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A sketchbook full of diagrams and drawings by Gass used to illustrate concepts of consciousness related through language. This was used for seminar classes that met in Gass's home, in lieu of a chalkboard.

Reading version of "Invisible Cities,"lecturegiven to Washington University's School of Architecture, March 26, 1984. First published in VIA (1986) and later included in Tests of Time (2002).

William H. Gass introduces Wililam Gaddis, who speaks on the subject of religion for the International Writers Center symposium, The Writer and Religion.

William H. Gass introducing David Foster Wallace at the West Campus Conference Center on Washington University in St. Louis campus, for a reading Wallace gave for the International Writers Center.

Autograph [photocopy] notes for James Merrill's reading during "James Merrill: A Life in Writing," sponsored by Washington University Libraries, November 19, 1994. In commemoration of the Modern Literature Collection’s 30th anniversary.

James Merrill reads his sonnet sequence "The Broken Home" in Brown Hall at Washington University. Inspiration for this sequence came, in part, from his experience with his parents' divorce.

See also "Looking at Mummy" manuscript page and Journal…

Photograph of James Merrill in a purple turtle neck standing amid the ginkgo trees at Washington University, November 18, 1994.

Washington University Founders Day program, 1974. William H. Gass received a faculty award.

Washington University David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities medal awarded to William H. Gass, 1979.

Washington University Class of 1971 Favorite Faculty Member award given to William H. Gass