Love and Money - Correspondence
- Title
- James Merrill note to Leila "Zelly" Howard
- Description
- A childhood note Merrill wrote to Leila "Zelly” Howard, his governess. This note was among the collection of notes and artwork which Howard's daughter sent back to Merrill as a set in 1977, after Zelly died.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 89, Folder 2170
- Date
- Circa 1930s
- Relation
- Series I: Correspondence
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love & Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art - pp. 29-31
- See also photograph of Howard
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto and verso
- 2 jpegs. 600 ppi
- Language
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Identifier
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MSS083_I-2-a-ii_Merrill_to_Leila_Zelly_Howard_nd_005.jpg
MSS083_I-2-a-ii_Merrill_to_Leila_Zelly_Howard_nd_006.jpg - Rights
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- Title
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Hans Lodeizen silhouette and letter
- Description
- Hans Lodeizen silhouette with correspondence from Lodeizen to James Merrill on verso. The silhouette sat in Merrill's study for many years.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Lodeizen, Hans
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 44, Folder 1160
- Date
- 1949: October 14
- Relation
- Series I: Correspondence
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love & Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art - pp. 100-1; 645
- See also Merrill's August 5, 1950 letter to his mother
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto and verso
- 2 jpegs. 600 ppi
- Language
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Identifier
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Series_I-1-b_Hans_Lodeizen_silhouette_with_correspondence_from_HL_to_JM_on_verso_Oct._14_1949_003.jpg
Series_I-1-b_Hans_Lodeizen_silhouette_with_correspondence_from_HL_to_JM_on_verso_Oct._14_1949_004.jpg - Rights
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- Title
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James Merrill letter to Hellen Ingram Merrill
- Description
- James Merrill letter to Hellen Ingram Merrill with a poem draft inspired by Hans Lodeizen, shortly after his death. This later turned into "The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace," a pastoral elegy that imagined a world "under the world."
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 80, Folder 2055
- Date
- 1950: August 5
- Relation
- Series_I_Correspondence
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love & Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 126-8
- See also Hans Lodeizen silhouette and letter, Merrill's September 2, 1955 letter to Plummer, Journal 47 and Plummer's November 26, 1972 letter to Merrill
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto and verso
- 2 jpegs. 600 ppi
- Language
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Identifier
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JM_to_Hellen_Ingram_Merrill-032.jpg
JM_to_Hellen_Ingram_Merrill-033.jpg - Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
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