Howard P. Lovecraft Collection 1894-1971 Collection overview

Howard P. Lovecraft Collection1894-1971 , Ms.LovecraftJohn Hay Library Special Collections

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Howard P. Lovecraft Collection1894-1971

John Hay Library Special CollectionsBox ABrown UniversityProvidence, RI 02912Tel: 401-863-2146email: [email protected]

Published in 2003Brown University Library


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Collection overview

Title: Howard P. Lovecraft collection

Date range: 1894-1971

Creator: Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937

Extent:

Abstract: This collection contains correspondence to and fromHoward P. Lovecraft. It also contains many of his originalmanuscripts.

Language of materials: English

Repository: John Hay Library Special Collections

Collection number: Ms.Lovecraft

Arrangement

This collection is organized into the following five series: Series 1. Correspondence and Works not by Lovecraft Series 2. Correspondence from Lovecraft to August W. Derleth Series 3. Correspondence from Howard P. Lovecraft Series 4. Works by Howard P. Lovecraft Early Periodicals, 1890-1909 Early Poetry & Prose, 1890-1909 Poetry, 1910-1937 Non-Fiction, 1910-1937 Fiction, 1910-1937 Drama, 1910-1937 Drawings, 1910-1937 Series 5. Dealers' Catalogs


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Biographical Note

H. P. Lovecraft is widely considered the twentieth century's most important writer ofsupernatural horror fiction. Forging a unique niche within the horror genre, he created whatbecame known as "weird tales," stories containing a distinctive blend of dreamlike imagery,Gothic terror, and elaborate concocted mythology. During his lifetime Lovecraft publishedwork almost exclusively in pulp magazines, and only after his death in 1937 did he receivea wide readership and critical analysis. While many disparage his writings as verbose,melodramatic, and inconsequential, others extol his precise narrative skills and capacityto instill the unsettling. He has been placed among the ranks of such storytellers as LordDunsany, Arthur Machen, and Edgar Allan Poe, but, as August Derleth pointed out in H. P.L.: A Memoir, "Lovecraft was an original in the Gothic tradition; he was a skilled writer ofsupernatural fiction, a master of the macabre who had no peer in the America of his time."According to Curt Wohleber in American Heritage, Lovecraft was "the man who broughtthe . . . thriving genre of supernatural fiction into the twentieth century. . . . Lovecraftabandoned the demons, ghosts, and vampires of his nineteenth-century predecessors infavor of modern horrors inspired by Darwinian evolution and Einsteinian physics."

Born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft grew up in the affluent and intellectualsurroundings of his grandfather's Victorian mansion. Sickly as a child and only able toattend school sporadically, he was an avid reader, fascinated by eighteenth-centuryhistory and Gothic horror stories. He was particularly interested in science and began towrite about it at an early age. Following the death of his grandfather in 1904, Lovecraftand his mother moved from the family mansion to a nearby duplex (his father, a virtualstranger to Lovecraft, had died some years earlier after spending the last years of his lifein a sanitorium). Lovecraft would later relate that, raised by a sensitive and overprotectivemother, he grew up in relative isolation, believing he was unlike other people.

Chronic sickness as a teenager prevented Lovecraft from finishing high school or attendingcollege. He continued his self-education and supported himself by working as a ghostwriterand revisionist--vocations that, though disliked by Lovecraft, would financially sustain himthroughout his life. An admirer of Poe, he had begun writing horror tales but, deemingthem meager efforts, devoted himself to amateur journalism. In addition, he contributednonfiction and poetry to magazines. In 1914 Lovecraft joined the United Amateur PressAssociation, a group of nonprofessional writers who produced a variety of publicationsand exchanged letters, and one year later he began publishing his own magazine, TheConservative. His numerous letters and essays written during this time focus on his deeprespect for scientific truth, his love of the past, and his relative disdain for a present-dayworld populated by non-Anglo-Nordic citizens. Lovecraft developed the belief, to quote


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Darrell Schweitzer in The Dream Quest of H. P. Lovecraft, "that only by clinging to traditioncould we make life worth living amidst the chaos of modern civilization."

Lovecraft resumed writing fiction in 1917 and, at the behest of friends, began submittingstories to Weird Tales, a pulp magazine that would serve as the major publisher ofLovecraft's writings during his lifetime. Critics note that many of his early tales are heavilyinfluenced by Irish fantasist Lord Dunsany. Such stories as "Dagon," "The White Ship,""The Silver Key," "The Doom That Came to Sarnath," and "The Cats of Ulthar" stem fromfairy tale tradition, exhibiting rich dreamlike descriptions and imaginary settings. "Thisearly cycle culminated in the extraordinary short novel Lovecraft called The Dream Questof Unknown Kadath," stated Lin Carter in his introduction to Ballantine's edition of thework. The story of protagonist Randolph Carter's search for a magnificent city he onceenvisioned, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath depicts Carter's voyage into the world ofhis dreams, where wondrous landscapes and fantastic creatures exist. "Few more magicalnovels of dream-fantasy exist than this phantasmagoric adventure," declared Carter."[Never have] the fluid and changing landscapes, the twilit and mysterious silences, and thespire-thronged and opulent Oriental cities of the dreamworld been so lovingly explored."

Contrasting to these relatively innocuous stories of fantasy are Lovecraft's tales of horror,remarkable for their bizarre supernatural conceptions rooted in the realism of a NewEngland setting. Lovecraft was captivated by what he considered the ideal beauty of NewEngland's traditional landscape and architecture. However, he was also intrigued by aperceived darker dimension. His stories "The Unnameable" and "The Picture in the House,"for example, depict corruption and superstition that persist in secluded New England areas."The Festival" illustrates unearthly rituals practiced in the picturesque town of Kingsport--a village Lovecraft modeled after Marblehead, Massachusetts, and "Pickman's Model"focuses on a group of ghouls inhabiting modern Boston. Similar to these stories is thenovel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, in which the title character engages in magic toresurrect a seventeenth-century ancestor named Curwen. A practitioner of the black arts inSalem, Curwen is determined to inflict his evil on modern Massachusetts and consequentlytakes over the identity of Ward, who is later saved by the family doctor.

The best known of Lovecraft's stories are his later ones centering on the "Cthulhu Mythos,"a term critics use to describe a distinctive universe of landscape, legends, and mythologycompletely of Lovecraft's invention. Like his earlier tales, the Cthulhu Mythos works areinspired by New England locales, but their settings are extensively recast to form Arkham,Innsmouth, and Dunwich, fictional worlds overseen by Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and othergods. These stories, explained Lovecraft as quoted by August Derleth, "are based on thefundamental lore or legend that this world was inhabited at one time by another race who,


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in practising black magic, lost their foothold and were expelled, yet live on the outside everready to take possession of this earth again." Tales governed by this principle include "TheNameless City," "The Call of the Cthulhu," "The Whisperer in the Darkness," and At theMountains of Madness.

In addition to writing weird tales, Lovecraft maintained an extensive correspondence andcontinued to generate a number of essays. Through these nonfiction outlets, he expoundedon the aesthetics of supernatural horror fiction and on such philosophies as "mechanisticmaterialism" and "cosmic indifferentism"--the idea that the universe is a purposelessmechanism wherein humankind is largely insignificant. Lovecraft also produced a relativelylarge body of poetry, mostly imitative of eighteenth-century masters. Though he wroteprolifically, only one book, 1936's The Shadow over Innsmouth, realized publication duringhis lifetime. When Lovecraft died of intestinal cancer at the age of forty-six, the bulk of hiswritings remained either scattered in magazines or unpublished.

Later, Lovecraft's friends and fellow writers August Derleth and Donald Wandrei broughthis writings to a wide readership. Establishing the publishing house of Arkham expresslyto bring Lovecraft's work into book form, Derleth and Wandrei edited such early collectionsas The Outsider and Others in 1939 and Beyond the Wall of Sleep in 1943. Numerousvolumes of the horror writer's work have been collected by Arkham and other publishersover subsequent decades, and this broader circulation has spawned an extensive anddiverse body of analysis.

Admirers of Lovecraft point to several elements in his fiction that distinguish him asa master of supernatural horror. Foremost is his ability to evoke terror through thecreation of an unseen and unearthly presence. Lovecraft once explained in his lengthyessay, Supernatural Horror in Literature, that in order for fiction to instill fear, "a certainatmosphere of breathless and unexpected dread of outer, unknown forces must bepresent." Particularly impressed by Lovecraft's capacity to induce anxiety in this way wasAngela Carter, who described in an essay appearing in George Hay's The Necronomicon:"The twisted shapes of the trees in the woods above Arkham are emanations of themenace they evoke--menace, anguish, perturbation, dread. The cities themselves,whether those of old New England or those that lie beyond the gates of dream, presentthe dreadful enigma of a maze, always labyrinthine and always, the Minotaur at the heartof this labyrinth, lies the unspeakable in some form or else in some especially vile state offormlessness--the unspeakable, a nameless and unnameable fear."

While some critics have been satisfied that Lovecraft effectively arouses fear solely throughdeveloping a sense of imminent dread, others pointed to an extra element in his fiction that


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creates a more powerful terror. Donald Burleson explained in H. P. Lovecraft: A CriticalStudy: "The horror, ultimately, in a Lovecraft tale is not some gelatinous lurker in darkplaces, but rather the realization, by the characters involved, of their helplessness and theirinsignificance in the scheme of things--their terribly ironic predicament of being sufficientlywell-developed organisms to perceive and feel the poignancy of their own motelikeunimportance in a blind and chaotic universe which neither loves them nor even finds themworthy of notice, let alone hatred or hostility." Steven J. Mariconda, writing in LovecraftStudies, expressed a similar sentiment, calling Lovecraft's tales "cosmic horror . . . thehorror of unknowable forces or beings which sweep men aside as indifferently as men doants."

Other uncommon components marking Lovecraft's work include his manner of combiningsterile scientific facts with arcane mysticism. Lovecraft "was uniquely able to link the innersubstance of former spiritual beliefs with the most recent scientific discoveries," explainedSchweitzer. "He used a rational, mechanistic context to get his readers to the edge ofthe abyss--and then dropped them over. The result was an irrational horror grimmer thananything a Puritan could conjure up." Critics also admired Lovecraft's ability to agitate hisreaders by creating an atmosphere of chaos. Lovecraft's universe, according the MauriceLevy in Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic, is a place of "bizarre dimensions . . . wheretime and space stretch or contract in incomprehensible ways." These various featuresof Lovecraft's fiction lead many reviewers to conclude, as Dirk Mosig did in Whispers,that "[Lovecraft's oeuvre] is a work of genius, a cosmic-minded oeuvre embodying amechanistic materialist's brilliant conception of the imaginary realms and frightful reality'beyond the fields we know,' a literary rhapsody of the cosmos and man's laughableposition therein. . . . The Lovecraft oeuvre can be regarded as a significant contribution toworld literature."

Despite extensive praise, controversy exists over Lovecraft's position in American letters."At his best . . . [Lovecraft] was a superior literary technician," wrote Schweitzer. "At hisworst, he was one of the more dreadful writers of this century who is still remembered."Other critics have been less gentle. Deeming Lovecraft "a totally untalented andunreadable writer" as well as "a hopeless and rather pitiful literary crank," Larry McMurtrydismissed Lovecraft in the Washington Post as "the master of the turgid and the inflated."Colin Wilson, in Strength to Dream: Literature and the Imagination, further attackedthe author's prose, claiming, "Lovecraft hurls in the adjectives ('monstrous,' 'slithering,''ghoulish,' 'thunder-crazed') until he seems to be a kind of literary dervish who gibbers withhysteria as he spins. . . . [It] must be admitted that Lovecraft is a very bad writer." Evenmore scornful was Ursula Le Guin, who announced in the Times Literary Supplement thatLovecraft "was an exceptionally, almost impeccably, bad writer. . . . Derivative, inept, and


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callow, his tales can satisfy only those who believe that a capital letter, some words, and afull stop make a sentence."

Curt Wohleber described Lovecraft's prose as "florid" and "Gothic," but the reviewernevertheless concluded that Lovecraft "explored the territories of alienation surveyed withmuch different instruments by Sartre, Kafka, and Beckett." Lovecraft himself made nopretensions of possessing great writing talent. "No one is more acutely conscious than I ofthe inadequacy of my work. . . . I am a self-confessed amateur and bungler, and have notmuch hope of improvement," the author confessed in "The Defense Reopens!," an articlelater collected in S. T. Joshi's In Defense of Dagon. He did, however, consider himselfa serious artist, practitioner, and theorist. Lovecraft "demanded that the fantastic tale betreated as art, not just a frivolous parlor game or an easy way to make a buck," wroteSchweitzer.

Placing himself among those whom he considered "imaginative artists," such as Poe,Dunsany, William Blake, and Ambrose Bierce, Lovecraft explained in "The DefenseReopens!": "The imaginative writer devotes himself to art in its most essential sense. . . .He is the painter of moods and mind-pictures--a capturer and amplifier of elusive dreamsand fancies--a voyager into those unheard-of lands which are glimpsed through the veil ofactuality but rarely, and only by the most sensitive. . . . Most persons do not understandwhat he says, and most of those who do understand object because his statements andpictures are not always pleasant and sometimes quite impossible. But he exists not forpraise, nor thinks of his readers. His only [goal is] to paint the scenes that pass before hiseyes."

Source: Gale Literature Resource Center

Access & use

Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that thecollection can only be seen by prior appointment. Somematerials may be stored off-site and cannot be producedon the same day on which they are requested.

Use of materials: Researchers are advised that express written permissionto reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion orextract from this collection must be obtained from theCurator of Manuscripts at the Brown University Library.Although Brown University has physical ownership of thecollection and the materials contained therein, it does


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not claim literary rights to these materials. Consequently,the researcher has the additional responsibility ofdetermining the owner of these rights and obtainingany necessary permission over and above that of theUniversity.

Preferred citation: Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, John HayLibrary Special Collections

Contact information: John Hay Library Special CollectionsBox ABrown UniversityProvidence, RI 02912Tel: 401-863-2146email: [email protected]

Administrative information

About the collection

Aquisition: Materials received from various sources over manyyears.

About the finding aid

Author: Finding aid prepared by John H. Stanley

Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists'Toolkit 2012-11-26

Descriptive rules:

Additional informationRelated material: See also the August William Derleth Papers at the

Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, WI.

Search terms

Names: Davis, Sonia H.

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000wo


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Inventory

Series 1, Correspondence and Works not by Lovecraft ,

[Unidentified],Abramson, Ben,Scope and Contents note

(President, Argus Books, Inc., NY, NY)

Adams, Hazel Pratt ,Scope and Contents note

(1888-1927; President, National Amateur Press Association)

Adams, John D.,Scope and Contents note

(Member of the "Coryciani" correspondence cycle, Co-editor, with Aaron A. Baker, ofThe Literati)

Adams, Scott,Anger, William F.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1921; "An-Ghah")

Anger, Kenneth,Avon Publishing Co. Inc.,Bacon, Victor E.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1905; President, United Amateur Press Association; Editor of Bacon's Essays)

Bailey, James O.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1903)

Baird, Edwin,


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Scope and Contents note

(1886-?; Editor of Dectective Tales and Weird Tales)

Baker, Albert A.,Scope and Contents note

(1862-1959; Lawyer, Executor of HPL's estate)

Barlow, Robert H.,Scope and Contents note

(1918-1951; "Ar Ech Bei"; Editor of Leaves; Collaborations: The Battle That Ended theCentury and Collapsing Cosmoses.

Bautz, W. G.,Beckwith, Henry L. P., Jr.,Bellows, --- .*This is FBL,Birss, Jack H.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1908)

Bishop, Zealia Brown (Reed),Scope and Contents note

(1897-1968; Revision client: The Curse of Yig, Medusa's Coil, and The Mound.

Bloch, Robert,Scope and Contents note

(1917-1994; "Bho Blok"; "Ludvig Prinn"; Author of Psycho; Collaboration: Satan'sServants.

Blood, Blanche,Blosser, Myra,Boucher, Anthony,Scope and Contents note

(1911-1968; Editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)


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Bradley, Chester P.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1917; Editor of The Perspective Review)

Bradofsky, Hyman,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1906; President, National Amateur Press Association and Editor of TheCalifornian)

Brennan, Joseph Payne,Briggs, Lloyd G.,Brobst, Harry K.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1909)

Brown, A. Harold,Scope and Contents note

(Member of "The Transatlantic Circulator")

Brown, Mrs. K. Leyson,Scope and Contents note

(1849-1927)

Brown, William Alden,Brown University Library, Staff,Bryant, William L.,Scope and Contents note

(Director, Roger Williams Park Museum)

Bullen, John Ravenor,Scope and Contents note

(1886-1927; Member of "The Transatlantic Circulator")


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Bush, David V.,Scope and Contents note

(1882-1959)

Butler, Samuel,Scope and Contents note

(1835-1902)

Calkins, Mrs. C. H.,Campbell, Paul J.,Scope and Contents note

(1884-1945)

Carr, Robert S.,Carter, Lin,Scope and Contents note

(1930-1988)

Chapin, Albert,Scope and Contents note

(1869-1946; Editor of The Minstrel)

Coates, Walter J.,Scope and Contents note

(1880-1941; Editor and publisher of The Driftwind)

Cockcroft, Thomas G. L.,Cole, Edward H.,Scope and Contents note

(1892-1966; Editor of The Olympian)

Cole, Ira,


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(Born 1883; Editor of The Plainsman)

Coleman, Stuart J.,Scope and Contents note

(1892-1966)

Collier'sWeekly,Cone, C. Edward,Scope and Contents note

(1862-1938)

Conover, Howard R.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1900; President, United Amateur Press Association)

Conover, Willis, Jr.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1921; Co-Editor, with Corwin F. Stickney, of Science-Fantasy Correspondent)

Cook, W. Paul,Scope and Contents note

(1880-1948; "Willis Tete Crossman"; Editor of The Vagrant, The Recluse and TheGhost)

Copeland, Charles F.,Crackel, J. T.,Crawford, William L.,Scope and Contents note

(1911-1984; Editor of Marvel Tales)

Daas, Edward F.,


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(1879-1962; President, The Writer's Club)

Davis, Cecil H.,Davis, Edgar J.,Scope and Contents note

(1908-1949)

Davis, Sonia H.,Scope and Contents note

(1883-1972; Editor of The Rainbow; Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis)

de Camp, L. Sprague,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1907; Author of Lovecraft: A Biography)

de Casseres, Benjamin,Scope and Contents note

(1873-1945)

de Castro, Adolphe,Scope and Contents note

(1858-1959; Gustav Adolph Danziger; Revision client: The Electric Executioner and TheLast Test.

de Castro, Mrs. Adolphe,Delta Phi Lambda,Dennis, Harriet C.,Derleth, August W.,Scope and Contents note

(Co-founder, with Donald Wandrei, of Arkham House Publishers, 1909-1971)

Derleth, Rose,


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(Mother of August W. Derleth)

Derleth, Sandra,Scope and Contents note

(Mrs. August W. Derleth)

Drake, James F.,Scope and Contents note

(Rare Books Dealer)

Durr, Mary Faye,Duschnes, Philip C.,Scope and Contents note

(Rare Books Dealer)

Dwyer, Bernard A.,Scope and Contents note

(1897-1943)

Eddy, Clifford M., Jr.,Scope and Contents note

(1896-1967; Boyhood friend; Collaborations: Deaf, Dumb and Blind, The Ghost Eaterand The Loved Dead.

Eddy, Muriel E.,Edkins, Ernest A.,Scope and Contents note

(1867-1946; Editor of The Aonian and Causerie

Eisner, Steve,


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(Editor of Fresco)

Emerson, Harold Davis,Scope and Contents note

(High Pontiff, Mayan Temple, Brooklyn, NY)

Ericson, E. Edward,Scope and Contents note

(1879-1935; Official Printer for the United Amateur Press Association)

Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1910; Editor of The Galleon)

Evenson, Joseph E.,Excelsior Warehouses, Inc.,Farnese, Harold,Scope and Contents note

(1885-1945)

Fingulin, A. V.,Scope and Contents note

(1887-1947)

Fischer, Harry O.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1910; "Mouser")

Fordyce, Gary,Fritter, Leo,


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(1877-1948)

Galpin, Alfred M.,Scope and Contents note

(1901-1983; "Consul Hasting," Editor of The Philosopher)

Gamwell, Annie E. P.,Scope and Contents note

(1866-1941; Annie Emeline Phillips Gamwell)

George Banta Publishing Company,Gerend, Joseph J.,Ginsberg, Albert,Haggerty, Vincent B.,Scope and Contents note

(1888-1943)

Hansen, Russell J.,Harlowe, Kenneth M.,Harr, T. Everett,Scope and Contents note

(1884-1948; Editor of Beware after Dark)

Harris, Birdie,Harris, Jennie,Harris, Woodburn,Scope and Contents note

(1888-?)

Hart, Dale,Haughton, Ida C.,Heald, Hazel,


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(1896-1961; Revision client: The Horror in the Burying Ground, The Horror in theMuseum, The Man of Stone, Out of the Eons and Winged Death.

Hess, Clara L.,Scope and Contents note

(1890-1950)

Hoag, Jonathan E.,Scope and Contents note

(1831-1927)

Houdini, Harry,Scope and Contents note

(1874-1926; Showman and Magician)

Houtain, George Julian,Scope and Contents note

(1884-1945; Editor of Home Brew, High Life and The Zenith)

Howard, Robert Ervin,Scope and Contents note

(1906-1936; "Two Gun Bob"; creator of Conan the Barbarian)

Hughes, Mrs. H. H.,Hutchinson, Alfred L.,Scope and Contents note

(1859-1930)

International Press Agency Ltd.,Ivens, Roy M.,


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(Born 1899)

Jackson, Winifred V.,Scope and Contents note

(1876-1959; Winifred V. Jordan; "Elizabeth Neville Berkeley"; Editor of The Bonnet;Collaborations: The Crawling Chaos and The Green Meadow.

Jones, John J.,Katherman, M. A.,Keller, David Henry,Scope and Contents note

(1880-1963; Author of The Folsom Flint)

Kelley, Earl C.,Scope and Contents note

(1905-1932; President, National Amateur Press Association; Editor of Ripples

Kidney, Charles G.,Scope and Contents note

(1892-1945)

Kirk, George Willard,Scope and Contents note

(1898-1962)

Kleiner, Rheinhart,Scope and Contents note

(1883-1949)

Koenig, Herman C.,


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(1893-1959; Editor of The Reader and Collector)

Koki, Arthur,Kranch, Elsa,Kuntz, Eugene B.,Scope and Contents note

(1865-1944)

Kuttner, Henry,Scope and Contents note

(1914-1958)

Lane, Bruce,Lawson, Horace L.,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1900; Editor of The Wolverine)

Leiber, Fritz,Scope and Contents note

(1910-1992)

Leiber, Jonquil,Scope and Contents note

(1907-1969; Mrs. Fritz Leiber)

Lehmkuhl, Harry N.,Lewis, Leonard P.,Long, Frank Belknap, Jr.,Scope and Contents note

(1902-1994)

Long, May Doty,


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(Mother of Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)

Lovecraft, Susan Sarah Phillips,Scope and Contents note

(1857-1921; HPL's mother)

Loveman, Samuel,Scope and Contents note

(1887-1976; Author of The Hermaphrodite and Other Poems)

Low, Rudolph E.,Lowndes, Robert A.,Scope and Contents note

(1916-1998; Editor of Magazine of Horror, Startling Mystery Stories and Weird TerrorTales)

Lownes, Albert E.,Lumley, William,Lynch, Joseph B.,Scope and Contents note

(1879-1952)

Mabbott, Thomas Ollive,Scope and Contents note

(1898-1968)

Macaulay Company Publishers,Macfadden Publications,Macrae, John [Jr.?],McDonald, Philip B.,Scope and Contents note

(1888-1959)


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McGavack, Henry Clapham,Scope and Contents note

(1888-1959)

McGeoch, Verna,Scope and Contents note

(Editor of Excelsior; Official Editor of UAPA, 1917-1919)

MacLaughlin, E. Dorothy,McNeil, Everett,Scope and Contents note

(1862-1929)

Magistris, Mariano de,Marlowe, Harry R.,Scope and Contents note

(1879-1940)

Martin, Harry E.,Scope and Contents note

(1887-1972; Official Editor of the NAPA, 1922-23)

Mazurewicz, Edmund,Meng, Roderick,Miniter, Edith M.,Scope and Contents note

(1867-1934; Edith May Dowe Miniter)

Moe, Laura,Scope and Contents note

(Mrs. Maurice Winter Moe)

Moe, Maurice Winter,


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(1882-1940)

Moidel, Jacob,Scope and Contents note

(President, National Amateur Press Asociation, Editor of Justice)

Moore, Catherine L.,Scope and Contents note

(Mrs. Henry Kuttner; 1911-1987)

Morison, Emily M.,Morse, Richard Ely,Scope and Contents note

(1909-1986)

Morton, Charles W.,Morton, James F.,Scope and Contents note

(1870-1941, James Ferdinand Morton, Jr.)

Munn, H. Warner,Scope and Contents note

(1903-1981)

Munroe, Addison Pierce,Scope and Contents note

(1861-1955; Father of Chester P. Monroe)

Munroe, Chester Pierce,Scope and Contents note

(1889-1943)


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Myer, John Colby,Myers, Ethel J.,Nelson, Mrs. Elmer,Nelson, Robert,Scope and Contents note

(1912-1935)

New Hampshire State Library,Newton, Dudley,Scope and Contents note

(1864-1954)

North American Finance Company,O'Brien, Edward J.,Scope and Contents note

(1890-1941)

Old Colony Co-Operative Bank,Orton, Vrest Teachout,Scope and Contents note

(1897-1986)

Pyke, James T.,Paul, Elliot,Pearce, Annie,Pearson, James Larkin,Peters, Walter H.,Phelan, Michael,Phillips, Whipple Van Buren,Scope and Contents note

(1833-1904; HPL's maternal grandfather)

Plaisier, Jennie K.,


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(1882-1962)

Pocsik, John,Porter, Margaret K.,Price, E. Hoffmann,Scope and Contents note

(1898-1989)

Providence Journal Company,Pryor, John C.,Pyke, James T.,Radcliff, Florence,Renshaw, Anne Tillery,Scope and Contents note

(Editor of Ole Miss)

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, State of,Rice, Craig,Rimel, Duane Weldon,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1915; Collaborations: The Sorcery of Aphlar and The Tree on the Hill

Roberts, Adeline,Ruggles, Arthur,Russell, John,Salls, Helen H.,Sandusky, Albert A.,Scope and Contents note

(Editor of The Hub Club Quill)

Sater, Elsye Tash,Sawyer, Laurie A.,Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,


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(1870-1957)

Scott, Arthur E.,Scope and Contents note

("Author's Agent and Editorial Critic")

Scott, Winfield Townley,Scope and Contents note

(1910-1968; Literary Editor of The Providence Journal)

Searight, Richard F.,Scope and Contents note

(1902-1975)

Sechrist, Edward L.,Scope and Contents note

(1873-1953)

Selle, Robert L.,Shepherd, Wilson,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1917)

Slater, William B.,Scope and Contents note

(Slater's Fashion Shop)

Smith, Charles W.,Scope and Contents note

(1852-1948; "Tryout Smith," Editor of The Tryout)


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Smith, Clark Ashton,Scope and Contents note

(1893-1961)

Smith, Edwin H.,Scope and Contents note

(1869-1944)

Smith, Elmer R.,Smith, Louis C.,Smith, Nita Gerner,Scope and Contents note

(Mrs. Edwin H. Smith)

Smola, E. M.,Speare, M. Edmund,Spink, Helm,Scope and Contents note

(1909-1970)

Spink, Mary,Scope and Contents note

(1877-1968)

Sterling, Kenneth,Scope and Contents note

(1921-1995; Collaboration: In the Walls of Eryx

Stevenson, Julie,Scope and Contents note

("Founder of the Happiness Clinic")

Suhre, Edward F.,


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(1879-1939)

Sully, Helen,Sylvester Margaret,Scope and Contents note

(Born 1918)

Talman, Wilfred Blanch,Scope and Contents note

(1904-1986; Editor of De Halve Maen; Collaboration: Two Black Bottles

Thomas, James W.,Toldridge, Elizabeth,Scope and Contents note

(1861-1940)

Townsend, Clyde G.,Trimble, Helen Sully,Scope and Contents note

(1905-1997)

WBGO,Wallace, Margaret M. (Peckham),Walter, Dorothy C.,Scope and Contents note

(1889-1967)

Wandrei, Donald,Scope and Contents note

(1908-1987; Co-founder, with August W. Derleth, of Arkham House Publishers)

Weiss, Henry George,


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(1898-1967; "Francis Flagg")

Wetzel, George,Scope and Contents note

(1918-1983)

Whitaker, Noah F.,White, Lee M.,Scope and Contents note

(1915-1989)

Whitehead, Daisy,Scope and Contents note

(1877-1946)

Whitehead, Henry St. Clair,Scope and Contents note

(1882-1932; Author of Jumbee and West India Lights; Collaborations: Bothon and TheTrap

Wormser, Richard S.,Scope and Contents note

(Rare Books Dealer)

Wright, Farnsworth,Scope and Contents note

(1888-1940; Editor of Weird Tales)

Wright, Virginia Williams,Yates-American Machine Company,Zorn, Ray H.,


Page 30 of 2827



(Editor of The Lovecraft Collector)

Container Description Date

Box 1a, [Unidentified] to Lovecraft, Howard P.AL, 1.0 [+?] p.


Undated, one unnumbered page only.Content, in part: "Your point aboutinserting the 15th Amendment was agood one ... Springfield Republicanonly last week published my letteralong this line ... Just recently publicstatements have appeared byRoosevelt ... which I use making myarticle right up to the minute." Possiblywritten by Woodburn Harris. On versoof HPL Fiction: The Whisperer inDarkness (ADfS), 52.

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition note

A32500 [2h]Names: Lovecraft, H.P.

(Howard Phillips),1890-1937 (creator)

[193-?]

Box 1a, [Unidentified] to Lovecraft, Howard P.TL, 1.0 [+?] p.


Incomplete, page 1 only. Typed onUAPA stationery. A belated "reply to

1924 Jan 8


Page 31 of 2827


your letter of December 30th" whichmentions attending the recent UAPAConvention. This may be from HowardR. Conover. Marked in the upper right-hand corner by HPL: "Please Return."On verso of HPL Poetry: ChristmasFragments.


A32500 [349] (3)Names: Lovecraft, H.P.

(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, [Unidentified], Charles to Lovecraft,Howard P.ANS, 1.0 postcard


Possibly from Charles A. Parker.


A56363 [15]Names: Lovecraft, H.P.

(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1935 Jul 26

Box 1a, Abramson, Ben to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTLS, 1.0 p.

1948 Aug30


Page 32 of 2827



Asks permission to reprint Sonia Davis'article on HPL from the ProvidenceJournal.


A17446Names: Abramson, Ben

Scott, Winfield Townley

Box 1a, Abramson, Ben to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTL, 1.0 p.


Regrets that Sonia Davis will notrelease HPL article for republication.


A17445Names: Abramson, Ben


1948 Sep 8

Box 1a, H. P. LovecraftPrinted, 1.0 p.


A mimeographed list of HPL letters,postcards and books for sale at theArgus Book Shop.

undated


Page 33 of 2827



A55361 [348]Names: Abramson, Ben

Box 1a, Adams, Hazel Pratt to Lovecraft,Howard P.Telegram, 1.0 p.


Sends HPL election results from 1923NAPA Convention.


A55929 [1]Names: Adams, Hazel Pratt

Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1923 Jul 4

Box 1a, to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.


On verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 37.


A32500 [2a]

1924 Jan 23


Page 34 of 2827


Names: Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Adams, John D. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jul. 6, 1935.Sending HPL "two bits of my work ...and would like to have your commentson them."


A56363 [1]Names: Adams, John D.


[1935 Jul 6]

Box 1a, Adams, John D. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jul. 20,1935. Thanks HPL for his comments on"the two poems I sent you."


A56363 [2]

[1935 Jul20]


Page 35 of 2827


Names: Adams, John D.Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Adams, Scott to Scott, WinfieldTownleyANS, 1.0 postcard


Provides Sam Loveman's current workaddress.


A11965Names: Adams, Scott


1944 Apr 15

Box 1a, Anger, William F. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jun. 8,1935. "Received manuscript for Fungifrom Yuggoth yesterday afternoon."Has plans for publishing a mimeographedition of the Fungi.


A56363 [3]

1935 Jun 7


Page 36 of 2827


Names: Anger, William F.Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Anger, William F. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jul. 7, 1935.Plans to visit Clark Ashton Smith onJuly 12th. Also provides description ofthe San Francisco area.


A56363 [4]Names: Anger, William F.


1935 Jul 7

Box 1a, Anger, Kenneth to Derleth, August W.TLS, 1.0 p.


Enclosed in AWD's letter to DonaldWandrei (1947 Nov 7). Anger hascreated a screen treatment for "Dreamsin the Witch-House."

1947 Oct 6


Page 37 of 2827



?Names: Anger, Kenneth

Derleth, August W.

Box 1a, Avon Publishing Co. Inc. to Wandrei,DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Enclosed in August W. Derleth to DW(1948 Sep 15). Requests permissionto reprint "Something From Above" byDW.


?Names: Wandrei, Donald

Avon Publishing Co.Inc.

1948 Sep13

Box 1a, Avon Publishing Co. Inc. to Derleth,August W.TLS, 1.0 p.


Again requests permission to reprint"Something From Above"

1950 Dec15


Page 38 of 2827



?Names: Derleth, August W.

Avon Publishing Co.Inc.

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP. St. Louis, MO?ALS, 1.0 [+?] p.


Incomplete, last page (3) only. Writtenbefore March 1, 1927. Apparentlywritten before 1925 UAPA election.On verso of HPL Fiction: The Case ofCharles Dexter Ward (ADf), 6.


A32500 [2]Names: Bacon, Victor E.


[1925]

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP. St. Louis, MO?TLS, 1.0 [+?] p.


Incomplete, page 2 only. Written beforeJanuary 1927. Mentions 1926 UAPA

[1926]


Page 39 of 2827


elections. On verso of HPL Fiction:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath(AM), 107.


A32500 [2a]Names: Bacon, Victor E.


Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


On verso of HPL's TL to James F.Morton (1926 Jun 9), 5.


A12073Names: Bacon, Victor E.


1926 Mar 9


1926 Mar 15


Page 40 of 2827



On verso of HPL's TL to James F.Morton (1926 Jun 9), 2.


A12073Names: Bacon, Victor E.




On recto of HPL Fiction: The Case ofCharles Dexter Ward (ADf), 3A.




1926 Mar 16


1926 Aug 5


Page 41 of 2827



On verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 104.






Dated "Wednesday the 13th" only.Written before January 1927. Mentionsthe "World Series" and "opening of theracing season at Fairmont Park." Onverso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Questof Unknown Kadath (AM), 90.




[1926?] Oct13


Page 42 of 2827




On verso of HPL Fiction: At theMountains of Madness (ADf), 76.




1929 Nov 9



On verso of HPL Fiction: TheWhisperer in Darkness (ADfS), 17.


A32500 [2h]Names: Bacon, Victor E.


1930 Jan 30


Page 43 of 2827




On verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 17.


A55361 [172] (19)Names: Bacon, Victor E.


1931 Jan 10







1931 Feb 9


Page 44 of 2827








1931 Feb 24



On verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 13.


A55361 [172] (15)Names: Bacon, Victor E.


1931 Apr 22


Page 45 of 2827


Box 1a, Bailey, James O. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


Asks for a copy of Supernatural Horrorin Literature. On verso of HPL Fiction:The Whisperer in Darkness (ADfS), 5.


A32500 [2h]Names: Bailey, James O.


1930 Jun 16

Box 1a, Baird, Edwin to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.


Read The Rats in the Walls and "foundit quite all right for Weird Tales." Onverso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Questof Unknown Kadath (AMS), 87.


A32500 [2a]Names: Baird, Edwin


1923 Nov28


Page 46 of 2827


Subjects: Rats in the Walls, The -accepted for publication

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Baker has requested return of HPL'smanuscripts from RH Barlow. DW alsosent this letter to August W. Derlethand Clark Ashton Smith. Added at thefoot is an AN in pencil from AWD toCAS.


?Names: Baker, Albert A.

Wandrei, Donald

1938 Oct 6

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Barlow, Robert H.TLS, 2.0 p.


Carbon copy signed. Requests thatRHB return HPL's manuscripts, copiesof Weird Tales, and assorted otherbooks and magazines. Copy suppliedto Donald Wandrei who also sent it toAugust W. Derleth and Clark AshtonSmith.

1938 Oct 7


Page 47 of 2827




Barlow, Robert H.

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Encloses copy of 2-page letter from RHBarlow (1938 Oct 12). Wandrei alsosent this copy to August W. Derleth andClark Ashton Smith.



Wandrei, Donald

1938 Oct 17

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Barlow, Robert H.TLS, 1.0 p.


Carbon copy signed. Notes that RHBwill cooperate with August W. Derlethand Donald Wandrei in proposedpublication of HPL's manuscripts.Copies furnished to AWD and ClarkAshton Smith.

1938 Oct 19


Page 48 of 2827




Barlow, Robert H.

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP. De Land, FLTLS, 2.0 p.


Written from Stetson University. "Mycontract with Stetson terminatestoday ... will have a Fellowship at the U.of Texas for this summer."


A55361 [388]Names: Barlow, Robert H.


[193-?]

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.


Written before December 19, 1932.Wants to see "your latest story At theMt. of Madness." On verso of HPL Non-Fiction: European Glimpses (AM), 10.

[1931] Sep14


Page 49 of 2827



A55361 [172] (12)Names: Barlow, Robert H.


Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP. Fort Benning, GATLS, 1.0 p.


" At the Mountain of Madness cameSunday." On verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 11.


A55361 [172] (13)Names: Barlow, Robert H.


1931 Sep22



Written before February 22, 1933. RHBhas just moved from Washington toDe Land, FL, and he mentions the

[1933] Jan22


Page 50 of 2827


recent death of Henry S. Whitehead(Nov. 1932). RHB would "like to borrowPsychopompos again, I'd like to makecopies of all of your [manuscripts] thatI haven't got as yet." On versos of HPLNon-Fiction: Some Repetitions on theTimes (AMS), 12-14.






RHB working on Psychopompos"but the punctuation drives me todistraction." On versos of HPL Non-Fiction: Some Repetitions on the Times(AMS), 1-3.


A55361 [177] (1-3)Names: Barlow, Robert H.

1933 Feb 10


Page 51 of 2827



Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TL, 1.0 p.


Dated "August 20-something. Wed."only. Sending HPL typed copies ofPsychopompos and the Fungi. HPLwrote Errors in Psychopompos andErrata - Fungi from Yuggoth on recto ofthis letter.




[1933 Aug23?]

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Wandrei, DonaldTNS, 1.0 postcard


Included on HPL's postcard to DW onthis date.


A56986

1934 May 7


Page 52 of 2827


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Wandrei, Donald

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Enclosed in HPL's ALS to DW on thisdate.


A56987 [1-4]Names: Barlow, Robert H.

Wandrei, Donald

1934 May17

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Enclosed with HPL's ALS to DW on thisdate.


A56988 [1-4]Names: Barlow, Robert H.

Wandrei, Donald

1934 May26

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Price, E.HoffmannAN, 1.0 postcard

1935 Jun 16


Page 53 of 2827




Price, E. Hoffmann

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Bradofsky, HymanALS, 2.0 p.


Enclosed with HPL's ALS to HB on thisdate.


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Bradofsky, Hyman

1935 Jun 26

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.ALS, 2.0 p.


Seeks addresses of persons to whomhe should send Leaves 2. HPL suppliesthese addresses and mentions thathis payment for publication of At theMountains of Madness came to "315bucks."

[1935] Oct27


Page 54 of 2827





Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Gamwell, Annie E.P.TD, 2.0 p.


Carbon copy of agreement bewteenRHB and AEPG relating to HPL'sestate.


?Names: Barlow, Robert H.

Gamwell, Annie E. P.

1937 Mar 26

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Spicer, ElizabethALS, 1.0 p.


Miss Spicer worked in the John HayLibrary. Written after HPL's death. "Ibeseech & implore you to keep thevarious correspondences -- except forR. E. Howard -- under your hat and outof the catalogue."

[1937] Apr 2


Page 55 of 2827




Spicer, Elizabeth

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.


Mr. Damon was Curator of the HarrisCollection in the John Hay Library.Requests return of Robert E. Howard'sletters to HPL.



Damon, S. Foster

1937 Apr 23

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition note


Damon, S. Foster

[1937] May23


[1937] Jun13


Page 56 of 2827




Damon, S. Foster

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterALS, 1.0 p.


Sending a microfilm copy of HPL's TheThing on the Doorstep. Microfilm ofClark Ashton Smith's manuscript forThe Hashish Eater also enclosed.



Damon, S. FosterSubjects: Smith, Clark Ashton -

as author

1938 Jul 17

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Cole, Edward H.ALS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Cole, Edward H.

1938 Sep 4


Page 57 of 2827


Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterALS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Damon, S. Foster

1938 Sep 7

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Baker, Albert A.TLS, 2.0 p.


Discusses his actions as HPL's"Literary Executive"



Barlow, Robert H.

1938 Oct 12

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Cole, Edward H.ALS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Cole, Edward H.

1938 Oct 14

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. Foster 1939 Mar 3


Page 58 of 2827


ALS, 2.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Damon, S. Foster

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterANS, 1.0 p.


All manuscripts deposited by RHBat the John Hay Library become thatinstitution's property at his death.



Damon, S. Foster

1939 Mar 3

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Derleth, AugustW.TLS, 1.0 p.


Transcription enclosed in AWD toDonald Wandrei (1939 Mar 31).

1939 Mar 28


Page 59 of 2827



?Names: Barlow, Robert H.

Derleth, August W.

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Damon, S. Foster

1940 Apr 13

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTNS, 1.0 postcardAccession no: Immediate



Damon, S. Foster

1940 Apr 27



Will donate HPL's file of Weird Tales toBrown University for cost of shipping.Mr. Damon accepted RHB's offer in aletter of 1942 Jan 12.

1941 Dec31


Page 60 of 2827




Damon, S. FosterSubjects: Weird Tales - gift of, to

Brown University

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterExtract, 1.0 p.


Taken from above letter.



Damon, S. Foster

1941 Dec31



Two boxes of Weird Tales sent, a thirdwill follow soon.



1942 Feb 25


Page 61 of 2827



Brown University

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTL (copy), 1.0 p.


Copy of above letter with TN.



Damon, S. Foster

1942 Feb 25

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTL (copy), 1.0 p.


Copy of above letter.



Damon, S. Foster

1942 Feb 25

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterANS, 1.0 postcard

1942 Apr 9


Page 62 of 2827



Will send two more issues of WeirdTales.




Brown University



Sending more HPL material and someEdith Miniter manuscripts.



Damon, S. FosterSubjects: Miniter, Edith - letters

and manuscripts sent toBrown University

1942 Oct 4

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S.FosterBerkeley, CAALS, 2.0 p.

1943 Jul 10


Page 63 of 2827



Additional copies of Weird Tales will besent soon.




Brown University

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Hathaway,Christine D.ALS, 2.0 p.


Mrs. Hathaway worked in the JohnHay Library, Special Collections. Finalcopies of Weird Tales, to complete theset "from Vol. II, No. 1 - to the middle of1937," have been sent.



Hathaway, Christine D.Subjects: Weird Tales - gift of, to

Brown University

1946 May13


Page 64 of 2827


Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Hathaway,Christine D.TLS, 2.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



Hathaway, Christine D.

1946 May17



Sending issues to complete WeirdTales file up to Vol. 30, No. 3.




1946 Jun 1



With enclosure. Offers to exchangeRHB's collection of works by HPLand his friends for a press to be usedfor printing copies of Mexihkayotl,a newspaper written in the Aztec

1946 Jun 30


Page 65 of 2827


language. A copy of Mexihkayotl forMay 1946 is enclosed.




, Manuscripts undated

Box 1a, An Allegory for MarionettesADf, 17.0 p.


Pencil draft for a play.


A56732Names: Barlow, Robert H.

undated

Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyTDf, 4.0 p.


The title continues: "(MS. Found ina Time Machine)." With extensivemanuscript revisions by HPL and anote in Barlow's hand: "About May 20,1934. 2nd draft, typed by L."

undated


Page 66 of 2827



A55361 [22]Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: Barlow, Robert H. - as

collaborator

Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyPrinted, 2.0 p.


The title continues: "(MS. Found in aTime Machine)." This mimeographedcopy, on two legal size sheets, containssome minor manuscript correctionsby Barlow. First published in TheAcolyte, 2, No. 4 (Fall 1944), 9-12 Laterpublished in Something About Cats andOther Pieces (Sauk City, WI: ArkhamHouse, 1949).


A12030Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: The Battle That Ended

to Century

undated

Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyPrinted, 2.0 p.

undated


Page 67 of 2827



This is F. Lee Baldwin's copy. It wasreceived in an undated envelope sentfrom Washington, D.C. in 1934, butthe day stamp is missing from thepostmark.


A56506 [1-3]Subjects: The Battle That Ended

to Century

Box 1a, Chapter Fourteen: A Conversation inthe ForestTM, 2.0 [+?] p.


Incomplete.



undated

Box 1a, The Deplorable VoyageA&TM, 9.0 p.


With manuscript corrections and note:"The only copy - never completed"

undated


Page 68 of 2827




Box 1a, List of StoriesTM, 2.0 p.


With manuscript notes on verso.



undated

Box 1a, The Literary Battle of the Century(Magazine)TDf, 2.0 p.


This is the first draft for The BattleThat Ended the Century. It was heavilyrevised, in pencil, by Barlow and isdated by him as "May '34."



undated


Page 69 of 2827


Subjects: The Literary Battle ofthe Century (Magazine

Box 1a, National DefenseADf, 15.0 p.


Barlow identifies this manuscript as a"joint parody" with HPL. It consists of 12pages in Barlow's hand followed by 3pages of comments by HPL. An articleby this title, credited to Lt. Col. E. D.Barlow (Barlow's father), was publishedin The Californian, 3, No. 3 (Winter1935), 79-82.


A32500 [152-53]Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: Barlow, Robert H. - as

collaborator

undated

Box 1a, The Papyrus of NyayrathotepADf, 1.0 p.


With manuscript corrections.



undated


Page 70 of 2827


Box 1a, Till A' the SeasTDf, 11.0 p.


With extensive manuscript revisionsby HPL. This copy bears Barlow'snote: "Second draft, with Lovecraft'scorrections - final draft." It is datedby him as "Dec. 8-9-10 '34." Firstpublished in The Californian, 3, No. 1(Summer 1935), 3-7.


A54882Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: Barlow, Robert H. - as

collaborator

undated

Box 1a, Untitled PoemAM, 1.0 p.


Written in pencil on a manila folder.First line: "That night the birds hadceased their painful cries."



undated

Box 1a, Untitled Prose Fragment undated


Page 71 of 2827


TM, 1.0 p.


Only three lines of prose. First line:"Now the land was wide and great andfilled with wondrous things."



Box 1a, Weird Story PlotsTM, 14.0 p.


With manuscript corrections. Thiscompilation of "basic skeletons ofcertain standard classsics analyzed ..."was done by Robert H. Barlow andpresented to HPL: "DO NOT RETURN.Keep in your files. I made it for that."



undated

, Miscellaneous undated

Box 1a, Dead Man's TreePhotograph, 1.0 p.

undated


Page 72 of 2827



A black and white photograph of adrawing. Titled and dated on the verso:"July, 1934."



Box 1a, DrawingAM, 1.0 p.


Rough drawing of a female figurestanding beneath a tree.



undated

Box 1a, Map of ProvidenceAM, 1.0 p.


This rough pencil map was probablydrawn by Robert H. Barlow. It is datedon the verso: "June, 1934."

undated


Page 73 of 2827



A55361 [343]Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: Barlow, Robert H. - as

possible author

Box 1a, On CykranoshAM, 1.0 p.


A black and white photograph of adrawing. Titled and dated on the verso:"July, 1934."



undated

Box 1a, A Study of Robert Barlow: The T. E.Lawrence of MexicoPrinted, 7.0 p.


Article by Clare Mooser from MexicoQuarterly Review, 3, No. 2 (1968).


A55361 [389]

undated


Page 74 of 2827


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: Mooser, Clare - article

on Robert H. Barlow

Box 1a, The Tree on the HillAM, 1.0 p.


A drawing derived from The Tree onthe Hill. It bears HPL's note: "Drawn byR. H. Barlow," and was enclosed in his1934 May 13 ALS to Duane W. Rimel.



undated

Box 1a, Bautz, W. G. to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jun. 19,1935.


A56363Names: Bautz, W. G.


1935 Jun 18


Page 75 of 2827


Box 1a, Lovecraft of Devon, New York Stateand Rhode IslandPrinted, 1.0 p.


Lovecraft family crest (uncolored).Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr.


A56413Names: Beckwith, Henry L. P.,

Jr.

undated

Box 1a, Lovecraft of Devon, New York Stateand Rhode IslandPrinted, 1.0 p.


Lovecraft family crest (colored).Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr.



Jr.

undated

Box 1a, Lovecraft's ProvidencePrinted, 1.0 p.

undated


Page 76 of 2827



Map of Lovecraft sites in Providence.Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr. & David Ireland.



Jr.Subjects: Ireland, David - as

illustrator

Box 1a, Bellows, --- .*This is FBL to Lovecraft,Howard P.TM, 1.0 p.


Written before March 22, 1931. Onverso of HPL Fiction: At the Mountainsof Madness (ADf), 75.


A32500 [1]Names: Bellows, --- .*This is

FBLLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

[1931?]

Box 1a, Birss, Jack H. to Beck, Irving A. 1971 Jun 11


Page 77 of 2827


TLS, 1.0 p.


With enclosure. Tales by H P Lovecraftavailable for lending enclosed. Thislist is separately cited under HPL Non-Fiction: 1910-1937.


A56746Names: Beck, Irving A.

Birss, Jack H.

Box 1a, Bishop, Zealia Brown (Reed) toLovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 2.0 p.


Bound in HPL Fiction: The Mound(TM).


A55361 [190]Names: Bishop, Zealia Brown

(Reed)Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1934 May26

Box 1a, Bishop, Zealia Brown (Reed) to Barlow,Robert H.

1934 Jul 11


Page 78 of 2827


TLS, 1.0 p.


Sending him manuscript copies of TheMound and Medusa's Coil.



Bishop, Zealia Brown(Reed)

, Manuscripts undated

Box 1a, Medusa's CoilTM, 48.0 p.


Revised by HPL. This copy bears anote in R. H. Barlow's hand: "Penciladditions & deletions by Derleth, 1937."First appeared in Weird Tales, 33, No.1 (January 1939).


A32500 [1823]Names: Bishop, Zealia Brown

(Reed)

undated

Box 1a, Bloch, Robert to Lovecraft, Howard P.Milwaukee, WITLS, 2.0 p.

[1935 Jun 9]


Page 79 of 2827



Undated, with envelope postmarked atMilwaukee, WI, Jun. 9, 1935.


A56363 [6]Names: Bloch, Robert,

1917-1994Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Bloch, Robert to Lovecraft, Howard P.Milwaukee, WIALS, 2.0 p.


Undated, with envelope postmarked atMilwaukee, WI, Jul. 31, 1935.


A56363 [7]Names: Bloch, Robert,

1917-1994Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

[1935 Jul31]

Box 1a, Blood, Blanche to Lovecraft, Howard P.ALS, 1.0 p.

1921 Mar 25


Page 80 of 2827



Sending HPL poems for the "LaurateContest." On verso of HPL Fiction: TheHorror at Red Hook (TM), 20.


A32500 [1a]Names: Blood, Blanche


Box 1a, Blosser, Myra to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTL, 1.0 p.


"Finding out about Lovecraft seemsto have become a regular assignmentto myself." Mentions that MissElla Sweeney, former AssociateSuperintendent of Schools, "knew himas a little shaver. She spent summerswhere he and his mother did in Dudley,Mass."


A11953Names: Blosser, Myra


[194-]


Page 81 of 2827


Box 1a, Boucher, Anthony to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.


Enclosed with August W. Derleth to DW(1949 Sep 26).


?Names: Boucher, Anthony

Wandrei, Donald

1949 Sep22

Box 1a, Bradley, Chester P. to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.


With envelope postmarked Jul. 15,1935. Has written to Maurice W."Moe for permission to use all or partof this book, Doorways to Poetry inTHE PERSPECTIVE REVIEW ...you will remember that you urged thepublication of this in one of your criticalreviews."


A56363 [8]Names: Bradley, Chester P.

1935 Jul 15


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Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.


With comments [in dialect] by HPLon recto. Discusses NAPA politicsand his forthcoming candidacy for thepresidency. On verso of HPL to W.Paul Cook, ALS, 1935 May 20.


A55929 [2]Names: Bradofsky, Hyman


1935 May13



With envelope postmarked Jun. 13,1935. Wants HPL to support hiscandidacy for President of the NAPA.

1935 Jun 13


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With envelope postmarked Jun. 19,1935. Has accepted Barlow's story forpublication. Complains about personalattacks by Vincent B. Haggerty.




1935 Jun 19



With envelope postmarked Jun. 24,1935. "Will be delighted for a story

1935 Jun 24


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from the late Mrs. Miniter. I assume ofcourse that it has never been publishedbefore and not copywrited[!]." Goes onto complain about the "dirty politics" ofthe NAPA election.






With envelope postmarked Jul. 11,1935. Bradofsky reports his electionas President of the National AmateurPress Association, and congratulatesHPL on his own election as ExecutiveJudge of the NAPA.




1935 Jul 11


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