Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Millay

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1. [Collected sonnets. vii] "I do but ask that you be always fair." Typescript (carbon)
2. [Few figs from thistles. First fig; Sonnet II; To Kathleen] Typescripts of 3 poems, one with the author's ms. Correction
3. [Few figs from thistles. Recuerdo] The ferry voyagers. Holograph poem
4. [Few figs from thistles] Thursday; The unexplorer. Manuscript copies in Kathleen Millay's hand
5. [Flowers of evil] Holograph notebook relating to E. St. V. Millay's translation of a portion of Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. Some material removed. Contains draft of the dramatis personae of: Charles Baudelaire and notes relating to him
6. Forgiveness. Holograph poem
7. Game. Typescript of poem
8. [Harp-weaver and other poems]. The betrothal. Typescript of poem
9. [Harp-weaver and other poems]. Departure. Holograph fragment of draft
10. [Harp-weaver and other poems]. Humoresque. Manuscript copy in Kathleen Millay's hand
11. [Harp-weaver and other poems]. "Lord Archer, Death, whom sent you in your stead?" Typescript (carbon) of sonnet
12. [Harp-weaver and other poems. Sonnets. XV]. To Norma. Typescript. Begins: "The light comes back with Columbine; she brings..."
13. Miscellaneous manuscript material: 1 envelope addressed to her with her ms. notes; list of rhyme words for a sonnet
14. [Murder of Lidice] Typescript (carbon). Used by Harper & Bros. as setting copy. Includes foreword and text. Contains annotations in several hands
15. Murder of Lidice. Typescript (carbon). "Dup. Copy" Contains Harper & Bros. designer's specifications. Wanting foreword. Paginated: [1]-16, 16 1/2, 17-19
16. Mutiny; Fugitive. Typescript (carbon) of two poems
17. Night on Lesbos. Typescript of poem
18. Not to be separated by his blood. Typescript (carbon) of poem with ms. additions in an unknown hand
19. Notebook. Holograph
20. [Now, children, name me an insect] Holograph verse-riddle
21. [Poet to his book] Holograph draft of poem
22. Princess marries the page: a play in one act. Typescript (carbon). Printer's setting copy
23. [Renascence. God's world] Rhapsodie. Holograph poem
24. [Second April. Sonnets. II] To another poet. Typescript
25. [Second April] Travel; Alms; Elaine; Passer mortuus est; Wraith. Typescript (carbon) of 5 poems
26. [Seven old men] Holograph draft of stanzas 6, 7 (partial), and 11
27. Snow-white and rose-red: a drama in five acts. Typescript (mimeograph) with occasional manuscript annotations. Later titled The lamp and the bell
28. Thanksgiving, 1942. Typescript (carbon) of poem
29. Thanksgiving--1950. Typescript (carbon) of poem
30. Three songs; with an introduction by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Typescript of prefatory material for musical settings by Efrem Zimbalist
31. To a rejected love. Typescript of sonnet
32. [When peace was woman's work] Typescript of sonnet