Love and Death - Journals · James Merrill: Life and Archive

Love and Death - Journals

Title: Journal 16 - HIV Diagnosis
Description: Journal 16 captures the visit to the Mayo Clinic during which Merrill was tested for HIV and received the diagnosis of HIV positive. The entry includes haikus, some of which would appear in "Prose of Departure," a 14-part haibun poem.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 121, Folder 2930
Date: 1986: April 1
Relation: Series_II_Journals; Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death; James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 694-708
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
Format: 2 leaves. Recto and verso.; 3 jpegs. 600 ppi.
Identifier: MSS083-JNL-16-002.jpg
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Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Title: Journal 47 - Letter to Hellen Plummer
Description: A draft of a letter to Merrill's mother, Hellen Ingram Plummer, to prepare her for the publication of his memoir, A Different Person, which contained elements of his life he knew would be unsettling to her.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 122, Folder 2937
Relation: Series_II_Journals; Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 771; See also A Different Person promotional poster, Merrill's Aug. 5, 1950 letter to Plummer, Merrill's September 2, 1955 letter to Plummer, Journal 47 and Plummer's November 26, 1972 letter to Merrill
Format: 2 leaves. Recto and verso.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
Identifier: jnl47_page178and179.jpg
Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Title: Journal 50 - Last Poem Draft
Description: Journal 50 contains Merrill's last poem draft, called "The Next to Last Scene," scribbled down (without his glasses) the day before he died of a heart attack. It was unusual for Merrill to title the first draft of a poem in his notebook.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 122, Folder 2938
Date: 1995: February 5
Relation: Series_II_Journals; Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 790
Format: 1 leaf. Recto.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
Identifier: MSS083_II_1_the_next_to_the_last_scene.jpg
Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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