Includes the texts "A laureate" and "Wstęp do Aušry," English translations of the poems from the volume Dalsze okolice (Provinces) and notes for the anthology A Book of Luminous Things.
Five notebooks are labeled "Materiały" (1953-1970s). There is no notebook labeled "Materiały II" and two notebooks are labeled "Materiały V."
Includes bibliographies, notes and excerpts from readings. "Materiały V" includes notes for learning Greek.
"Szedłem o poranku," "Do lokomotywy w zimie," "Dziecko zapytało," "Kiedy z oceanem," "Pieśni dla poległych," "Słyszałem was uroczyście i słodko brzmiące organy," "Noc na preriach," "Opowiedziała mi to," "Miasto uczt," "Łzy! łzy! łzy!," and "Dzieci Adama."
Includes poems, many later printed in the volumes Król Popiel i inne wiersze, Gucio zaczarowany, Miasto bez imienia, Gdzie wschodzi słońce i kędy zapada. Drafts and clean copies, some corrected.
The file includes only some of the correspondence printed in Striving towards being: the letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz. Miłosz donated the remainder to Bellarmine College.