Papers relating to Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram's Poe collection
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1809-1970
Creator
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical / Historical
Extent
8 Cubic Feet (15 document boxes, 1 card file and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Existence and Location of Originals
Separated Materials
Printed items about Poe include: “The Americanism of Poe” by C. Alphonso Smith (PS2638 .S47 1909); “Poe – A Psychoanalytical View” by Beverley Randolph Tucker (PS2631 .T83 1923); “The Grave of Poe” by Eugene Lemoine Didier (PS2632 .D54 1872); “The Kit-kat” with articles by Landon C. Bell and C. Alphonso Smith” (AP2 .K5 v.5 no.1 1916 Copy 2); Centenary concert in the Wanamaker Auditorium commemorative of the Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe (PS2602 .C38 1909); and a review of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eureka” in "The Indicator," a literary periodical conducted by students of Amherst College, 1849 February (LH1 .A514 I39 v.1 1849).
Othe items include a musical score using Poe’s poem “To Helen” and music by Ch. M. Loeffler (PS2610 .T6 L6 1906); Musical score using Poe’s poem “Dream within a dream” and music by Ch.M. Loeffler (PS2610 .D74 L6 1906); Miscellaneous printed materials from the Poe Alcove, UVA library (PS2631 P6 no. 01-04); Musical score using Poe’s poem “Israfel” and music by Oliver King (PS2610 .I87 K5 1880); and “Home Ballads by Our Home Poets,” includes “Annabel Lee” (PS583 .H65 1865). The bill and program for Brazen Mask, a performance with Poe’s parents in Boston, was transferred to Rare Books in 1977 and cataloged as Broadside 1809 .B67.
Printed items by Edgar Allan Poe include: “A Valentine” (PS2610 .V3 1849); “Mesmerism ‘in articulo mortis’: an astounding and horrifying narrative, showing the extraordinary power of mesmerism in arresting the progress of death” (PS2618 .F3 1846); “The Purloined Letter” (PS2618 .P8 1844); and a facsimile of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (PS2617 .A1 1905b).
Transfer Note
Processing Information
- Chivers, T.H. (Thomas Holley), 1809-1858
- Clemm, Maria Poe, 1790-1871
- Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
- Eveleth, George Washington, 1819-1908
- Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, 1815-1857 (Correspondent)
- Hewitt, Mary Elizabeth, 1807-1894
- Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
- Ostrom, John Ward, 1903-
- Patton, John S. (John Shelton), 1857-1932
- Richmond, Annie Locke, 1820-1898
- Scrapbooks
- Thomas, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1806-1866
- Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873
- White, T.W. (Thomas Willis), 1788-1843
- Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878
Creator
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (Author, Person)
- Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916 (Author, Person)
- Title
- Papers relating to Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram's Poe collection
- Author
- Sharon Defibaugh, Mary Cate Swadba, and Lily Davis
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States