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

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

Typescript [photocopy] draft of Amherst College's President Calvin H. Plimpton's introduction for James Merrill's honorary doctorate, June 7, 1968.

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

Autograph draft of "Autobiography" by James Merrill. Most likely written during his time at Amherst, circa 1946.

Autograph [photocopy] notes for James Merrill's reading during James Merrill: A Life in Writing, November 19, 1994.

Typescript [photocopy] draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Nights and Days acceptance speech, 1967.

Typescript draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number acceptance speech, 1978.

Typescript draft of The Bait by James Merrill.

Typescript draft of "Mr. Pope and Mr. Pratt" by James Merrill most likely written during his time at Amherst, circa 1940's.