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Flyer for a dramatic reading of Voices from Sandover at UCLA. This was a stage adaptation of Merrill's Ouija board epic, which Hooten and Merrill toured for one-night performances in New Jersey, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Flyer advertisingThe Image Maker, a one-act verse play for two actors about Santeria, the syncretic art and religion of the Caribbean. The play featured Hooten, puppets, and a subtext about James Merrill's mother.

A mimeographed literary magazine published by John Bernard Myers, who printed the first books of John O'Hara, John Ashbery and others. It includes "Three Sketches for Europa" by James Merrill and the short story "Kritik K. and the Chateau" by David…

A mailer advertising the opening of The Immortal Husband, including an order form and a laudatory statement by Tennessee Williams.

Program for "The Artists Theater," including "The Bait," a one-act play in which James Merrill incorporates psychoanalysis. Merrill first met David Jackson after a performance.

"Amherst Bard wins Holyoke Poet Award" from THE JEFF. Merrill won the prestigious Glascock Poetry Prize for "The Broken Bowl," "The Formal Lovers" and "The Black Swan," all written in Kimon Friar's class. This win was a harbinger of many awards to…

Newspaper clippings related to Charles Merrill's and Hellen Ingram Merrill's divorce. The "broken home" had a profound effect on James Merrill remembering his childhood as a lonely one.

"Among the Cottagers at Southampton," an article including a photo of and caption on "Master Jimmie Merrill." Merrill most often pictured Southampton and "the Orchard" when he thought of "home."

Painting of a bust of James Merrill as a child on the rooftop terrace of Athinaion Efivon 44 house in Athens, Greece, by David Jackson.

Drawing of Athinaion Efivon 44 (James Merrill's and David Jackson's house in Athens, Greece for 15 years) by David Jackson. This illustration was sent to friends as a Christmas card in 1964.