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Merrill discusses his relationship with the Modern Literature Collection and Mona Van Duyn at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and his own poem dedicated to Bishop, "Developers at Crystal River" on April 11, 1980 at the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, San Francisco

Photograph of James Merrill receiving an honorary doctorate at Amherst College from Calvin H. Plimpton, June 7, 1968.

Photograph of James Merrill receiving an honorary doctorate at Amherst College from Calvin H. Plimpton, June 7, 1968.

Typescript drafts of the James Merrill's foreword to Recitative edited by J.D. McClatchy, July 1985.

Typescript drafts of the James Merrill's foreword to Recitative edited by J.D. McClatchy, July 1985.

Typescript draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number acceptance speech, 1978.

Typescript [photocopy] draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Nights and Days acceptance speech, 1967.

Typescript draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number acceptance speech, 1978.

Typescript [photocopy] draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Nights and Days acceptance speech, 1967.