George Edward Woodberry papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe, 1829-1928.

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George Edward Woodberry papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe, 1829-1928.

Letters and papers assembled by scholar George Edward Woodberry, concerning the American poet Edgar Allan Poe.

2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)

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Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892

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Spencer Trask was an American banker and financier and his wife Katrina Trask was an American author. Together they established what became the artist colony Yaddo at Saratoga, N.Y. Stedman was an American poet and critic and good friend of the Trasks. From the description of [Letter] 1906 Dec. 13, Yaddo, Saratoga, [N.Y., to] Edmund C. Stedman / Spencer Trask. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 669631520 ...

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Poet and author, grandson of Lord Baltimore. From the description of Letter to N[ahum?] Capen, 1875 June 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49050145 George Henry Calvert was an American scholar and author. Born into an aristocratic Baltimore family, he attended Harvard but was denied his degree for protesting the strict rules of student conduct. He immersed himself in Germanic studies, and became a key figure in popularizing Germanic thought and literature in ...