By UIUC RBML Staff
Collection Overview
Title: W.S. Merwin papers (Merwin 5)
ID: 01/01/MSS00039
Creator: Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) (1927-2019)
Extent: 40.5 Cubic Feet
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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 His papers consists of books, notes, manuscripts, correspondence, ideas for poems, published and unpublished works, translations of other author's works, critical writings by Merwin, and select writings about Merwin.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.
Biographical Note
W. S. Merwin is one of America's most distinguished writers, praised for his poetry, his prose, and his translation of foreign literary works into English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The RBML reproductions policies can be found here:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/ReproductionServices.htm
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.
Processing Information:
https://wiki.cites.uiuc.edu/wiki/display/librare/Home
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1
- Box-Folder 1: 1-1 - 1-12
- Box-Folder 2: 1-13 - 1-25
- Box-Folder 3: 1-26 - 1-29
- Box-Folder 4 : 2-1 - 2-5
- Box-Folder 5: 2-5 - 2-7
- Box-Folder 6: 3-1 - 3-13
- Box-Folder 7: 3-14 - 3-21
- Box-Folder 8: 4-1 - 4-10
- Box-Folder 9: 4-11 - 4-16
- Box-Folder 10: 4-17 - 4-19
- Box-Folder 11: 5-1 Correspondence A-L
- Box-Folder 12: 5 Correspondence M-R
- Box-Folder 13: 5 Correspondence S-Z
- Box-Folder 14: 6-1 - 6-18/22
- Box-Folder 15: 6-23 - 6-51
- Box-Folder 16: 6-52 - 6-66
- Box-Folder 17: 6-67 - 6-77
- Box-Folder 18: 7-1
- Box-Folder 19: 7-1 - 7-2
- Box-Folder 20: 7-2 - 7-15
- Box-Folder 21: 7-16 - 7-22
- Box-Folder 22: 8-1 - 8-6
- Box-Folder 23: 8-8 - 8-15
- Box-Folder 24: 8-13
- Box-Folder 25: 9-1 - 9-7
- Box-Folder 26: 9-7
- Box-Folder 27: 9-8 - 9-12
- Box-Folder 28: 10-1 - 10-2
- Box-Folder 29: 10-2
- Box-Folder 30: 11-7 - 11-9
- Box-Folder 31: 12-1 (A)
- Box-Folder 32: 12-1 (B)
- Box-Folder 33: 12-1 (C)
- Box-Folder 34: 12-3 - 12-5
- Box-Folder 35: 13-1 - 13-17
- Box-Folder 36: 13-18 (A)
- Box-Folder 37: 13-18 (B)
- Box-Folder 38: 14 (A)
- Box-Folder 39: 14 (B)
- Box-Folder 40: 15 Books etc.
- Box-Folder 41: 15-5 - 15-9
- Box-Folder 42: 15-6
- Box-Folder 43: 16 (A) Books etc.
- Box-Folder 44: 16 (B) Books etc.
- Box-Folder 45: 16 (C) Books etc.
- Box-Folder 46: 16-2 - 16-12
- Box-Folder 47: 17-1 - 17-7
- Box-Folder 48: 17-7 - 17-14
- Box-Folder 49: 18-1 - 18-7
- Box-Folder 50: 18 (A) Books
- Box-Folder 51: 18 (B) Books
- Box-Folder 52: 18 (C) Books etc.
- Box-Folder 53: 19-1 - 19-4
- Box-Folder 54: 19-5 - 19-15
- Box-Folder 55: 20 Books
- Box-Folder 56: 20-1 - 20-4
- Box-Folder 57: 21-1 - 21-10
- Box-Folder 58: 21-11 - 21-20
- Box-Folder 59: 21-2
- Box-Folder 60: 23-1 - 23-9
- Box-Folder 61: 23-10 - 23-15
- Box-Folder 62: 23-16 - 23-17 Books and etc.
- Box-Folder 63: 23 Books and etc.
- Box-Folder 64: 24-1 - 24-9
- Box-Folder 65: 24 Books (A)
- Box-Folder 66: 24 Books (B)
- Box-Folder 67: 25-1 Books (A)
- Box-Folder 68: 25-1 Books (B)
- Box-Folder 69: 25-4 - 25-12
- Box-Folder 70: 25-13 - 25-19
- Series OS: Oversize
Arrangement: Oversize print materials will be stored in either oversize print shelving in UL6 South or will be stored in map cases in LL6 North. Oversize manuscript materials will, by and large, be stored in oversize boxes in UL 6 North. Collections are arranged in oversize locations by collection ID number.
These materials are filed in manuscript shelving and the map-cases, as indicated below.
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Note: 3 boxes in Oversize
- Box-Folder 1: Oversize posters: 11-006, -010; 22A -001, -002, -006, -009; 22B -001, -002; 22C [mss oversize shelving]
- Map Case Drawer/Folder 10/22B-003