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Journal 10 - “18 W 11th St.” notes and drafts

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Title

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Description

Early holograph notes and drafts toward the poem that would become “18 W 11th St.” The poem regards his childhood NYC home, which was accidentally blown up by radicals living there and making homemade bombs in the basement.

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 118, Folder 2912

Date

1970: April 8

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Relation

Series_II_Journals

Exhibit Cases 5-6: Greece

James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 462, 478-80

Format

1 leaf, Recto

1 jpeg. 600 dpi.

Language

English

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

Journal_10-Apr_8_1970-001.jpg

Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Citation

Merrill, James, “Journal 10 - “18 W 11th St.” notes and drafts ,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 28, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12638.