Promotional poster for James Merrill's memoir A Different Person. Merrill continued revising the memoir into the galleys stage and sent to friends chapters that included them, making changes accordingly.
James Merrill's baby book with birth announcement. Discussed in Merrill's memoir, A Different Person, the baby book contains the list of gifts Merrill received at birth, including stock shares, silver spoons, gold diaper pins, etc.
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.