Descriptive Summary
Poe, Edgar Allan,
1809-1849
Edgar Allan Poe Collection
1766-1974,
(bulk
1829-1850)
TXRC99-A0
11 boxes (4.58 linear
feet), 3 galley folders, 4 oversize boxes, and 9 oversize folders
Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
The Poe Collection contains a few handwritten
works and about 70 letters written by Poe, while the bulk of the collection
consists of correspondence and works about him.
English.
Biographical Sketch
Edgar Poe was born in Boston, January 19, 1809, the second child of
Eliza Arnold Poe, a well-known actress, and David Poe, Jr., also an actor.
Early in 1810 David Poe abandoned his family; nothing is known of his fate.
Later that same year Eliza gave birth to her third child, Rosalie. By the
summer of 1811 Eliza's health was failing and she died on December 8, 1811, in
Richmond, Virginia, at the age of 24. The eldest son went to live with the Poe
family in Baltimore, the infant daughter went to a Richmond family named
MacKenzie, and Edgar was taken in by John and Frances (Fannie) Allan.
John Allan, a partner in the trading firm The House of Ellis and
Allan, promised to provide Edgar with a liberal education and he certainly
provided the boy with a standard of living superior to the one to which he had
been accustomed. The House of Ellis and Allan was prospering so well that in
1815 they decided to open an office in London. Six-and-a-half-year-old Edgar
accompanied John and Fannie to England where he attended several boarding
schools. After a slow beginning, the London offices seemed to be doing well.
However, in 1819 the bottom fell out of the tobacco market, the business was
ruined, and the family returned to Virginia in 1820.
As John Allan sought to regain his financial footing, Edgar continued
his schooling, doing well in Latin, French, and sports, often leading the other
boys in games and battle drills. Poe faced many of the psychological problems
associated with orphans--feelings of abandonment and a need to not just
succeed, but to win--and the fact that John Allan never formally adopted him
seems to have added to his emotional issues.
In 1825 a wealthy relative died and left a large fortune to John
Allan, immediately solving his business and financial woes. In 1826 Poe entered
the University of Virginia, then in its second year. Poe acquitted himself well
as a student, studying ancient and modern languages, but also ran up debts
which added to the growing friction between himself and Allan. Poe wished to
remain at the University beyond the usual one year term, but Allan refused,
wishing instead for Poe to settle himself in some business. After a series of
angry clashes, Poe left the Allan home in Richmond and went to Boston. Finding
it difficult to support himself, Poe enlisted in the Army. He remained there
for two years, reaching the rank of Sergeant Major for artillery, before
deciding that he had had enough. He sought Allan's aid in obtaining a discharge
but help came grudgingly and only after Poe declared his intention to attend
West Point.
Poe's term at West Point lasted just a year, from March of 1830 to
March of 1831. He performed well in the beginning but late in the year John
Allan remarried (Fannie Allan had died while Edgar was in the army), and wrote
to Poe stating his wish for an end to their relationship. These events affected
Poe's desire for the military life and he set about getting himself
court-martialed and discharged from West Point. From there he went to New York
City. In April he made his way to Baltimore to seek aid from the remaining
members of his father's family. He moved in with his aunt, Maria Clemm and her
daughter, Virginia. Over the next three years little is known about Poe's
activities. He had difficulty supporting himself, he may have been briefly
engaged, or at least attached, to a young woman whose family objected, and he
spent time with his brother who was also living in Baltimore. He also wrote a
great deal. He had been writing steadily over the previous ten years,
publishing two small pamphlets at his own expense, and his goal became making a
living with his writing.
In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at
the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting
his family. In the spring of 1835 the family
moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the
Southern Literary Messenger.
Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short
tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious
critic by contributing scathing reviews of popular contemporary authors. In
1837 Poe left his position as editor of the
Messenger by mutual
agreement with the owner after a number of disagreements over Poe's vicious
articles.
Poe spent the rest of his life attempting to establish himself as a
creditable force on the American literary scene. He tried to start his own
literary paper on several occasions, but when that failed he continued to work
for other papers in the capacity of critic and editor, most notably
Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
in Philadelphia (1839-1840) and the
Broadway Journal in New
York (1845). Poe's desire to be in charge, his vituperative critical attacks on
people he disliked or disagreed with, coupled with an ongoing problem with
alcohol made it difficult for him to maintain a long-term working relationship
with magazine owners and editors.
In 1847 Virginia Poe died after a long battle with tuberculosis. Poe
was devastated. Suffering ill-health himself, and beaten down after his long
battle with poverty, he continued to write and lecture, but his mental state
seemed to decline. He was found unconscious on a street in Baltimore in the
fall of 1849 and he died on October 7. A brief obituary in the
Baltimore Clipper
reported that he died of congestion of the
brain. It has been assumed by most scholars that alcoholism killed Poe,
but a new theory which is gaining credence speculates that Poe actually died of
rabies.
Scope and Contents
Poems, essays, correspondence, and catalogs make up the bulk of the
Edgar Allan Poe Collection, 1766-1974 (bulk 1829-1850). The collection is
organized into two series: I. Poe Works and Letters, 1829-1911 (2 boxes), and
II. Materials about Poe and His Works, 1766-1974 (9 boxes). This collection has
been re-cataloged as part of a retrospective conversion project.
The Poe Works and Letters Series contains about fifteen mostly
holograph works written by Poe, some of which are fragments and all of which
are from the last fourteen years of his life. About 70 letters from Poe are
also present, spanning 1829-1849 and readily demonstrating Poe's wide range of
correspondents. Most of the letters are personal, though many include details
of business and pleas for loans. Many of Poe's letters and works are
accompanied by correspondence between book dealers and William Koester,
descriptions of the items as they appeared in auction or sale catalogues, and
other provenance information.
Materials about Poe and His Works is a broad-ranging series which
encompasses a large number of letters between friends, relatives, collectors,
and critics of Poe. While not all of the correspondence is specifically about
Poe, it provides context for his life. Also included in this series are a
number of works, most about Poe's life and work, but also some contextual
works. Additionally, there are many items of Poe ephemera, much of it collected
by James Whitty, as well as a number of items withdrawn from books donated by
Poe scholars and fans, and a few items of forged materials which were at one
time attributed to Poe.
Separated Materials
Elsewhere in the Ransom Center is an extensive collection of newspaper
clippings and other printed material covering the publication and criticism of
Poe's work (21 Vertical File folders), as well as five scrapbooks primarily
containing newspaper clippings. There are also over 50 photographs of Poe, his
family, friends, and collectors, located in the Literary Files of the
Photography Collection. The Personal Effects Collection includes a desk used by
Poe (which is on display in the Reading and Viewing Room)
among other items, and a large number of related art pieces are located in the
Art Collection. A number of newspapers which contain Poe contributions are
preserved in their entirety and can be accessed via the UT Library Catalog by performing an
Other Call Number search for "newspaper KPO."
Acquisition
Purchases, 1960-1969 (R162, R2915, R3082, R3370, R3844, R3889, R4303,
R5390)
Access
Many items from the Poe Collection are currently included in an exhibition
and will be unavailable to patrons until the end of 2009. Digital surrogates
are available in the Reading and Viewing Room for these materials.
Processed by
Chelsea Jones, 1998
Provenance
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center acquired its collection of
Poeana largely through the purchase of the James H. Whitty and William H.
Koester collections. Two of the most active American gatherers of Poe
materials, Whitty and Koester are thought to have held the largest private
collections of Poeana anywhere.
James H. Whitty pulled together an impressive collection of
Poe-related materials including many letters, signatures, receipts, and
contextual working materials which he used in writing
The Complete Poems of Edgar
Allan Poe (1911) and
The Genius and Character of
Edgar Allan Poe (1929).
William H. Koester began collecting Poeana in the early 1930s. He
completed over 60 purchases of signed letters, poems, essays, and short
stories, as well as the Whitty Collection, acquiring between 1934 and 1947 most
of the original Poe materials available for sale. He obtained two unpublished
letters and variants of two critical essays by the time of his last purchase in
1962.
The University of Texas at Austin acquired the Whitty-Koester
collection in 1966. Additional Poe materials have been purchased at auction,
from book dealers, and from private individuals. A few items in the collection
were originally included in the Wrenn and Hanley collections.
Index Terms
Correspondents
Allan, John,
1780-1834
Allen, Hervey,
1889-1949
Baudelaire, Charles,
1821-1867
Clemm, Maria Poe,
1790-1871
Dickens, Charles,
1812-1870
Didier, Eugene Lemoine,
1839-1913
Dodgson, Charles
Lutwidge, 1832-1898
Greeley, Horace,
1811-1872
Griswold, W. M. (William
McGillis), 1853-
Ingram, John Henry,
1842-1916
Lewis, Estelle Anna
Robinson, 1824-1880
Longfellow, Henry
Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Minor, Benjamin Blake,
1818-1905
Stedman, Edmund Clarence,
1833-1908
Varner, John
Grier
Weiss, Susan Archer
Talley, 1835-
Whitman, Sara Helen,
1803-1878
Woodberry, George Edward,
1855-1930
Subjects
American
literature
Fiction--19th
century
Horror--Poetry
Mystery and detective
stories
Document Types
Forgeries
Galley proofs
Legal
instruments
Postcards
Collectors
Koester,
William H.
Whitty,
J. H. (James Howard), 1859-1937
Source
Silverman, Kenneth.
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and
Never-ending Remembrance. (New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
1991).
Other materials associated with Poe may be found in the following
collections at the Ransom Center:
- Campbell, Killis
- Ellery Queen
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Lake, Carlton/Poe, EA
- Lake, Carlton/Stein, G
- Lowell, J.R.
- Varner, John Grier
Edgar A. Poe Collection--Detailed Description
Series I. Poe Works and Letters,
1829-1911
The Poe Works and Letters Series is divided into four subseries:
A. Works, 1835-1911 (.5 box), B. Letters, 1829-1849 (1.5 boxes); C. Legal
Documents, 1841-1848 (1 folder); and D. Personal Effects (2 folders). Because
each title and letter in this series is listed individually in the Folder List,
there is no Index of Works nor is Poe correspondence included in the Index of
Correspondents at the end of this guide.
The Works Subseries, arranged alphabetically by title, includes
fourteen complete and partial critical essays written by Poe as well as two
long tales and six drafts and copies of poems. A complete version of
The Domain of Arnheim
written on small pieces of paper connected together and rolled into two
scrolls is particularly noteworthy as is a bound copy of
The Raven and Other Poems
with annotations by Poe. Other complete pieces include holograph and
typescript versions of “The Spectacles,” a Valentine's Day poem to Miss Olivia
Hunter, an untitled article on Laughton Osborn, and an essay on American
poetesses. Fragmentary pieces of other works are also available including parts
of The Literati, Marginalia, and a fair copy of the last stanza of “The Raven.”
A particularly beautiful manuscript is a bound volume entitled
Selected Illuminated Poems
which was transcribed, illuminated, and bound by Messrs. Robert Riviere
& Son in 1911. Each of Poe's works are listed in the folder list.
The Letters Subseries contains 71 complete and fragmentary letters
written by Poe between 1829 and 1849. While the majority of the these letters
are personal correspondence many of the letters carry a business-like tone (Poe
frequently sought financial support from his friends and acquaintances, either
in an effort to start a new project or merely for subsistence). The recipients
of this correspondence include Charles Bristed, George Eveleth, George Graham,
Horace Greeley, Rufus Griswold, Sarah J. Hale, John P. Kennedy, Estelle Anna
Lewis, John Neal, Frances S. Osgood, Frederick W. Thomas, Sarah Helen Whitman,
and others. Each letter is listed in the folder list.
The small Legal Documents Subseries includes several promissory
notes signed by Poe to various friends and business partners including John W.
Albright, John Bisco, and Harnden & Co., as well as contracts signed with
John Bisco and G.P. Putnam. A list of individual items is provided at the end
of this guide. The Personal Effects Subseries includes a lock of Poe's hair and
a file of letters and certified documents authenticating the desk on display in
the Ransom Center's Reading Room reception area as being Poe's when he worked
for the
Southern Literary
Messenger.
Subseries A. Works,
1835-1911
Untitled works
1
1
Article on Laughton Osborn, holograph,
ca. 1848,
2pp
1
2
Critique of Eugene Sue's
The Wandering Jew,
holograph fragment,
ca. 1848,
1p
1
3
Essay on American Poetesses, holograph with author
emendations,
nd, 12pp
(from the Wrenn Collection)
1
4
The Bells by Mrs. M.L.
Shew, holograph,
1848,
1p
1
The Coliseum, holograph in
M.E.Herring's guest book,
1841,
located on folio 13 (removed to oversize box at end of
collection)
1
The Domain of Arnheim,
holograph scrolls,
nd,
(removed to oversize box)
1
5
Eulalie, holograph,
ca. 1843-1944,
1p
1
6
Fifty Suggestions, holograph fragment,
1849,
1p
1
7
The Literati of New York
1
Henry Cary, holograph,
1849,
2pp
1
S. Anna Lewis, holograph fragments,
1848,
2pp (from the Wrenn Collection)
1
Richard Adams Locke, holograph fragment,
1846,
1p (from the Wrenn Collection)
1
Laughton Osborne, holograph,
ca. 1849,
2pp
1
Frances Sargent Osgood, holograph,
1849,
2pp
1
H.B. Hirst, holograph,
nd,
1p ( removed to galley folder 1) (from A. Edward
Newton's library)
1
Marginalia
1
8
John Neal is by no
means... holograph fragment,
ca. 1848,
1p
1
9
Holograph fragment,
1849,
1pp
1
10
Politian, a Tragedy, holograph,
1835,
1p
1
11
The Rationale of Verse, holograph fragments,
1848,
2pp
1
12
The Raven, holograph fair
copy of last stanza,
ca. 1846,
1p
1
The Raven and Other
Poems, printed works bound together with author's annotations,
1845,
and original presentation box (removed to 2 oversize
boxes)
1
Selected Illuminated
Poems, illuminated manuscript, bound and illuminated by Messrs. Robert
Riviere & Son, includes The Raven, The Bells, and Lenore,
1911,
16pp (removed to oversize box)
1
13
The Spectacles, holograph
and typescript,
1844,
38pp
1
14
To Miss Louise Olivia
Hunter, holograph,
1846,
1p
1
Subseries B. Letters,
1829-1849
1
15
Unidentified recipient,
16 June 1846
1
16
Bird, Robert.
7 June 1836
1
Bristed, Charles Astor,
1820-1874
1
17
17 Jan.
1847
1
18
7 June
1848
1
19
Bush, George,
1796-1859. 4 Jan.
1845
1
20
Carter, Robert,
1807-1889. 7 March
1843
1
21
Causten, James H.,
1788-1874. 3 June
1836
1
22
Cist, Lewis J. (Lewis Jacob),
1818-1885. 18 Sept.
1841
1
23
Clark, Mr.
nd
1
24
Cooke, Philip Pendleton,
1816-1850. 12 Jan.
1846
1
25
Dunnell, T.L.
27 Nov. 1848
1
26
Earle, Pliny,
1809-1892. 10 Oct.
1840
1
Eveleth, George Washington
1
27
16 April
1846
1
28
11 March
1847
1
29
4 Jan.
1848
1
Graham, George Rex,
1813-1894
1
30
25 Sept. 1841 - 31
March 1842
1
31
10 March 1845
(from the Hanley Collection)
1
32
Greeley, Horace,
1811-1872. 21 Feb.
1847
1
Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot),
1815-1857
1
33
Spring 1841
(from the Wrenn Collection)
1
34
nd
1
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell,
1788-1879
1
35
29 May
1844
1
36
26 Oct.
1845
1
Halleck, Fitz-Greene,
1790-1867
1
37
7 June
1836
1
38
10 Jan.
1846
1
39
Hamilton, Robert,
1809?-1878. 3 Oct.
1842
1
Herron, James
1
40
June 1842
1
41
30 June
1842
1
42
Hewitt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth),
1807-1894. 20 March
1845
1
43
Holden, Ezra.
26 Aug. 1843
1
44
Jones, J. B. (James Beauchamp),
1810-1866. 8 Aug.
1839
1
Keese, John,
1805-1856
1
45
26 May
1845
1
46
9 June
1845
1
47
Kennedy, John Pendleton,
1795-1870. 19 Dec.
1834
2
1
Landor, William.
7 July 1841
2
2
Lea, Isaac,
1792-1886. May
1829
2
3
Lea & Blanchard.
13 Aug. 1841
2
4
Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards),
1815-1890. 10 Jan.
1846
2
Lewis, Estelle Anna Robinson,
1824-1880
2
5
17 May
1849
2
6
7 July
1849
2
7
18 Sep.
1849
2
Locke, Jane E. (Jane Ermina),
1805-1859
2
8
19 May
1848
2
9
Oct. 1848
2
Lowell, James Russell,
1819-1891
2
10
27 Dec.
1842
2
11
20 June
1843
2
12
Mackenzie, John, fl. 1843.
3 April 1843
2
13
Marshall, Charles H. (Charles Henry),
1823-1872. May
1848
2
14
Maubey, Jerome A.
28 April
1846
2
15
McJilton, J. N. (John Nelson),
1805-1875. 13 March
1842
2
Minor, Lucian,
1802-1858
2
16
10 March
1836
2
17
18 Aug.
1840
2
18
Myers, John C.
1 March 1844
2
Neal, John,
1793-1876
2
19
29 Dec.
1829
2
20
4 Sept.
1835
2
21
4 June
1840
2
22
Osgood, Frances Sargeant Locke,
1811-1850. Oct. 1845
(from the Wrenn Collection)
2
23
Putnam, George Palmer,
1814-1872. 18 May
1849
2
24
Richmond, Nancy Heywood,
1820-1898
(also known as Richmond, Annie L.)
16 June 1849
2
25
Root, H.S.
28 June 1849
2
26
Sigourney, Lydia Howard (Huntly),
1791-1865. 12 April
1836
2
27
Snodgrass, Joseph Evans.
11 Nov. 1839
2
28
Sutherland, J. B.
13 Jan. 1844
2
29
Taylor, Bayard,
1825-1878. 15 June
1848
2
Thomas, Frederick W. (Frederick William),
1806-1866
2
30
23 Nov.
1840
2
31
4 July
1841
2
32
24 Sep.
1841
2
33
25 May
1842
2
34
14 May
1845
2
35
Thompson, C.W.
28 June 1840
2
36
Thompson, John Reuben,
1823-1873. 31 Jan.
1849
2
37
Whitman, Sarah Helen,
1803-1878. Nov.
1848
2
38
Wyatt, Thomas.
1 April 1841
2
39
Willis, Nathaniel Parker,
1806-1867. 13 Nov.
1841
2
Subseries C. Legal Documents,
1841-1848
2
40
Promissory notes and memoranda of
agreement
2
Subseries D. Personal Effects
2
41
Lock of Poe's hair
2
42
Paperwork re authentication of Poe's desk
Series II. Materials about Poe and His Works,
1766-1974
The Materials about Poe and His Works Series is divided into four
subseries: A. Works about Poe, 1766-1973 (5.5 boxes), B. Correspondence about
Poe, 1780-1974 (2.5 boxes), C. Poe Ephemera and Book Withdrawals (1 box); and
D. Poe Forgeries (1 folder). Some of this material is, at best, loosely
associated with Poe, and represents the collecting proclivities of Whitty and
Koester.
The Works about Poe Subseries, arranged alphabetically by author,
contains Hervey Allen's
Israfel: The Life and Times
of Edgar Allan Poe, Julian Hawthorne's “My Adventure with Edgar Allan
Poe,” Thomas Mabbot's thesis “New Light on Poe: Additional Notes on the Poems
Prior to 1831,” and Walt Whitman's essay “Edgar Poe's Significance.” In
addition to writings specifically about Poe there are a number of poems by
Poe's contemporaries and a few items which provide historical context for Poe's
life. These include a 1781 essay by David Poe beginning “Petition by
Citizens...,” a contract for the sale of land by Joseph Logan in 1818, poems by
Estelle Lewis, and John Ambler's Last Will and Testament (1766). Also present
in this section are several works describing the Whitty and Koester
collections. Individual items in this section are listed in the Index of Works
by Other Authors at the end of this guide.
The Correspondence about Poe Subseries contains materials
specifically relating to Poe as well as to the collection of his writings. For
example, William Griswold carried on extensive correspondence with George
Woodberry concerning a proposed book “The Life of Edgar Allan Poe,” which was
never written, and several letters were written to Griswold seeking to purchase
his Poe materials. There are also a few letters from people associated with
Poe, such as John Allan and Maria Clemm, which are present because of that
association, rather than any specific references to Poe in their letters. Some
of the more notable correspondents in this section include Charles Baudelaire,
Charles Dickens, Horace Greeley, William Griswold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John
P. Kennedy, William Koester, David Poe, Edmund Stedman, James H. Whitty, George
Woodberry, and others. Individual writers are listed in the Index of
Correspondents at the end of this guide.
Poe Ephemera and Book Withdrawals includes booksellers
descriptions of Poe materials, letterhead and bills from hotels Poe stayed in
(not bills to Poe), notes and letters found in collections of books by and
about Poe donated to the Ransom Center, and a collection of receipts and
signatures of people connected to Poe or who are otherwise well known. A list
of the authors of these signatures and receipts is included at the end of this
guide.
The final Subseries is Poe Forgeries. This section contains two
letters and one poem which were previously attributed to Poe but which have
since been identified as forgeries. The poem “Lady Hubbard” was printed in
Godey's Magazine in
December 1949 along with a letter, dated April 1, 1949. The second letter,
addressed to Thomas Field and dated August 9, 1945 was traced, it is thought,
from the cover of the William E. Benjamin Catalogue, a rare catalogue of Poe
materials, or possibly from the original letter. The original letter was most
recently located in the Bradley Martin Collection, New York.
Subseries A. Works about Poe,
1766-1973
3
1
Unidentified; A-L
3
1844 Map of Boston with unidentified annotations,
nd,
1p (removed to oversize folder 2)
3
Ulaluna,
ca. 1905,
(removed to oversize folder 10)
3
Allen, Hervey,
Israfel; The Life and
Times of Edgar Allan Poe (1927), holograph and author revisions and
typescript paste-ins,
1925,
1500pp
3
2
Volume I (in a wrapper)
4
1-6
Volume II
4
7
Comments on
Israfel...,
re copyright issues between M.E. Phillips and Hervey Allen and their
Poe biographies and list of errata in
Israfel,
typescript, signed by Mary E. Phillips,
nd,
12pp
4
Ambler, John, Last Will and Testament,
1766,
1p (removed to oversize folder 1)
5
1
Ambler, Philip St. George, Journal of a trip on
horseback in Virginia, holograph,
nd,
28pp
5
2
Cooke, John Esten, 'Poe, as a Literary Critic,'
holograph, unpublished essay,
1851,
23pp
5
3
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, Commonplace book, holograph
notes,
nd,
6pp
5
4
Dorset, Gerald, An Aristocrat of Intellect, typescript
with annotations,
1957,
76pp
5
5
Fitzgerald, O.P., Edgar Allen Poe, holograph essay,
includes letter to James H. Whitty,
1910,
4pp
5
Hartman, Charles Frederick,
Bibliography of First
Printings of the Writings of E. A. Poe, galley sheets,
nd,
53pp (removed to galley folder 2)
5
6
Hawthorne, Julian, My Adventure with Edgar Allan Poe,
ca. 1891,
10pp
5
7
Horne, Richard Henry,
Orion,
holograph first draft,
1842-1843,
78pp
5
8
Lewis, Estelle Anna Robinson, holograph poems,
includes a letter from James H. Whitty,
ca. 1874,
5pp
5
9
Logan, Joseph D., holograph contract for sale of land,
1818,
1p
6
1
M-Z
6
2
Mabbott, Thomas Olive,
New Light on Poe:
Additional Notes on the Poems Prior to 1831, holograph thesis,
1921,
90pp
6
3
Matthews, Brander, Poe's Cosmopolitan Fame, holograph
essay with author's revisions,
nd,
33pp
6
4
Poe, David, “Petition by citizens...,”
1781,
3pp
6
Pumfrey & Fitzwhylsonn (firm), Day book, holograph
account in leather bound folio volume,
1804-1805
(oversize bound volume shelved at end of
collection)
6
5
Steadman, Edmund Clarence, Introduction to the
Literary Criticism of Poe, holograph essay,
1895,
38pp
6
6
Symons, Arthur, On the Misconception of Poe, holograph
and typescript essay,
nd,
12pp
6
7
Thomas, George, Trustee report concerning sale of
property in Washington City, typescript document,
1840,
1p
6
8
Whitman, Walt, Edgar Poe's Significance, holograph
essay with author revisions,
5pp
6
Whitty, James H.
6
9
Edgar Allan Poe Census, holograph list bound in a
leather volume,
1850-1853,
84pp
6
10
Holograph notes and fragments,
1927-1928,
nd
6
Untitled article to accompany reproduction of
portraits,
nd,
3pp (removed to oversize folder 4)
7
1
Woodberry, George Edward,
Memoir,
holograph with author revisions,
nd,
96pp
7
Works about the Ransom Center Poe
Collection
7
2
Catalogue of the Whitty Collection, typescript,
nd,
152pp
7
3
Goode, Richard, A Catalogue of the Koester
Collection, typescript,
nd,
150pp
7
Moldenhauer, Joseph J.
7
4
A Descriptive
Catalogue of Edgar Allan Poe Manuscripts, typescript,
ca.
1973,
about 200pp
7
5
Edgar Allan Poe
Manuscripts from the Koester Collection at the University of Texas,
typescript,
ca.
1967,
approx. 150pp
8
Welch, Carol Elizabeth
8
1
Letters from the Whitty Collection, typescript
thesis,
1968,
208pp
8
2
Research notecards, holograph notes,
nd,
200pp
8
Subseries B. Correspondence about Poe,
1780-1974
8
3
Unidentified; A-B
8
4
Allan, John,
1816-1824
(6 letters removed to oversize folder 6)
8
Allan, Mary, holograph letter to John Allan,
1817
(removed to oversize folder 6)
8
5
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
1857-1859
(in French),
8
6
C
8
7
Clemm, Maria (Poe),
1850-1866
8
8
D
8
9
Didier, Eugene,
1896-1912
8
10
E-F
9
1
Fields, James Thomas,
1862
9
2
G
9
3
Greeley, Horace,
1846-1862
9
4
Griswold, William M.,
1883-1893
9
5
H
9
6
Haines, Hiram,
1835-1836
9
Hammond, Charles,
1828
(removed to oversize folder 7)
9
Hawkes, Francis Lister,
1848
(removed to oversize folder 7)
9
Holmes, Oliver Wendell,
1842
(removed to oversize folder 8)
9
Huse, John,
1829-1830
(removed to oversize folder 8)
9
7
I-K
9
Ingram, John Henry
9
8
General,
1887-1909
9
9
To James Whitty,
1904-1910
9
10
Inman, Henry,
1832
9
11
Kennedy, John Pendleton,
1842-1846
9
12
Koester, William H., letters received from librarians
and book dealers,
1933-1960
9
13
L
9
14
Longfellow, Henry W.,
1845
9
15
M
9
16
Minor, Benjamin Blake,
1902-1905
9
Myers, Moses,
1844
(removed to oversize folder 9)
9
17
N-O
10
1
P
10
Pleasants, James,
1820
(removed to oversize folder 9)
10
Poe, David
10
2
1780
10
3
1794
10
4
Poe, Rosalie,
1832
10
5
Q-R
10
6
Quinn, Arthur H.,
1941-1943
10
Robertson, William Joseph,
1834
(removed to oversize folder 10)
10
7
S
10
8
Stedman, Edmund Clarence,
1896-1902
10
9
Swinburne, Algernon Charles,
1876
10
10
T
10
11
Tomkins, Daniel,
1861
10
12
U-W
10
13
Whitman, Sarah Helen (Power),
1850-1876
10
Whitty, James Howard
10
14
General,
1917-1931
10
15
To Library of Congress,
1919
10
16
Drafts to Modern Language Notes,
nd
10
17
Letters received from libraries, book dealers and
scholars,
1904-1934
10
Woodbury, George Edward
10
18
To James Whitty,
1902-1929
10
19
To William Griswold,
1894-1896
Subseries C. Poe Ephemera and Book
Withdrawals
11
1-2
Poe ephemera
11
3
Booksellers notes and pamphlets
11
4
Receipts and signatures
11
Dana, Charles Anderson, Certificate of Appointment,
signed by Dana,
1865,
1p (removed to oversize folder 2)
11
Slaughter, David F., endorsement on a true copy of a
power of attorney,
1836,
1p (removed to oversize folder 3)
11
Stevenson, Andrew, U.S. Passport issued by the U.S.
Legation in London,
1840,
1p (removed to oversize folder 5)
11
Items withdrawn from books about Poe
11
5
Notes and newspaper clippings
11
6
Letters and pictures
11
Subseries D. Poe Forgeries
11
7
Unknown authors--forged holograph letter and poem [The
Lady Hubbard] published in Poe's name in December 1849, letter is dated 1 April
1849; and forged holograph letter to Field, Thomas Warren,
9 Aug. 1845
Edgar A. Poe Collection--Index of Correspondents
Box and folder numbers are followed by a number in parenthesis which
indicates the number of items by that person. A single item is indicated where
there is no number in parenthesis following the box and folder number.
Campbell, Killis, 1872-1937--8.6 (4)
There are 4 letters from Killis Campbell in Box 8, Folder 6. And in
the example,
Ambler, John--8.3
there is one letter from John Ambler located in Box 8, Folder 3.
This index pertains to the letters filed in the Correspondence about
Poe subseries in the Materials about Poe and His Works Series.
- Aldrich, James, 1810-1856--8.3
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907--8.3
- Allan, John, 1780-1834--8.4 (4), oversize folder 6 (6)
- Allan, John, Mrs.--8.3
- Allan, Mary--oversize folder 6
- Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949--8.3 (4)
- Ambler, John--8.3
- Anthon, Charles, 1797-1867--8.3 (2)
- Armstrong, William J. (William Jessup), 1796-1846--8.3
- Arthur, T.S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885--8.3
- Bartel, I.G.--8.3
- Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--8.5 (3)
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922--8.3
- Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864--8.3
- Benjamin, Walter, 1854-1943--8.3
- Benton, Joel, 1832-1911--8.3
- Bingham, Clarence S.--8.3
- Bisco, John--8.3
- Bogkin, Francis M.--8.3
- Botta, Vincenzo, 1818-1894--8.3
- Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890--8.3
- Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877--8.3
- Brinley, George, 1817-1875--8.3
- Brooks, N.C. (Nathan Covington), 1809-1898--8.3
- Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912--8.3
- Brure, Melissa Alexandra--8.3
- Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860--8.3
- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958--8.6 (2)
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925--8.6
- Cairnes, William B.--8.6 (2)
- Campbell, John D.--8.6
- Campbell, Killis, 1872-1937--8.6 (4)
- Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879--8.6
- Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839--8.6 (2)
- Carroll, Lewis--See Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
- Carter, B.F.--8.6
-
The Century
Magazine--8.6 (14)
- Chase, F.A.--8.6
- Chase, Maude Dailey--8.6 (7)
- Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857--8.6
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880--8.6
- Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873--8.6
- Clark, Willis Gaylord, 1808-1841--8.6
- Clemm, Maria Poe, 1790-1871--8.7 (8)
- Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866--8.6
- Combe, George, 1788-1858--8.6
- Conrad, Robert Taylor, 1810-1858--8.6
- Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905--8.6
- Cooke, Philip Pendleton, 1816-1850--8.6
- Cottrell, Charles Herbert--8.6
- Cowardin, Samuel Pendleton, Jr.--8.6
- Crawford, Rebekah, 1845-1934--8.6
- Cullum, George W. (George Washington), 1809-1892--8.6
- Curtis, George William, 1824-1892--8.6
- Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879--8.6
- Dailey, Charlotte F.--8.8 (2)
- Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950--8.8 (2)
- Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882--8.8
- Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888--8.8
- Davenport, Allen--8.8
- Davidson, James Wood, 1829-1905--8.8 (3)
- Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910--8.8
- Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861--8.8
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--8.8 (2)
- Didier, Eugene Lemoine, 1839-1913--8.9 (6)
- Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898--8.8
- Douglas-Lithgow, R.A. (Robert Alexander), 1846-1917--8.8
(5)
- Drayton, William, 1776-1846--8.8
- Duane, William, 1808-1882--8.8
- Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878--8.8
- Eames, Elizabeth J.--8.10
- Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856--8.10
- Ellet, E.F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877--8.10
- Elliott, Mary--8.10
- Ellis, Charles, 1790?-1868--8.10
- Ellis, Thomas H. (Thomas Hardy), 1814-1898--8.10 (2)
- Embury, Daniel--8.10
- English, Thomas Dunn, 1819-1902--8.10
- Enoch Pratt Free Library--8.10
- Essman, Manuel--8.10
- Eveleth, George Washington--8.10 (4)
- Facsimile Text Society--8.10
- Fancher, E.L. (Enoch Lewis), 1817-1900--8.10
- Farrar, John, 1779-1853--8.10
- Fay, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1807-1898--8.10 (2)
- Fields, Annie, 1834-1915--8.10
- Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881--9.1
- Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn, 1829-1911--8.10
- Fitzsimmons, Ellen M.--8.10
- Fontainas, André, 1865- --8.10 (5)
- Foote, Charles, 1837-1900--8.10
- Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872--8.10
- Fowlds, Allan--8.10
- French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931--8.10 (2)
- Fuller, Hiram, 1814-1880--8.10
- Galt, William--9.2 (3)
- Garnett, James M. (James Mercer), 1770-1843--9.2 (2)
- Gas Light Company of Baltimore--9.2
- Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924--9.2
- Gill, William Fearing, 1844-1917--9.2 (2)
- Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826--9.2 (2)
- Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860--9.2
- Gimbel, Richard--9.2
- Godey, Louise Antoine, 1804-1878--9.2
- Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)--9.2
- Gor'kü, Maksim, 1868-1936--9.2
- Gowans, William, 1803-1870--9.2
- Graham, George R., 1813-1894--9.2 (2)
- Graham, John Lorimer, 1797-1876--9.2
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--9.3 (3)
- Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928--9.2
- Griswold, Anne M.--9.2 (8)
- Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857--9.2 (3)
- Griswold, W.M. (William McGillis), 1853- --9.4 (41)
- H.C. Carey & I. Lea (firm)--9.5 (4)
- Haines, Hirram--9.6 (2)
- Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879--9.5
- Hale, Thomas, Jr.--9.5
- Halsey, Frederick Robert--9.5
- Hammond, Charles, 1779-1840--oversize folder 7
- Harris, Amanda Bartlett, 1824-1917--9.5
- Harrison, James Albert, 1848-1911--9.5 (8)
- Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866--oversize folder
7
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846--9.5
- Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886--9.5
- Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953--9.5
- Heath, James Ewell, 1792-1862--9.5 (3)
- Hermance, W.F.--9.5 (2)
- Herring, John Q.A.--9.5
- Hewitt, H.C.--9.5
- Heysinger, Isaac W. (Isaac Winter), b. 1842--9.5 (3)
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911--9.5
- Hill, Edwin Bliss, 1866-1949--9.5
- Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870--9.5
- Holly, D.M.--9.5
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894--oversize folder 8
- Hopkins, Fred--9.5 (2)
- Hopkinson, Joseph, 1770-1842--9.5
- Howard, Joshua, 1793-1868--9.5
- Howe, S. J., Mrs.--9.5
- Hubard, William James, 1807-1862--9.5
- Hughes, Robert W. (Robert William), 1821-1901--9.5 (2)
- Hunt, Freeman, 1804-1858--9.5
- Hunter, R.M.T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887--9.5
- Hurst, J.F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903--9.5 (3)
- Huse, John--oversize folder 8 (4)
- Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916--9.8-9 (35)
- Inman, Henry, 1801-1846--9.10
- Johnson, Reginald Brimley, 1867--9.7 (2)
- Johnston, Andrew, 1805-1864--9.7
- Johnston, Edward William--9.7 (3)
- Jones, Samuel, 1769-1853--9.7
- Jones, William Alfred, 1817-1900--9.7
- Katz, Joseph, 1907- --9.7
- Keeling, Annie M.--9.7
- Keese, William L. (William Linn), 1835-1904--9.7
- Kegerreis, Robert--9.7
- Kelly, William Valentine, b. 1843--9.7
- Kelsey, R.W.--9.7 (2)
- Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893--9.7
- Kennan, B.--9.7
- Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870--9.11 (5)
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936--9.7
- Koester, William H.--9.7, 9.12 (24)
- Lacroix, P.L., 1806-1884--9.13
- Lane, Thomas H.--9.13
- Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912--9.13
- Latrobe, John H.B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval),
1803-1891--9.13
- Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909--9.13
- Lee, C.C.--9.13
- Leigh, Oliver--9.13
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859--9.13
- Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858--9.13
- Lewis, Estelle Anna Robinson, 1824-1880--9.13
- Lewis, Sylvanus D.--9.13
- Lewis, Tayler, 1802-1877--9.13
- Lithgow, R.A. Douglas--See Douglas-Lithgow, R.A. (Robert
Alexander)
- Livingston, Luther Samuel, 1869-1914--9.13
- Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871--9.13
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--9.14
- Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889--9.13
- Loveday, A.S., Mrs.--9.13
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891--9.13 (2)
- Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947 --9.15
- Mackenzie, Flora L.--9.15
- Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838--9.15
- Mason, Edgar--9.15
- Mauclaire, Camille--9.15 (2)
- Mayo, Louise R.--9.15
- Mayo, Sarah C. Edgarton (Sarah Carter Edgarton), 1819-1848--9.15
(2)
- McCreary, William--9.15
- McIntosh, Maria J. (Maria Jane), 1803-1878--9.15
- McLean, John, 1785-1861--9.15
- Miller, Jane MacKenzie Bird--9.15 (4)
- Minor, Benjamin Blake, 1818-1905--9.16 (8)
- Minor, D.K.--9.15
- Minor, J.--9.15
- Minor, Lucian, 1802-1858--9.15
- Montgomery, Robert, 1807-1855--9.15
- Moran, John J.--9.15 (2)
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880--9.15
- Mott, — --9.15
- Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858--9.15
- Müller, Henry--9.15
- Murdock, James, 1811-1893--9.15
- Myers, Moses--oversize folder 9
- Neal, John, 1793-1876--9.17
- Nelson, William--9.17 (2)
- Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1793-1857--9.17
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908--9.17
- O'Conner, John Michael--9.17
- Ortensi, Ulisse--9.17
- Osborne, Duffield, 1858-1917--9.17 (2)
- Osborne, Laughton, 1809-1878--9.17 (2)
- Osgood, Samuel Stillman--9.17
- Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918--10.1
- Painter, F.V.N. (Franklin Verzilius Newton),
1852-1931--10.1
- Parma, V. Valts, 1878-1941--10.1
- Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854--10.1
- Patton, John S. (John Shelton), 1857-1932--10.1
- Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860--10.1
- Peachy, Thomas G.--10.1
- Pendleton, E.--10.1
- Peterson, Charles J. (Charles Jacobs), 1819-1887--10.1
- Philes, George P. (George Philip), 1828-1913--10.1 (2)
- Phillips, Mary Elizabeth, 1857-1945--10.1
- The Players (firm) --10.1
- Pleasants, James, 1769-1836--oversize folder 9
- Poe, Amelia Fitzgerald--10.1 (4)
- Poe, David, 1743?-1816--10.2-3 (2)
- Poe, Neilson--10.1
- Poe, Rosalie MacKenzie, 1810?-1874--10.4 (4)
- Poe, William Leonard, 1807-1831--10.1
- Poitiaux, Helen G.--10.1
- Pope-Hennessy, Una, 1876-1949--10.1
- Prescott, Frederick Clarke, 1871-1957--10.1 (3)
- Pretlow, Mary Denson--10.1 (3)
- Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960--10.6 (9)
- Randall, J., fl. 1832--galley 3
- Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908--10.5
- Rawle, Francis, 1846-1930--10.5
- Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883--10.5 (2)
- Rice, Sara Sigourney--10.5 (2)
- Richardson, William, fl. 1809--10.5
- Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916--10.5
- Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868--10.5
- Robertson, William Joseph, 1817-1898--oversize folder 10
- Sanborne, F.B. --10.7
- Sartain, John, 1808-1897--10.7
- Saunders, Frederick, 1807-1902--10.7
- Saunders, Robert, Jr.--10.7
- Scott, William R. (William Reese) --10.7
- Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902--10.7 (2)
- Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, 1789-1867--10.7
- Seijo, Robert--10.7 (2)
- Shelton, A.B.--10.7
- Shelton, Sarah Elmira Royster, d. 1888--10.7
- Shepard, Henry E. --10.7
- Sigourney, L.H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865--10.7
- Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870--10.7 (2)
- Smith, Augustine C.--10.7
- Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893--10.7
- Smith, Seba, 1792-1868--10.7
- Smith, William, 1797-1887--10.7
- Snyder, A.C. --10.7
- Spofford, Ernest--10.7 (2)
- Stanard, Robert Craig, 1814-1857--10.7
- Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974--10.7
- Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908--10.8 (13)
- Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886--10.7
- Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946--10.7
- Stewart, Robert Armistead, 1877-1950--10.7 (2)
- Stocking, Jane F.--10.7
- Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903--10.7
- Stone & Kimball (firm)--10.7
- Stone, Margaret Ritchie--10.7
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909--10.9 (2)
- Tabb, John Banister, 1845-1909--10.10 (4)
- Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878--10.10
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892--10.10
- Thomas, Mary Von-Erden, b. 1825--10.10
- Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873--10.10 (8)
- Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937--10.10 (2)
- Tilyard, K. Irene--10.10 (2)
- Titus, Anson, Rev.--10.10
- Tomkins, Daniel D.--10.11
- Tucker, Beverley, 1784-1851--10.10
- Tucker, George, 1775-1861--10.10
- Tucker, Thomas Goode--10.10 (2)
- Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871--10.10
(2)
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862--10.10
- Tyler, John, Jr.--10.10
- Tyng, Stephen H. (Stephen Higginson), 1800-1885--10.10
- Tyrrell, Henry--10.10
- Tyson, J. Washington (James Washington), 1811-1869--10.10
- Upshur, A.P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844--10.12
- Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930--10.12
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944--10.12
- Varner, John Grier--8.3 (included with Hervey Allen
letters)
- Vernon, Elizabeth--10.12 (5)
- Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859--10.12
- Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943--10.12 (2)
- Weiss, Susan Archer Talley, 1835- --10.12 (5)
- Welcher, George Lewis--10.12
- Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878--10.13 (8)
- Whitty, J.H. (James Howard), 1859-1937--10.14-16 (10)
- Wiley, William--10.12 (2)
- Williamson, John, fl. 1834--10.12
- Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867--10.12 (2)
- Wirt, William, 1772-1834--10.12
- Wister, Richard, 1805-1883--10.12
- Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930--10.12 (2), 10.18-19
(39)
- Woodberry, Sarah Caroline--10.12
- Wrenshall, Letitia H. Y.--10.12 (2)
Edgar A. Poe Collection--Index of Works by Other Authors
Unidentified Authors
- 1844 Map of Boston--oversize folder 2
- Albion--3.1
- Catalogue of the Whitty Collection--7.2
- Elizabeth--3.1
- Pan and Echo--3.1
- Ulaluna--oversize folder 10
Identified Authors
- Allen, Hervey
-
Israfel; The Life and
Times of Edgar Allan Poe--3.2-4.6
- Ambler, John
- Last Will and Testament--oversize folder 1
- Ambler, Philip St. George
- Journal of a trip on horseback in Virginia--5.1
- Bisco, John
- Memorandum of contract with Charles F. Briggs re the
Broadway
Journal--galley folder 3
- Botta, Anne Charlotte Lynch
- To a Poet's Wife--3.1
- Branch, J. R.
- “This book is mine...”--3.1
- Buckingham, Mr.
- Lectures on Egypt and the Cities of the Nile--3.1
- Campbell, Killis
- Review of 'Poe and
Southern Literary
Messenger' by D.K. Jackson--3.1
- Carroll, Lewis--see Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
- Cooke, John Esten
- 'Poe, as a Literary Critic'--5.2
- Dewey, Orville
- Statement concerning the American Civil War--3.1
- Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
- Commonplace book--5.3
- Dorset, Gerald
- An Aristocrat of Intellect--5.4
- Embury, Emma C.
- Sonnet--3.1
- Eskine, John
- Edgar Allen Poe, Jan. 19: 1809-1909--3.1
- Eveleth, George Washington
- Edgar A. Poe's addenda to his Eureka; with comments
extracted from siftings by Sieve--3.1
- Goode, Richard
- A Catalogue of the Koester Collection--7.3
- Fitzgerald, O.P.
- Edgar Allan Poe--5.5
- Hackley, Charles William
- Inscription to Chevalier Bunsen--3.1
- Hart, Joel T.
- The Willow--3.1
- Hartman, Charles Frederick
-
Bibliography of First
Printings of the Writings of E.A. Poe--galley folder 2
- Hawthorne, Julian
- My Adventure with Edgar Allan Poe--5.6
- Herring, Mary Estelle
- Guest book--Oversize box
- Hewitt, John Hill
- Edgar Allan Poe--3.1
- Hewitt, Mary Elizabeth
- Thought--3.1
- Horne, Richard Henry
-
Orion--5.7
- Ingram, John H.
- The Poe Centenary in Europe--3.1
- Ivan
- Five Centuries Hence--3.1
- Lewis, Estelle Anna Robinson
- The Bard--5.8
- Lines on Being Asked for My Autograph: An
Impromptu--5.8
- “The waves are...”--5.8
- Lippincott, Sara Jane Clarke
- Quotation--3.1
- Logan, Joseph D.
- Contract for sale of land--5.9
- Lomax, John Taylor
- Report to R.C. Ambler of his standing in the winter
examinations--3.1
- Lorillard, George
- Certificate to cancel a mortgage--3.1
- Mabbot, Thomas Olive
-
New Light on
Poe--6.2
- MacKenzie, Jane
- Inscription accompanying an award of merit--6.1
- To the Memory of Edgar Allan Poe--6.1
- Markham, Edwin
- Our Israfel; in Memory of Poe--6.1
- Matthews, Brander
- Poe's Cosmopolitan Fame--6.3
- McElrath, Thomas
- Memorandum of agreement--6.1
- Minor, Benjamin Blake
- Who Wrote 'The Raven'? Poe or Hirst--6.1
- Moldenhauer, Joseph J.
-
A Descriptive Catalogue
of Edgar Allan Poe Manuscripts--7.4
-
Edgar Allan Poe
Manuscripts from the Koester Collection at the University of
Texas--7.5
- Nobel, William
- A Terror to Some Lawyers or a Light to the
People.--6.1
- Osgood, Frances Sargent Locke
- “Ah! Woman still must veil the shame...”--6.1
- Pabodic, William J.
- The River of Knowledge--6.1
- Phillips, Mary E.
- Comments on
Israfel--4.7
- Poe, David
- “Petition by citizens...”--6.4
- Poe, George
- Abstract of title--6.1
- Pumfrey & Fitzwhylsonn (firm)
- Daybook--Oversize bound volume at end of collection
- Robinson, John
- Statement certifying a transcript--6.1
- Simpson, Edmund
- A prose address spoken by Mr. Simpson--6.1
- Slaughter, Martha
- Document concerning the estate of George
Slaughter--6.1
- Steadman, Edmund Clarence
- Introduction to the Literary Criticism of Poe--6.5
- Sweeny, M.B.
- Conveyance of property--6.1
- Symons, Arthur
- On the Misconception of Poe--6.6
- Tabb, John Banister
- Fordham Cottage--6.1
- Poe--6.1
- Thomas, George
- Trustee report concerning sale of property--6.7
- Thomson, Charles West
-
How poor is he who lives for time
alone...--6.1
- Trowbridge, John Townsend
- Statement endorsing the preservation of Poe's Fordham
Cottage--6.1
- Trumbull, Sarah Heywood
- Recollections of a Poet--6.1
- Valentine, Edward
- Map of a section of Richmond, Virginia--6.1
- Waterman, Nixon
- Edgar Allan Poe--6.1
- Welch, Carol Elizabeth
- Letters from the Whitty Collection--8.1
- Whitman, Sarah Helen Power
- The list of articles contained in Sarah Whitman's Poeana
collection--6.1
-
The tender lustre of thine
eyes...--6.1
- Whitman, Walt
- Edgar Poe's Significance--6.8
- Whitty, James H.
- Edgar Allan Poe Census--6.9
- Notes and fragments--6.10
- Untitled article to accompany reproductions of
portraits--oversize folder 4
- Woodberry, George Edward
- E.A.P.; On the Fly-leaf of Whitty's Poe--6.1
-
Memoir--7.1
Edgar A. Poe Collection--List of Legal Documents
The following items are located in Box 2, Folder 40.
- Memoranda of Agreement with John Bisco re
- purchase of
The Broadway Journal,
24 Oct. 1845
- editorship of
The Broadway Journal,
21 Feb. 1845
- Promissory note to
- Albright, John W., 1 Dec. 1841
- Bisco, John, 24 Oct. 1845
- Harnden & Co., 18 Nov. 1846
- Receipt for an advance by G.P. Putnam on proceeds from
publication of
Eureka, 23 May
1848
Edgar A. Poe Collection--List of Signatures
The following items are located in Box 11, Folder 4.
- Booth, Junius Brutus
-
Boston Recorder
- Daniel Appleton & Co (firm)
- Dixon, John
- English, Thomas Dunn
- Fitzwhylsonn, William H.
- Forward, Walter
- Francis, John Wakefield
- Gainer, Edmund Pendleton
- Hale, Benjamin
- Jefferson, Joseph
- Jefferson, [Thomas?]
- Kent, James
- Lawson, James
- Leslie, Thomas Jefferson
- McClurg, James
- MacKenzie, John H.
- Mason, Charles
- Moore, Richard Channing
- Morris, George Pope
- Pike, Albert
- Poe, David
- Poitiaux, M.B.
- Post, Isreal
- Prince, William
- Putnam, George Palmer
- Richardson, E. C., Mrs.
- Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
- Sargent, Epes
- Scott, Winfield
-
Southern Religious
Telegraph
- Sully, Thomas
- Thomas, Calvin F.S.
- Thompson, John Reuben
- Tyler, Robert
- Upshur, Abel Parker
- Washington, Bushrod
- Whitt, Thomas Willis
- Whitman, Sarah Helen Power
- William, Nathaniel Parker
Edgar A. Poe Collection--Location List of Moldenhauer Catalog
Items
This listing provides the box and folder location of items referred to
by the numbers assigned in Joseph J. Moldenhauer's
A Descriptive Catalog of Edgar
Allan Poe Manuscripts in the Humanities Research Center Library,
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1973).
- M1 -- 1.10
- M2 -- Oversize box (Herring, M.E.)
- M3 -- 1.5
- M4 -- 1.13
- M5 -- 1.14
- M6 -- 1.12
- M7 -- Oversize box
- M8 -- 1.4
- M9 -- 1.3
- M10 -- 1.7
- M11 -- 1.7
- M12 -- 1.7
- M13 -- 1.7
- M14 -- 1.11
- M15 -- 1.11
- M16 -- 1.2
- M17 -- 1.1
- M18 -- 1.8
- M19 -- 1.9
- M20 -- 1.6
- M21 -- 1.7
- M22 -- 1.7
- M23 -- 1.7
- M24 -- 1.7
- M25 -- 1.7
- M26 -- 2.2
- M27 -- 2.19
- M28 -- 1.47
- M29 -- 2.20
- M30 -- 2.16
- M31 -- 2.26
- M32 -- 1.21
- M33 -- 1.16
- M34 -- 1.37
- M35 -- 1.44
- M36 -- 2.27
- M37 -- 2.21
- M38 -- 2.35
- M39 -- 2.17
- M40 -- 1.26
- M41 -- 2.30
- M42 -- 2.42
- M43 -- 1.33
- M44 -- 2.31
- M45 -- 2.1
- M46 -- 2.3
- M47 -- 1.22
- M48 -- 2.32
- M49 -- 2.15
- M50 -- 2.33
- M51 -- 1.40
- M52 -- 1.41
- M53 -- 1.39
- M54 -- 2.10
- M55 -- 1.20
- M56 -- 2.12
- M57 -- 2.11
- M58 -- 1.23
- M59 -- 2.18
- M60 -- 1.35
- M61 -- 1.19
- M62 -- 1.31
- M63 -- 1.42
- M64 -- 2.34
- M65 -- 1.45
- M66 -- 1.46
- M67 -- 1.36
- M68 -- 2.22
- M69 -- 1.38
- M70 -- 2.4
- M71 -- 1.24
- M72 -- 1.27
- M73 -- 2.14
- M74 -- 1.15
- M75 -- 1.17
- M76 -- 1.28
- M77 -- PS 2605A11901b c. 2
- M78 -- 1.29
- M79 -- 2.13
- M80 -- 2.8
- M81 -- 1.18
- M82 -- 2.29
- M83 -- 2.9
- M84 -- 2.37
- M85 -- 1.25
- M86 -- 2.36
- M87 -- 2.5
- M88 -- 2.23
- M89 -- 1.34
- M90 -- 2.24
- M91 -- 2.25
- M92 -- 2.6
- M93 -- 2.7
- M94-M100 -- 2.40