W.S. Merwin papers (Merwin 4) | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: W.S. Merwin papers (Merwin 4)

ID: 01/01/MSS00038

Primary Creator: Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) (1927-2019)

Extent: 27.0 Cubic Feet

Languages: English

W. S. (William Stanley) Merwin was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist. His papers consists of books, notes, manuscripts, correspondence, ideas for poems, published and unpublished works, translations of other author's works, critical writings by Merwin, and select writings about Merwin.

This library holds nine major accruals of Merwin's papers: Merwin 1, Merwin 2, Merwin 3, Merwin 4, Merwin 5, Merwin 6, Merwin 7, Merwin 8, and Merwin 10. Merwin 10 represents additional accessions not obtained from William or Paula Merwin.

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Box and Folder Listing

Fonds 1: Merwin 4

Series 1

Box-Folder 1: Pamphlets and Leaflets

Box-Folder 2: Documents

Box-Folder 3: Corr./Questions

Box-Folder 4: Verso Copies for Folders 1-1 to 1-12

Box-Folder 5: Verso Cont. Box 2 and 3

Box-Folder 6: Verso Copies Box 9

Box-Folder 7: First Names and Questions

Box-Folder 8: Envelopes and Folders

Box-Folder 9: Non-Correspondence, Unsorted MS, Doc, Clippings, Etc.

Series 2: Correspondence

Box-Folder 10: Corr. A-Bi Box 1-1

Box-Folder 11: Bl-Bz

Box-Folder 12: C-D

Box-Folder 13: E-G

Box-Folder 14: H-I

Box-Folder 15: J-L

Box-Folder 16: M - Merwin

Box-Folder 17: Merwin - N

Box-Folder 18: O-R

Box-Folder 19: S

Box-Folder 20: T-Z

Series 3: Manuscripts

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Box 6

Box 7

Box 8

Series 4: Periodicals

Box 1

Box 2

Series 5: Clippings

Box 1

Series 6: A.V.

Box 1

Box 2

Series 7: Misc.

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Series OS: Oversize materials

Note: 1 box in Oversize