Love and Money - Journals
- Title
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Journal 57 - Lawrenceville School
- Description
- Merrill's first diary, including an entry in which he recounts how he cleverly got out of being de-pantsed by David Mixsell at Lawrenceville School. One of Merrill's drawings is laid in beside the entry.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 113, Folder 2884
- Date
- 1940: September 28
- Relation
- Series_II_Journals
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Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 58
- See also "Days of 1941 and '44" drafts.
- Format
- 1 leaf. Verso. 1 leaf. Recto.
- 1 jpeg. 600 dpi
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
- Journal_57-001.jpg
- Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Media
Journal_57-001.jpg
- Title
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Journal 1 - Kimon Friar
- Description
- Journal entry in which Merrill recounts his mother's discovery of his love affair with Kimon Friar.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 113, Folder 2886
- Date
- 1945: December 24
- Relation
- Series_II_Journals
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, 89-90
- Format
- 3 leaves. Recto and verso.
- 4 jpegs. 600 dpi.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
-
Journal_1-001.jpg
Journal_1-002.jpg
Journal_1-003.jpg
Journal_1-004.jpg - Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Title
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Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
- Description
- Journal 59 includes numerous pages of early holograph notes and drafts toward "The Broken Home," one of which is included here. Merrill's most autobiographical poem to date, "The Broken Home" centered on his parents' troubled relationship. It was eventually published in The New Yorker and then in Nights and Days.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 117, Folder 2907
- Date
- 1964 : March 18
- Relation
- Series_II_Journals
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 360-3
- See also James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts pages on "The Broken Home"
- See also "Looking at Mummy"
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto.
- 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
- JNL59_pg92.jpg
- Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Media
JNL59_pg92.jpg