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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 8

 Container

Contains 31 Results:

Enclosures of transcripts of three letters from George W. Childs copied from “Every Saturday” (Boston), 1874

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

He writes concerning the neglected condition of Poe’s grave and a proposed monument to Poe, sent from Sarah H. Whitman to John H. Ingram.

Dates: 1874

J.K. Huysmans to a colleague, in French, transferred from MSS 6640, 1888 January 18

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
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He declines to write an article on Poe and discusses the work already done on Poe by Baudelaire and Hennequin.

Dates: 1888 January 18

E.R. Reynolds to Professor [James A. Harrison?], 1899 November 2

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
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Reynolds sends a caption and several corrections to his written statement about Poe given previously to [Harrison?] and discusses his Poe collection, all presumably to aid in the publication of "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe" edited by Professor Harrison.

Dates: 1899 November 2

Correspondence of John B. Tabb with John S. Patton concerning Poe, 1904-1908

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes Tabb’s poem for the Poe centenary and copies of “Poe’s Purgatory” and “Rejected.”

Dates: 1904-1908

Correspondence between J. H. Whitty and John S. Patton, 1907-1919

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
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About 24 letters and postcards concerning Poe poems, manuscripts, editions, portraits, his desk at the "Southern Literary Messenger" office, and scattered comments about John R. Thompson.

Dates: 1907-1919

Correspondence concerning the donation of the fireplace mantel before which Poe wrote “The Raven”, 1907-1914

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1907-1914

Correspondence of John H. Ingram with John S. Patton, 1909

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1909

Letter – Paul Valery to Miss Barney, in French, transferred from MSS 6640, 1910 June 2

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Discusses a conference of people interested in Poe’s philosophy as expressed in “Eureka” and refers to an article on Poe by O’Sullivan.

Dates: 1910 June 2

Correspondence concerning purchases and gifts of works by or about Poe, 1910-1926

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1910-1926

Correspondence of F.O.C. Darley with John S. Patton, 1913

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
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Writes on the subject of the authenticity of the small bust portrait of Poe offered to the University of Virginia Library by Mr. J.B. MonGar, supposedly painted by Edmund Darley in the 1840s.

Dates: 1913

Correspondence of Dr. Lewis Chase concerning the Harrison edition of Poe, 1913, 1933

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1913, 1933

Correspondence between R.M. Hogg, John S. Patton, and Sam Cowardin concerning the Allan family genealogy, 1914-1916

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1914-1916

Correspondence of Mary E. Phillips with John S. Patton, 1916-1923

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Contains about 28 letters concerning her book, “Edgar Allan Poe: The Man,” John R. Thompson, and other Poe related matters.

Dates: 1916-1923

Correspondence concerning the purchase of the Poe-Ingram papers, 1916-1933

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1916-1933

Correspondence of Landon C. Bell concerning the Sully portrait of Poe, 1917-1918

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1917-1918

Correspondence concerning a two cent library fine still owed by Poe to the University of Virginia Library, 1918

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The copies and transcriptions of Poe related material in the first series, usually correspondence or manuscripts, includes the names of correspondents, location of the originals if known, the accession number of any material acquired by the University of Virginia and accessioned as a collection before being interfiled in this collection, which was formerly known as the “Poe transcripts.” Also included on each folder is the reference to the page citing each item in "The Collected Letters of...
Dates: 1918