Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Person
Dates Of Existence
- Existence: 1926 - 1995
James Merrill Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms083
Scope and Contents
The collection holds a wide variety of materials that document James Ingram Merrill's entire life.
The extensive correspondence is between Merrill and his family, friends, business associates, and others. Thousands of pages of heavily annotated notebooks, typescripts, worksheets, and galleys show Merrill's work towards poems, fiction, and drama. The audiovisual and personal material document other aspects of Merrill's life.
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James Merrill Papers
Howard Nemerov Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms089
Scope and Contents
The Howard Nemerov Papers are a large group of materials which help document the career of this important American poet. The collection includes a great number of worksheets, drafts, and notes towards poems, essays, lectures, stories, collections, and novels. Nemerov corresponded with numerous important literary figures and their letters are housed in the Nemerov Papers. Kenneth Burke, Maxine Kumin, Kay Boyle, and Reed Whittemore, in particular, have been long-time correspondents with...
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Manuscripts
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Howard Nemerov Papers