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James Merrill letter to Hellen Ingram Merrill with a poem draft inspired by Hans Lodeizen, shortly after his death. This later turned into "The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace," a pastoral elegy that imagined a world "under the world."

Hans Lodeizen silhouette with correspondence from Lodeizen to James Merrill on verso. The silhouette sat in Merrill's study for many years.

A childhood note Merrill wrote to Leila "Zelly” Howard, his governess. This note was among the collection of notes and artwork which Howard's daughter sent back to Merrill as a set in 1977, after Zelly died.

Tom Vitale's 1991 interview with James Merrill for A MOVEABLE FEAST.

James Merrill reads "The Blue Grotto" from The Sunken Garden in 1993.

James Merrill reads his sonnet sequence "The Broken Home" in Brown Hall at Washington University, 1968.

James Merrill reads "In Monument Valley" in the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis, 1971.

James Merrill reads "Ideas" on the audio program A MOVEABLE FEAST, hosted by Tom Vitale, c1991.

James Merrill reads "Days of 1964" in January Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, 1985.

James Merrill reads "Mandala" in the Women's Building at Washington University, 1971.