Richard & Charlee Wilbur

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Merrill, James, “Richard & Charlee Wilbur”, not dated, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38555

Title: Richard & Charlee Wilbur
Description: Richard & Charlee Wilbur, Merrill's Key West neighbors. Richard Wilbur was a fellow Amherst grad and accomplished poet, as well as a longtime friend and supporter of Merrill's work. Charlee Wilbur played matchmaker with Merrill and Peter Hooten. Richard celebrated his birthday with Merrill (March 1 and 3 respectively) for a decade by "trading deftly rhymed gift cards."
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 214, Folder 40
Relation: Series_VI_Audiovisual; Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death; James Merrill: Life and Art, photo insert and p. 758; See also For James Merrill: A Birthday Tribute
Type: Photograph
Format: 1 photograph.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Identifier: MSS083_VI-1-c_2442.jpg
Date: not dated
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Love and Death - Audiovisual

Media: MSS083_VI-1-c_2442.jpg