce himself as head of the Rare Book Department of Washington University. He informs her that her package arrived safely. He is writing to Gardner because Mona…

Robert Creeley reads multiple poem drafts in honor of William's birth in 1982.

Clipping of a photograph showing the winners of the 1994 National Book award James Tate, Sherwin Nuland, and William Gaddis. Gaddis was awarded the fiction prize for A Frolic of His Own.

"Nemerov, Too": a collection of video clips of Howard Nemerov including interviews and reflections from both Nemerov and his contemporaries as well as video footage from public readings

Typescript draft of Words by Robert Creeley. Words was published by Perishable Press in 1965.

Writer-In-Residence at Purdue University clipping. Clipping has a photo of Swenson and mentions that she will be the writer-in-residence at Purdue for the 1966-67 school year. The article tells where Swenson grew up, her education and her…