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1) "Years before I was born." "18 March." Pencil, ink, draft paper.
2) "A child and a red dog." Pencil, ink, draft paper.
2 Verso) "And yet he turned to earth." Pencil, ink, draft paper.
3) "The big red dog." Two pencil and two ink sketches. Pencil, ink, draft paper.
4) "Years before I was born." Top left: "18 March." Pencil, draft paper.
4 Verso) "They are outside tonight." Ink, draft paper.
5) "My father, having flown." Pencil drawing. Ink, pencil, draft paper.
5 Verso) Top: Lines crossed out. Right margin: "To learn something." Ink, draft paper.
6) "When my parents were young." Ink, draft paper.
6 Verso) "Spring Cleaning." Ink, draft paper.
7) "My father having flown." Ink, draft paper.
8) "Crossing the street." Right margin: "For the Broken Home." Pencil drawing. Pencil, ink, bond.
9) "And this is why." Pencil, bond.
10) "And this is why." Ink, draft paper.
11) "--if only in." Right margin: "NOTES FOR A MYTH." Pencil drawing. Pencil, ink, draft paper.
12) "This perhaps is why." Three ink drawings. Pencil, ink, draft paper.
13) "The big red dog." Top right: "'The Broken Home.'" Pencil, ink, draft paper.
13 Verso) "…Ever that Everest." Lines from Merrill's poem "Time." Pencil, draft paper.
14) "One afternoon." Pencil, bond.
15) "One afternoon." Pencil, bond.
16) "Crosssing the street." Bond.
17) "One afternoon." Pencil, ink, bond.
18) "Tonight they have stepped out." Pencil, ink, bond.
19) "Crossing the street." Various titles. Top right: "for Doris & Charles." Pencil, bond.
20) "One afternoon." Top right: "The Broken Home." Pencil, bond.
21) "…Obeyed, I fear." Pencil, draft paper.
22) "Crossing the street." Four pencil drawings. Pencil, ink, draft paper.
22 Verso) "'Avenues to a Theme' - (sub) title." Ink, draft paper.
23) "A child, a red dog." Pencil, bond.
23 Verso) "Inside, blinds beat sun." Pencil, ink, bond.
24) "Crossing the street." Bottom: titles for poems. Pencil, bond.
25) "When my parents were children." Top: titles for poems. Pencil, ink, bond.
26) "My father, having flown." Bottom: titles for poems." Pencil, ink, bond.
27) "One afternoon brought something more." Right margin: "dog as satyr." Pencil, ink, bond.
28) "A child, a red dog." Top: "Last." Pencil, ink, bond.
29) "Crossing the street." Half sheet, bond.
29 Verso) "retrospect." Draft page of Merrill's The (Diblos) Notebook. Pencil.
30) "When my parents were younger." Half sheet, bond.
31) "Tonight they have stepped out." Half sheet, pencil, bond.
32) "My father having flown." Half sheet, bond.
33) "One afternoon, red." Half sheet, bond.
34) "A child, a red dog." Half sheet, bond.
35) "When my parents were younger." Bond.
36) "Tonight they have stepped out." Pencil, ink, bond.
37) "Crossing the street." Bond.
38) 'When my parents were younger." Bond.
39) "THE BROKEN HOME." Bond.
40) "One afternoon." Bond.
41) "A child, a red dog." Bond.

Manuscripts of "The Broken Home"

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Title

Manuscripts of "The Broken Home"

Creator

James Merrill

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James Merrill, “Manuscripts of "The Broken Home",” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 15, 2024, http://lib-lslv126.wulib.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/11516.