Over the summer of 2018, I conducted archival research using funds from the Erickson Discovery Grant for my honors thesis in English. My research led me to three archival libraries--Yale's Beinecke Library, The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin, and Harvard's Houghton Library--where I examined letters and manuscripts of the poet William Carlos Williams. My findings became the basis for my thesis and allowed me to ground my ideas in solid evidence.