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Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, sitting outside in a white shirt, smiling at the camera.

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

Autograph letter, signed from Mona Van Duyn to James Merrill, undated.

Autograph letter signed from Mona Van Duyn to James Merrill, undated.

Mona Van Duyn letter to James Merrill in which Van Duyn requests on behalf of Washington University Libraries to start collecting Merrill's literary papers at Washington University. Van Duyn’s personal inquiry persuaded Merrill to accept the…

Tom Vitale interviews James Merrill on the program "A Moveable Feast." In this episode, titled "Late Settings," Vitale and Merrill discuss the general themes in Merrill's poems and the emotions behind Merrill's writing process, as well as Merrill's…

Program for "T.S. Eliot: A Centennial Appraisal" sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis, September 30-October 2, 1988. Featured speakers included James Merrill, Anthony Hecht, Amy Clampitt, Howard Nemerov, Richard Wilbur, and Gjertrud…

James Merrill discusses the impetus to his relationship with Washington University's Modern Literature Collection, at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reading "In Monument Valley" at the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University during this time.

James Merrill reads his poem "Days of 1964" in January hall at Washington University in St. Louis.