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Program for the "Jimmy Merrill Marionettes" during which he performed "The Magic Fish-bone" in an ambitious production of the Charles Dickens children's story, which Merrill staged at age 11. Puppets always fascinated Merrill, and he created his own…

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.

Program for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" sponsored by The Lakewood Players of the Duncan Summer School and Camp at Newport, Vermont, August 17, 1939. James Merrill plays the character Puck.

Program for The Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry awarded to James Merrill, October 29, 1990.

Program for the Thirtieth Annual National Book Awards, April 25, 1979. James Merrill was awarded the prize in poetry for Mirabell: Books of Number.

Program for a dramatic reading of Voices From Sandover featuring James Merrill, Leah Doyle and Peter Hooten sponsored by The Library of Congress, April 9, 1993.

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…

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.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Ceremonial program, May 21, 1975. William H. Gass received an Arts and Letters Award of the Academy-Insitute in Literature.