Mona Van Duyn letter to James Merrill

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Van Duyn, Mona. “Mona Van Duyn Letter to James Merrill”. Series_I_Correspondence, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38387

Title: Mona Van Duyn letter to James Merrill
Description: 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 invitation.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Van Duyn, Mona
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 69, Folder 1840
Date: June 24, 1964
Relation: Series_I_Correspondence; Exhibit Cases 5-6: Greece; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 334; See also For James Merrill: A Birthday Tribute, photograph of Van Duyn, and Merrill discussing the Modern Literature Collection.
Format: 1 leaf. Recto; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi
Language: English
Type: Correspondence
Identifier: MSS083_I_1_b_Mona_Van_Duyn_to_Merrill_19640624.jpg
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Greece - Correspondence

Media: MSS083_I_1_b_Mona_Van_Duyn_to_Merrill_19640624.jpg