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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 233-233.9

Edgar Allan Poe collection

Overview

Collection of manuscripts by and about American poet Edgar Allan Poe.

Dates

  • Creation: 1830-1895

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

1 linear feet (9 volumes, 1 box)

Contains poems, notes, and prose fragments by Poe, and correspondence (1865-1895) concerning reminiscences of and memorials to him. Includes manuscripts of Annabel Lee and The haunted palace, two versions of a Valentine poem to Frances Sargent Locke Osgood, his notes on the moon, and an introduction to his projected Tales of the Folio Club that was not used. Also includes clippings and printed portraits.

Biographical / Historical

Poe was an American poet, critic, and short-story writer.

Arrangement

Arranged in call-number order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from various sources at various times. Accession information is given with the item entry.

Title
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Edgar Allan Poe collection, 1830-1895: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01219

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.

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