Contents generally include: biographical information and drafts (often in multiple versions) of Ellmann's bio-commentary on each poet; selected poems by each author, photocopied from published sources; press cuttings of articles; rights and permissions to reprint poems; lists of corrections; and fragments of page proofs.

Typed transcription; press cutting.

Includes Ellmann's notes on Auden regarding Yeats and Joyce; Ellmann's notes on The Sea and the Mirror; photocopy of Auden's "The Public and the late Mr. W.B. Yeats"; press cuttings and photocopies of articles by Auden; "Service at the Unveiling and Dedication of a Memorial to Wystan Hugh Auden", Westminster Abbey.

Request for permission to credit Ellmann for a suggestion regarding a reference to "Musee des Beaux Arts" for their article on Auden.

Ellmann writes, in part: "Many thanks for your helpful changes. I think we probably have enough symbolist works without Gide...."

Research copies of Auden letters; handwritten letter from Auden to [Leonard Woolf], undated; handwritten letters from Auden to Ellmann; 6 black and white photo-reproductions of an event featuring Auden; Faber and Faber illustrated specimen copy of Auden's poem, "Mountains" with envelope.

"...Mr. Paul Auster's review of two books of mine in your issue of August 7th: Communicated views of it of friends, communicated to me., impressed on me the need of comment. One thought it 'rather nice'."

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"I pause over one of Mr. Auster's historical touches, reference to Robert Graves telling of Auden for his imitations of me. That is retrospective self-preening. Auden's takings from me were Gargantuan, rather comically assiduous."

"I am extremely troubled by the long paragraph on page 10 (ms.)...."

Galley proofs with corrections and editorial marks.

Galley proofs with extensive handwritten revisions, corrections and additions to text.