Formal invitations, 1979-1980

The collection is divided into five series: I. Biographical, including family history and information about William Meredith's military service; II. Writing, which is futher subdivided into poetry and prose, including fiction, essays, lectures, and reviews; III. Service, covering teaching at Connecticut College and other institutions, and documents and correspondence detailing Meredith's work with institutions promoting the arts and education, as well as separate files on the early career of Gayl Jones; IV. Correspondence, including family and some professional correspondence and extensive exchanges with other writers including, but not limited to, James Merrill, Michael Harper, June Jordan, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, John Irving, Dabney Stuart, and Robert Penn Warren; V. Audio-visual materials, including photographs, video, and audio recordings.