Holograph and typescript notes; holograph notes on blue tissue paper written in pencil; other holograph notes written in black ink; holograph and typescript notes on copy paper; images sketched on two pages;
Looseleaf holograph notes; notes written lengthwise along typewriter paper; notes written in pencil, black ink, pink ink, brown ink, a few holograph notes are written on 5x7 sheets of notebook paper; many of the notes are written on very brittle…
Two pages of typescript notes and two pages of holograph notes; Typescript notes have ink smudges; Holograph notes are photographed copies that are very dark and difficult to read;
Loose typescript notes; a few corrections written in black ink; first few pages are typed on the back of letterhead from "The Condé Nast Publications Inc."; some pages have typed page numbers at top of page; Some text written in French;
Merrill poem as transcribed by his mother. McClatchy published a facsimile of the poem in his article "The Inner Room," Raritan (Summer 1999), 19.1: 1-22. He wrote that "Because he was a devoted mother's only child or because he was the pampered son…