Papers Pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe, 1903-1939

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

170 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

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Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Papers Pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe, Accession # 7838-c , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Creator:

James Southall Wilson

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Papers Pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe, Accession # 7838-c , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of 24 items, 1903-1939, contains papers of James Southall Wilson pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe. There is a letter, November 5, 1903, from James A. Harrison (in his wife's hand), Academic Department, University of Virginia, to Harry Rogers Pratt, Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning the former's The Life and Letters of Edgar Allan Poeand the kindness with which it has been received. Other items include an annotated broadside advertising John H. Ingram's The Works of Edgar Allen Poe;a letter to the editor, January 7, 1924, from C. Alphonso Smith re Poe's essay on "Barnaby Rudge"; and, many notes on Poe bibliography.

Processing information:

This material was transferred from the Rare Books Division to the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department on May 2, 1989.

Physical description:

This collection contains 24 items.