Box 59

Includes clippings regarding Dylan and Caitlin Thomas and Brinnin's views on poetry and poets.

Includes articles on Venice, smoking, death, the Kennedy assassination, and other topics.

Certificate of birth issued in 1982, plus a memorial card for Maggie Malcom (died 1892 Jan 10) and a page listing Malcom family births (possibly torn from a family Bible).

Brinnin's draft classification of 4A was issued by the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Selective Service Board.

Diploma in cover.

Hosted by Kay Kuhn in Norwell, Massachusetts. Includes a copy of the invitation, signatures of the guests who attended and notes of regret from friends who were unable to attend. Regrets from Philip Burton, Denise Levertov, Ralph Ellison, George Starbuck, and Peter Stansky. Guests included Jim Scully, Richard Wilbur, Rollie McKenna, Robert Pounder, Howard Moss, and James Merrill.

Computer printout of Brinnin's medical history and recent laboratory test results.

Faxed form signed by Brinnin authorizing the cremation of his mother.

Four computer diskettes. Two of the diskettes are unlabeled and the other two use Claris/Macwrite programs.

Brinnin's journal details his final month, as well as financial calculations, a list of questions for his doctors, blank checks, uncancelled postage stamps, Brinnin's library card, a photograph of Bill Read, the medical records kept by the Visiting Nurse Association and Griswold Special Care, and Brinnin's medical directive.

Includes distribution lists for letters in the game of anagrams, which Brinnin played and enjoyed throughout his life. His diary indicate the number of games won at each session and occasionally a cumulative total for a season in Key West.

Uncancelled postage stamps depicting passenger ships and the artwork of Alexander Calder.

Brinnin's calligraphic writing was admired by many.