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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 8

 Container

Contains 31 Collections and/or Records:

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

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents 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 the...
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 the...
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 the...
Dates: 1910-1926

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

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents 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 the...
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 the...
Dates: 1914-1916