James Merrill discusses the impetus to his relationship with Washington University's Modern Literature Collection, at the first James Merrill Symposium.
Selections from For James Merrill: A Birthday Tribute, a 60th birthday present from J. D. McClatchy with tributes from friends, including Anthony Hecht, Robin Magowan, John Hollander, Mary McCarthy, Tony Parigory and Bernard de Zogheb. Scans feature…
Mona Van Duyn: fellow prize-winning poet, early champion and good friend of James Merrill, she successfully solicited Merrill's literary papers for Washington University. In this photo she is standing in front of a painting of herself.
Mona Van Duyn letter to James Merrill in which Van Duyn requests on behalf of Washington University Libraries to start collecting Merrill's literary papers at Washington University. Van Duyn’s personal inquiry persuaded Merrill to accept the…
Photograph of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of American Poets. Front Row: Robert Fitzgerald, Howard Nemerov, Marie Bullock, Stanley Kunitz, William Meredith, and Robert Penn Warren. Back Row: W.S. Merwin, John Hollander,…