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Advertisement for “James Merrill: A Life in Writing” sponsored by Washington University Libraries, November 18-19, 1994. In commemoration of the Modern Literature Collection’s 30th anniversary.

Advertisement for "James Merrill, Poet, Will Read His Poetry in Boll Theatre" sponsored by the University of Dayton, November 7, 1984.

Program for "Ninth Annual Literary Festival" sponsored by Southern Methodist University, November 6 - November 11, 1983. Featured speakers included James Merrill, William H. Gass, Albert Goldbarth, Richard Howard, Rita Dove, Erica Jong, Glenda Adams,…

Program for "James Merrill & Mona Van Duyn" sponsored by The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, October 3, 1983.

Advertisement for The Immortal Husband by James Merrill and sponsored by the Artists Theatre in association with John Bernard Meyers at the Theatre de Lys in New York City.

Broadside advertisement for The Bait by James Merrill performed by The Artists Theatre and directed by Herbert Machiz, May 18- 23, 1953.

Autograph draft of “The Next to Last Scene” by James Merrill, February 5, 1995. Written by Merrill in his journal from a hospital bed in Tucson, Arizona the day before his death from a heart attack. Begins with the line, “A room with every…

Clipping of James Merrill's first published poem from Junior Home Magazine, November 1934.

Typed letter, signed from James Merrill to Mona Van Duyn, February 22, 1990.

Typed letter, signed from Kimon Friar to James Merrill, December 2, 1957. Friar is discussing The Seraglio by Merrill.