Box 1
Contains 17 Results:
Verse for Urania, circa 1974
5 pages. Photocopy typescript poem, not dated.
The Book of Ephraim, 1975
circa 50 pages. Photocopy typescript with holograph red ink initial letters to each section. In orange binder with two pages typescript errata inserted inscription, “for Claude who told me to go ahead – with love and gratitude always – Jamie vi.75.”
"Ten white rooms tingle with the grand" [first line], 1976
8 line holograph poem about Claude Fredericks' house with note from James Merrill to Claude Fredericks. Postcard. Faded by water damage but still legible. With typescript version of text on separate page. 12 October 1976.
Mirabell: The Book of Numbers, 1977
circa 175 pages. Photocopy computer-generated typescript. Inscribed: “with love to Claude and David from Mirabell [JM], Pawlet. 20.xi.77” in green paper binder.
Mirabell : The Book of Numbers, 1977
Photocopied, typescripts, fragments. In yellow envelope. 20.xi.77
Scripts for the Pageant, 1978
Photocopy computer-generated typescript with photocopied holograph-manuscript section covers. Bound in orange paper binder. Circa 300 pages. Inscribed: “with love for Claude and David – who may have the epilogue as soon as they’ve cleaned this plate. Jamey. xii. 78” (with 2 Merrill related clippings from New Yorker and typed letter signed).
Epilogue: Birth of the Musician, 1979
Photocopy typescript, 25 pages spiral bound with cover. “With love to Claude and David, this last (with luck) installment, Jamey. i.79.”
Series 1: Manuscripts
First Poems, 1946-1950
Typescript. 30 pages with 3 pages of typescript inserted and holograph postcard with errata. Inscribed: “for Claude J.I.M.” in orange paper binder. With holograph dates added.
The Immortal Husband, 1954
68 pages. Photocopy typescript in blue paper binder. 4 line holograph list on back cover.