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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

Collection overviewTitle: Howard P. Lovecraft collection

Date range: 1894-1971

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

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

ArrangementThis collection is organized into the following four series:

Series 1. Correspondence and Works not by Lovecraft Series 2. Correspondence from Lovecraft to August W. Derleth


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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

Biographical NoteH. 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.


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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 quoteDarrell 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 to


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resurrect 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,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 be


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present." 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 thatcreates 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."


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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, andcallow, 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


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Access & useAccess to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that the

collection 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 doesnot 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 Lovecraft (Howard P.)collection , Ms.Lovecraft, John Hay Library SpecialCollections

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

Administrative informationAbout the collection

Aquisition: Materials received from various sources over manyyears.

About the finding aid

Author: Finding aid prepared by John H. Stanley


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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 termsNames: Davis, Sonia H.


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InventorySeries 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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Container Description Date

Box 1a, [Unidentified] to Lovecraft, Howard P.AL, 1.0 [+?] p.Scope and Contents noteUndated, 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: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2h]

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

[193-?]

Box 1a, [Unidentified] to Lovecraft, Howard P.TL, 1.0 [+?] p.Scope and Contents noteIncomplete, page 1 only. Typed onUAPA stationery. A belated "reply toyour letter of December 30th" whichmentions attending the recent UAPAConvention. This may be from HowardR. Conover. Marked in the upper right-

1924 Jan 8


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hand corner by HPL: "Please Return."On verso of HPL Poetry: ChristmasFragments.

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA32500 [349] (3)

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

Box 1a, [Unidentified], Charles to Lovecraft,Howard P.ANS, 1.0 postcardScope and Contents notePossibly from Charles A. Parker.

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA56363 [15]


1935 Jul 26

Box 1a, Abramson, Ben to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteAsks permission to reprint Sonia Davis'article on HPL from the ProvidenceJournal.

1948 Aug30


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Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA17446

Names: Abramson, BenScott, Winfield Townley

Box 1a, Abramson, Ben to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRegrets that Sonia Davis will notrelease HPL article for republication.


Names: Abramson, BenScott, Winfield Townley

1948 Sep 8

Box 1a, H. P. LovecraftPrinted, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteA mimeographed list of HPL letters,postcards and books for sale at theArgus Book Shop.


undated


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Names: Abramson, Ben

Box 1a, Adams, Hazel Pratt to Lovecraft,Howard P.Telegram, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSends HPL election results from 1923NAPA Convention.


Names: Adams, Hazel PrattLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1923 Jul 4

Box 1a, to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 37.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2a]


1924 Jan 23

Box 1a, Adams, John D. to Lovecraft, HowardP.

[1935 Jul 6]


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TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jul. 6, 1935.Sending HPL "two bits of my work ...and would like to have your commentson them."


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

Box 1a, Adams, John D. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jul. 20,1935. Thanks HPL for his comments on"the two poems I sent you."


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

[1935 Jul20]


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Box 1a, Adams, Scott to Scott, WinfieldTownleyANS, 1.0 postcardScope and Contents noteProvides Sam Loveman's current workaddress.


Names: Adams, ScottScott, Winfield Townley

1944 Apr 15

Box 1a, Anger, William F. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jun. 8,1935. "Received manuscript for Fungifrom Yuggoth yesterday afternoon."Has plans for publishing a mimeographedition of the Fungi.


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

1935 Jun 7


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Box 1a, Anger, William F. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jul. 7, 1935.Plans to visit Clark Ashton Smith onJuly 12th. Also provides description ofthe San Francisco area.


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

1935 Jul 7

Box 1a, Anger, Kenneth to Derleth, August W.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteEnclosed in AWD's letter to DonaldWandrei (1947 Nov 7). Anger hascreated a screen treatment for "Dreamsin the Witch-House."

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition note?

Names: Anger, KennethDerleth, August W.

1947 Oct 6


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Box 1a, Avon Publishing Co. Inc. to Wandrei,DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteEnclosed in August W. Derleth to DW(1948 Sep 15). Requests permissionto reprint "Something From Above" byDW.


Names: Wandrei, DonaldAvon Publishing Co.Inc.

1948 Sep13

Box 1a, Avon Publishing Co. Inc. to Derleth,August W.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteAgain requests permission to reprint"Something From Above"


Names: Derleth, August W.Avon Publishing Co.Inc.

1950 Dec15


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Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP. St. Louis, MO?ALS, 1.0 [+?] p.Scope and Contents noteIncomplete, 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.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2]

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

[1925]

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP. St. Louis, MO?TLS, 1.0 [+?] p.Scope and Contents noteIncomplete, page 2 only. Written beforeJanuary 1927. Mentions 1926 UAPAelections. On verso of HPL Fiction:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath(AM), 107.Accession no: Immediate


[1926]


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Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL's TL to James F.Morton (1926 Jun 9), 5.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA12073


1926 Mar 9

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL's TL to James F.Morton (1926 Jun 9), 2.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Bacon, Victor E.

1926 Mar 15


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

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn recto of HPL Fiction: The Case ofCharles Dexter Ward (ADf), 3A.Accession no: Immediate



1926 Mar 16

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 104.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Bacon, Victor E.

1926 Aug 5


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Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteDated "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.Accession no: Immediate



[1926?] Oct13

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: At theMountains of Madness (ADf), 76.

1929 Nov 9


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Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: TheWhisperer in Darkness (ADfS), 17.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2h]


1930 Jan 30

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 17.

1931 Jan 10


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Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA55361 [172] (19)


Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: At theMountains of Madness (ADf), 33.Accession no: Immediate



1931 Feb 9

Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: At theMountains of Madness (ADf), 29.

1931 Feb 24


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Box 1a, Bacon, Victor E. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 13.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA55361 [172] (15)


1931 Apr 22

Box 1a, Bailey, James O. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteAsks for a copy of Supernatural Horrorin Literature. On verso of HPL Fiction:The Whisperer in Darkness (ADfS), 5.

1930 Jun 16


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Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2h]

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

Box 1a, Baird, Edwin to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRead The Rats in the Walls and "foundit quite all right for Weird Tales." Onverso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Questof Unknown Kadath (AMS), 87.Accession no: Immediate


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

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

1923 Nov28

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteBaker has requested return of HPL'smanuscripts from RH Barlow. DW also

1938 Oct 6


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sent 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

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Barlow, Robert H.TLS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon 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.


Names: Baker, Albert A.Barlow, Robert H.

1938 Oct 7

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

1938 Oct 17


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


Names: Baker, Albert A.Wandrei, Donald

Box 1a, Baker, Albert A. to Barlow, Robert H.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon 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

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

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


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

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWritten before December 19, 1932.Wants to see "your latest story At theMt. of Madness." On verso of HPL Non-Fiction: European Glimpses (AM), 10.Accession no: Immediate



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Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP. Fort Benning, GATLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents note" At the Mountain of Madness cameSunday." On verso of HPL Non-Fiction:European Glimpses (AM), 11.Accession no: Immediate



1931 Sep22

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 3.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWritten before February 22, 1933. RHBhas just moved from Washington toDe Land, FL, and he mentions therecent 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.

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Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 3.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRHB working on Psychopompos"but the punctuation drives me todistraction." On versos of HPL Non-Fiction: Some Repetitions on the Times(AMS), 1-3.Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition noteA55361 [177] (1-3)


1933 Feb 10

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

[1933 Aug23?]


Page 33 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteDated "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.



Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Wandrei, DonaldTNS, 1.0 postcardScope and Contents noteIncluded on HPL's postcard to DW onthis date.


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Wandrei, Donald

1934 May 7

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

1934 May17


Page 34 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteEnclosed in HPL's ALS to DW on thisdate.

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA56987 [1-4]


Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Wandrei, DonaldTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteEnclosed with HPL's ALS to DW on thisdate.



1934 May26

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Price, E.HoffmannAN, 1.0 postcardAccession no: Immediate


Names: Barlow, Robert H.

1935 Jun 16


Page 35 of 2821


Price, E. Hoffmann

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Bradofsky, HymanALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteEnclosed with HPL's ALS to HB on thisdate.

Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition note

Names: Barlow, Robert H.Bradofsky, Hyman

1935 Jun 26

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Lovecraft, HowardP.ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSeeks 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


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Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Gamwell, Annie E.P.TD, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon 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.Scope and Contents noteMiss 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."


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Spicer, Elizabeth

[1937] Apr 2

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. Foster 1937 Apr 23


Page 37 of 2821


TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteMr. Damon was Curator of the HarrisCollection in the John Hay Library.Requests return of Robert E. Howard'sletters to HPL.


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Damon, S. Foster

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



[1937] May23

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



[1937] Jun13

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. Foster 1938 Jul 17


Page 38 of 2821


ALS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSending a microfilm copy of HPL's TheThing on the Doorstep. Microfilm ofClark Ashton Smith's manuscript forThe Hashish Eater also enclosed.



Subjects: Smith, Clark Ashton -as author

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


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Cole, Edward H.

1938 Sep 4

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



1938 Sep 7


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Damon, S. Foster

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Baker, Albert A.TLS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteDiscusses his actions as HPL's"Literary Executive"



1938 Oct 12

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


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Cole, Edward H.

1938 Oct 14

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterALS, 2.0 p.Accession no: Immediate



1939 Mar 3


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Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterANS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteAll manuscripts deposited by RHBat the John Hay Library become thatinstitution's property at his death.



1939 Mar 3

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Derleth, AugustW.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteTranscription enclosed in AWD toDonald Wandrei (1939 Mar 31).Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition note?

Names: Barlow, Robert H.Derleth, August W.

1939 Mar 28

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

1940 Apr 13


Page 41 of 2821




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



1940 Apr 27

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWill 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.



Subjects: Weird Tales - gift of, toBrown University

1941 Dec31


Page 42 of 2821


Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterExtract, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteTaken from above letter.



1941 Dec31

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteTwo boxes of Weird Tales sent, a thirdwill follow soon.




1942 Feb 25

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTL (copy), 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCopy of above letter with TN.

1942 Feb 25


Page 43 of 2821




Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTL (copy), 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCopy of above letter.



1942 Feb 25

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterANS, 1.0 postcardScope and Contents noteWill send two more issues of WeirdTales.



1942 Apr 9


Page 44 of 2821



Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S. FosterTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSending more HPL material and someEdith Miniter manuscripts.



Subjects: Miniter, Edith - lettersand manuscripts sent toBrown University

1942 Oct 4

Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Damon, S.FosterBerkeley, CAALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteAdditional copies of Weird Tales will besent soon.



1943 Jul 10


Page 45 of 2821



Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Hathaway,Christine D.ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteMrs. 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.


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Hathaway, Christine D.


1946 May13

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



1946 May17

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

1946 Jun 1


Page 46 of 2821


ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSending issues to complete WeirdTales file up to Vol. 30, No. 3.



Box 1a, Barlow, Robert H. to Hathaway,Christine D.ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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 Azteclanguage. A copy of Mexihkayotl forMay 1946 is enclosed.



1946 Jun 30

, Manuscripts undated

Box 1a, An Allegory for Marionettes undated


Page 47 of 2821


ADf, 17.0 p.Scope and Contents notePencil draft for a play.



Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyTDf, 4.0 p.Scope and Contents noteThe 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."


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

collaborator

undated

Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyPrinted, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteThe title continues: "(MS. Found in aTime Machine)." This mimeographed

undated


Page 48 of 2821


copy, 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).Accession no: Immediate


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

to Century

Box 1a, The Battle That Ended the CenturyPrinted, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteThis 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.


Subjects: The Battle That Endedto Century

undated

Box 1a, Chapter Fourteen: A Conversation inthe Forest

undated


Page 49 of 2821


TM, 2.0 [+?] p.Scope and Contents noteIncomplete.



Box 1a, The Deplorable VoyageA&TM, 9.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith manuscript corrections and note:"The only copy - never completed"



undated

Box 1a, List of StoriesTM, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith manuscript notes on verso.


undated


Page 50 of 2821



Box 1a, The Literary Battle of the Century(Magazine)TDf, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteThis is the first draft for The BattleThat Ended the Century. It was heavilyrevised, in pencil, by Barlow and isdated by him as "May '34."


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Subjects: The Literary Battle of

the Century (Magazine

undated

Box 1a, National DefenseADf, 15.0 p.Scope and Contents noteBarlow 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.

undated


Page 51 of 2821




collaborator

Box 1a, The Papyrus of NyayrathotepADf, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith manuscript corrections.



undated

Box 1a, Till A' the SeasTDf, 11.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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.

undated


Page 52 of 2821




collaborator

Box 1a, Untitled PoemAM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWritten in pencil on a manila folder.First line: "That night the birds hadceased their painful cries."



undated

Box 1a, Untitled Prose FragmentTM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOnly three lines of prose. First line:"Now the land was wide and great andfilled with wondrous things."


undated


Page 53 of 2821



Box 1a, Weird Story PlotsTM, 14.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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.Scope and Contents noteA black and white photograph of adrawing. Titled and dated on the verso:"July, 1934."



undated

Box 1a, Drawing undated


Page 54 of 2821


AM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRough drawing of a female figurestanding beneath a tree.



Box 1a, Map of ProvidenceAM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteThis rough pencil map was probablydrawn by Robert H. Barlow. It is datedon the verso: "June, 1934."



possible author

undated

Box 1a, On CykranoshAM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteA black and white photograph of adrawing. Titled and dated on the verso:"July, 1934."

undated


Page 55 of 2821




Box 1a, A Study of Robert Barlow: The T. E.Lawrence of MexicoPrinted, 7.0 p.Scope and Contents noteArticle by Clare Mooser from MexicoQuarterly Review, 3, No. 2 (1968).Accession no: Immediate


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

on Robert H. Barlow

undated

Box 1a, The Tree on the HillAM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteA 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


Page 56 of 2821




Box 1a, Bautz, W. G. to Lovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jun. 19,1935.


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

1935 Jun 18

Box 1a, Lovecraft of Devon, New York Stateand Rhode IslandPrinted, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteLovecraft family crest (uncolored).Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr.

undated


Page 57 of 2821



Names: Beckwith, Henry L. P.,Jr.

Box 1a, Lovecraft of Devon, New York Stateand Rhode IslandPrinted, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteLovecraft family crest (colored).Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr.



undated

Box 1a, Lovecraft's ProvidencePrinted, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteMap of Lovecraft sites in Providence.Copyrighted 1975 by Henry L. P.Beckwith, Jr. & David Ireland.

undated


Page 58 of 2821




Subjects: Ireland, David - asillustrator

Box 1a, Bellows, --- .*This is FBL to Lovecraft,Howard P.TM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWritten before March 22, 1931. Onverso of HPL Fiction: At the Mountainsof Madness (ADf), 75.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Bellows, --- .*This isFBLLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

[1931?]

Box 1a, Birss, Jack H. to Beck, Irving A.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith enclosure. Tales by H P Lovecraftavailable for lending enclosed. This

1971 Jun 11


Page 59 of 2821


list is separately cited under HPL Non-Fiction: 1910-1937.


Names: Beck, Irving A.Birss, Jack H.

Box 1a, Bishop, Zealia Brown (Reed) toLovecraft, Howard P.TLS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteBound in HPL Fiction: The Mound(TM).Accession no: Immediate


Names: Bishop, Zealia Brown(Reed)Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1934 May26

Box 1a, Bishop, Zealia Brown (Reed) to Barlow,Robert H.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteSending him manuscript copies of TheMound and Medusa's Coil.

1934 Jul 11


Page 60 of 2821



Names: Barlow, Robert H.Bishop, Zealia Brown(Reed)

, Manuscripts undated

Box 1a, Medusa's CoilTM, 48.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRevised 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).Accession no: Immediate


Names: Bishop, Zealia Brown(Reed)

undated

Box 1a, Bloch, Robert to Lovecraft, Howard P.Milwaukee, WITLS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteUndated, with envelope postmarked atMilwaukee, WI, Jun. 9, 1935.

[1935 Jun 9]


Page 61 of 2821



Names: Bloch, Robert,1917-1994Lovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Bloch, Robert to Lovecraft, Howard P.Milwaukee, WIALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteUndated, with envelope postmarked atMilwaukee, WI, Jul. 31, 1935.


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

1921 Mar 25


Page 62 of 2821


Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA32500 [1a]

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

Box 1a, Blosser, Myra to Scott, WinfieldTownleyTL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents note"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."


Names: Blosser, MyraScott, Winfield Townley

[194-]

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

1949 Sep22


Page 63 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteEnclosed with August W. Derleth to DW(1949 Sep 26).Accession no: Immediate

Source ofAcquisition note?

Names: Boucher, AnthonyWandrei, Donald

Box 1a, Bradley, Chester P. to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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."


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

1935 Jul 15


Page 64 of 2821


Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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.


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

1935 May13

Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jun. 13,1935. Wants HPL to support hiscandidacy for President of the NAPA.


Names: Bradofsky, Hyman

1935 Jun 13


Page 65 of 2821



Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jun. 19,1935. Has accepted Barlow's story forpublication. Complains about personalattacks by Vincent B. Haggerty.



1935 Jun 19

Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jun. 24,1935. "Will be delighted for a storyfrom 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.

1935 Jun 24


Page 66 of 2821




Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith 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.



Subjects: National AmateurPress Association -HPL elected ExecutiveJudge

1935 Jul 11


Page 67 of 2821


Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Lovecraft,Howard P.TNS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteWith envelope postmarked Jul. 27,1935. Asks HPL to help Truman J.Spencer with organizing the Bureau ofCritics.



1935 Jul 27

Box 1a, Bradofsky, Hyman to Cole, Edward H.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteXeroxed copy only. Has received wordof HPL's death from C. W. Smith.Requests all unpublished writings ofHPL be forwarded to him for possiblepublication in The Californian.


Names: Bradofsky, Hyman

1937 Mar 22


Page 68 of 2821


Cole, Edward H.

Box 1a, Lines to H. P. LovecraftTM, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteMemorial poem with minor manuscriptcorrections. First published in TheShuttered Room and Other Pieces(Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1959).Accession no: Immediate


Names: Brennan, JosephPayne

undated

Box 1a, Briggs, Lloyd G. to Scott, WinfieldTownleyALS, 1.0 p.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Briggs, Lloyd G.Scott, Winfield Townley

1948 Aug20

Box 1a, Brobst, Harry K. to Barlow, Robert H.ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteHPL is quite ill, but "he is still at 66College, and has not been removed tothe hospital"

1937 Mar 2


Page 69 of 2821



Names: Barlow, Robert H.Brobst, Harry K.

Subjects: HPL's last illnessBox 1a, Brobst, Harry K. to Barlow, Robert H.

ALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteHPL "has been removed to the JaneBrown Hospital several days ago as hiscondition is steadily sinking"


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Brobst, Harry K.

Subjects: HPL's last illness

1937 Mar 13

Box 1a, Brown, A. Harold to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Poetry: On a GrecianColonnade in a Park.

1921 Apr 16


Page 70 of 2821



Names: Brown, A. HaroldLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Brown, A. Harold to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: What theMoon Brings, 2.



1922 Mar 31

Box 1a, Brown, A. Harold to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: What theMoon Brings, 3.

1922 May 9


Page 71 of 2821




Box 1a, Brown, Mrs. K. Leyson to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 62.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Brown, Mrs. K. LeysonLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

1921 Mar 9

Box 1a, Brown, Mrs. K. Leyson to Lovecraft,Howard P.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Fiction: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (AM), 72.

1923 Jul 19


Page 72 of 2821


Accession no: ImmediateSource ofAcquisition noteA32500 [2a]

Names: Brown, Mrs. K. LeysonLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

Box 1a, Brown, William Alden to Scott, WinfieldTownleyALS, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRequests Scott speak to the BasementStudio Group on HPL.


Names: Brown, William AldenScott, Winfield Townley

1944 Apr 59

Box 1a, Brown, William Alden to Scott, WinfieldTownleyALS, 3.0 p.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Brown, William AldenScott, Winfield Townley

1948 Oct 30


Page 73 of 2821


Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toGamwell, Annie E. P.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks Mrs. Gamwellfor the books given "in memory of yournephew."


Names: Gamwell, Annie E. P.Brown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1937 Mar 25

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for gift of sheetmusic and "We are keeping absolutelymum about the manuscripts."


Names: Barlow, Robert H.Brown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1937 Apr 10


Page 74 of 2821


Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Agrees to Barlow'sdirections "about not cataloging certainmanuscripts."



1937 May 6

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Package from Barlowarrived safely.



1938 Jul 8

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.

1938 Jul 8


Page 75 of 2821


TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Sending some HPL itemsto Barlow as requested.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Following Barlow'sdirections to segregate certainmanuscripts.



1939 Mar 13

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.

1939 Mar 14


Page 76 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Segregated HPLmanuscripts will be marked "R. H.Barlow Manuscripts. Deposited by Mr.Barlow and to be used by him only."



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for gift ofbroadsides.



1940 Apr 23


1942 Jan 12


Page 77 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Will pay shipping costsfor HPL's file of Weird Tales.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toDamon, S. FosterTL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteHas not yet microfilmed Huehuetlahtolli(Mexico City, 1601) for Barlow.Accession no: Immediate


Names: Damon, S. FosterBrown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1942 Jan 23


1942 Feb 4


Page 78 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. One carton of WeirdTales received.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for deposit ofEdith Miniter manuscript and copies ofWeird Tales.



1943 Aug 6


1944 Jan 25


Page 79 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. The Library haspurchased some HPL material fromDana's Old Corner Bookshop.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Winfield T. Scott hasbecome interested in HPL.



1944 Feb 11

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff to Scott,Winfield TownleyTL, 1.0 p.

1944 Feb 15


Page 80 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. The Library approves hisapplication to examine the LovecraftPapers.


Names: Scott, Winfield TownleyBrown UniversityLibrary, Staff

Box 1a, BrownUniversity Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 2.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for additionalcopies of Weird Tales.



1946 May 7


1946 May22


Page 81 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for still morecopies of Weird Tales.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toBarlow, Robert H.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Sends informationon Warren Sumner Barlow (RHB'sgrandfather).Accession no: Immediate



1946 Jun 4


1946 Jun 19


Page 82 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Thanks for more copiesof Weird Tales. Requests additionalinformation on printing press forBarlow.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toMartineau, F. G.TN, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Requests PurchasingDepartment get information on aChandler & Price printing press.


Names: Martineau, F. G.Brown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1946 Jul 8


1946 Aug 5


Page 83 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. A Chandler Hand Presswould cost about $ 700.00.Accession no: Immediate



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toRimel, Duane W.TL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy. Acknowledges gift of HPLmanuscript.


Names: Rimel, Duane W.Brown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1948 Mar 25

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toWalter, Dorothy C.TLS, 1.0 p.

1949 Mar 25


Page 84 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteResponds to Miss Walter's suggestionthat the Friends of the Library sponsora program on HPL.


Names: Walter, Dorothy C.Brown UniversityLibrary, Staff

Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toWetzel, GeorgeTL, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCarbon copy.


Names: Wetzel, GeorgeBrown UniversityLibrary, Staff

1952 Jan 28


1958 Jul 15


Page 85 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteBrown University President's Officeacknowledges receipt of letter.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toWalter, Dorothy C.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents notePresident Keeney will arrange to have66 College Street photographed.



1958 Jul 25


1959 Oct 13


Page 86 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteThanks her for letter describing themove of 66 College Street.



Box 1a, Brown University Library, Staff toWalter, Dorothy C.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteCan she supply a copy of the HPL itemin a Polish newspaper.



1960 Feb 17


1960 Mar 3


Page 87 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteThe Library now has a copy of TheShuttered Room.



Box 1a, Bryant, William L. to Lovecraft, HowardP.TLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteOn recto of HPL Fiction: History of theNecronomicon (ADf), 1.Accession no: Immediate


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

1927 Apr 27

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

1920 Oct 20


Page 88 of 2821


Scope and Contents noteOn verso of HPL Poetry: ChristmasFragments.


Names: Bullen, John RavenorLovecraft, H.P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937

, Bush, David V.Scope and Contents note(1882-1959)

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Box 1a, Bush, David V. to Symphony LiteraryServiceTLS, 1.0 p.Scope and Contents noteRequests "costs for Mr. Lovecraft'srevising of 38 pages of poetry." Withcost calculations in HPL's hand. Onverso of HPL Fiction: The Other Gods(ADf), 2.Accession no: Immediate

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