All Series Level Scope and Content Notes

Scope and Contents Note

The Jackson papers consist of extensive correspondence, photographs of family and friends, and manuscript material towards Jackson’s poems, stories, and plays. Bringing together the letters and lives of two men whose professional and personal experiences were intertwined in so many interesting ways, the David Jackson Papers nicely complement the vast James Merrill Archive at Washington University.


The Jackson papers consist of extensive correspondence, photographs of family and friends, and manuscript material towards Jackson’s poems, stories, and plays. Bringing together the letters and lives of two men whose professional and personal experiences were intertwined in so many interesting ways, the David Jackson Papers nicely complement the vast James Merrill Archive at Washington University.