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Cover of uncorrected proof of Middle C.

Modern Literature Collection, Special Collections, Washington University Libraries, Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 1994).

Modern Literature Collection, Special Collections, Washington University Libraries, Volume 2, Number 1 (Fall 1996).

Extract of Molloy by Samuel Beckett from Merlin, Volume II, Number 2 (Autumn 1953). With Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse, Alexander Trocchi edited Merlin from 1952-1955.

New Letters Special Edition "In collaboration with the International Writers Center at Washington University in St. Louis." Features writing by participants in a conference on the writer and religion, held at the International Writers Center, Oct.…

North Star: A Book of Poems, a privately printed book (first edition, with only 1 printed copy) containing poems by James Merrill and Frederick Buechner dedicated to and donated to this collection by Gerrish Thurber. Merrill and Buechner made the…

The French title, Oh les beaux jours was not yet present in this typescript draft. Beckett added the title shortly before publication. He claims that it is a paraphrase of a line in Paul Verlaine’s poem “Colloque sentimental.”

Olio, Amherst College's yearbook featuring James Merrill, 1946.

Two clippings related to Gass's first novel, Omensetter's Luck:

Autograph chapter outline notes on Omensetter's Luck,in a blue examination booklet.