Letters pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript], 1902-1930.

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Letters pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript], 1902-1930.

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The collection contains a letter, 1902 February 12, from John Henry Ingram to Chevalier E. R. Reynolds concerning his activities and assistance for Rosalie Poe. A letter from Poe biographer Hervey Allen to Poe collector Richard Gimbel, 1930 December 6, refers Gimbel to Allen's book on Poe in which an 1844 trip by Poe is discussed. Gimbel also sends Allen an invitation to dinner and a telegram asking Allen to speak at Poe's 125th birthday celebration.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Poe, Rosalie Mackenzie, 1810-1874.

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Gimbel, Richard

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Richard Gimbel was born in 1898 the son of one of the founders of the Gimbel's department store chain. He studied in Europe and received a bachelor's degree at Yale in 1920. He joined the family business, but in 1935, he left the Gimbel Brothers and started his own chain of department stores called "Richard's." He also turned his attention to flying, became a pilot, bought an airplane, and started collecting. Initially, he satisfied his literary tastes, amassing large collections of the works of...

Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949

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"Hervey-Allen, born Dec. 8, 1889, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., died Dec. 28, 1949, Coconut Grove, Fla., [was] in full William Hervey Allen, Jr., [an] American poet, biographer, and novelist who had a great impact on popular literature with his historical novel Anthony Adverse." -- "Hervey Allen," Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9005788 (Accessed 10 February 2009). From the description of Hervey Allen letter, 21 December 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat...