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Howard P. Lovecraft collection

A collection of correspondence to and from Providence-based speculative fiction author, Howard P. Lovecraft. Also contained are many of his original manuscripts.

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A good interplanetary story (non-fantasy)

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Description:: Written on the back of an envelope from Julius Schwartz, postmarked Feb. 5, 1934. With a manuscript note by HPL: "Presented to R. H. Barlow, …
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Local ID:: bdr:425494; bdr425494
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Abomination of Desolation

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Description:: Dated 16 Dec 1929.
Year:: 1929
Contributor:: Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961 (creator)
Local ID:: bdr:419128; bdr419128
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Ad Criticos

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Description:: These satirical poems were published in The Argosy. They appeared between November, 1913, and October, 1914, and comprise Lovecraft's first appearances in a national magazine. …
Year:: 1913
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425308; bdr425308
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Alcestis - Prologue

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Description:: Incomplete, page 1 only. This was written by HPL for a play written by his wife Sonia H. Davis. For a copy of the play …
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Subject:: Greene, Sonia H. (Sonia Haft) > 1883-1972
Local ID:: bdr:425546; bdr425546
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Alter Ego ; End of Flight ; The Fool and the Philosopher ; Retribution

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Description:: Four poems on the same sheet of paper: Alter Ego, End of Flight, The Fool and the Philosopher, and Retribution.
Year:: 1939
Contributor:: Edkins, Ernest A., 1867-1946 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:417875; bdr417875
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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An Account of Charleston, in His Majty's Province of South-Carolina, Design'd for the Information of Travellers to that Place, and for the Generall Instruction of the Curious by H. Lovecraft, Gent. of Providence, in New-England MDCCCCXXX

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Description:: With many architectural drawings. A map of Charleston, with a walking tour outlined, is also included. Dated by HPL: "July 17, 1930." This differs from …
Year:: 1930
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: drawings (visual works); poetry; maps (documents)
Subject:: Charleston (S.C.)
Local ID:: bdr:425474; bdr425474
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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An Arbiter of Destinies

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Description:: Manuscript written by Eddy with annotations and corrections by Lovecraft, Lloyd Gammons and an unidentified writer. Also included are a manila envelope labeled "CM Eddy/HPL …
Contributor:: Eddy, Clifford M., 1896-1967 (creator); Gammons, Lloyd (creator); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Local ID:: bdr:425720; bdr425720
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Bacchanale

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Immediate form of acquisition: A32500 [1717] (2)
Bacchanale, Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John …

Contributor:

Loveman, Samuel, 1887-1976 (creator)

Genre:

poetry

Local ID:

bdr:418265

bdr418265

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Background

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Description:: Dated by HPL: "Jany. 2, 1930." Part of the Fungi from Yuggoth sonnet series.
Year:: 1930
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425316; bdr425316
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Brief Splendor

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Description:: Dated "1930[?]"
Year:: 1930
Contributor:: Edkins, Ernest A., 1867-1946 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:417872; bdr417872
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Bureau of Critics - June 1935

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Description:: Pencil manuscript written on versos of 3 blank invoices from George Kirk. Published as "Lovecraft Offers Verse Criticism" in The National Amateur 57, No. 4 …
Year:: 1935
Contributor:: Kirk, George Willard (creator); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Subject:: Poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425477; bdr425477
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Cats and Dogs

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Description:: A clean ink copy, dated by HPL: "Novr. 23, 1926." With minor pencil additions and deletions indicated by Robert H. Barlow. A silhouette of a …
Year:: 1926
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Barlow, R. H. (Robert Hayward), 1918-1951
Genre:: drawings (visual works)
Subject:: Cats; Dogs
Local ID:: bdr:425481; bdr425481
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Cherry Bloom ; The Road of Life ; The Robe ; When Music Breaks

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Description:: Four poems on the same sheet of paper: "Cherry Bloom, "The Road of Life", "The Robe", and "When Music Breaks"
Contributor:: Toldridge, Elizabeth (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:422834; bdr422834
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Christmas 1923

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Immediate form of acquisition: A55361 [192]
Christmas 1923, Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John …

Contributor:

Loveman, Samuel, 1887-1976 (creator)

Genre:

poetry

Local ID:

bdr:418269

bdr418269

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Brown University Library

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Dear Mother

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Description:: Clean copy written in ink of original pencil version. See also A12089.
Year:: 1911
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425342; bdr425342
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Dear Mother

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Description:: Written in pencil. Dated "Thursday Nov. 30, 1911 First line: "If as you start toward Lillie's festive spread." On verso is a note written by …
Year:: 1911
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425341; bdr425341
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Death

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Description:

Immediate form of acquisition: A32500 [1576] (1)
Death, Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John …

Contributor:

Toldridge, Elizabeth (creator)

Genre:

poetry

Local ID:

bdr:422842

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Collection:

Brown University Library

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Diary, 1925

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Description:: Notes of daily activities written in a calendar memo book that includes printed maps and useful information. The first entry reads: "On December 31, 1924, …
Year:: 1925
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Subject:: Diaries
Local ID:: bdr:425490; bdr425490
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Fungi from Yuggoth

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Description:: First page dated Dec. 27, 1929, last page dated by HPL Jany. 4, 1930. The Fungi from Yuggoth series at first appeared as individual sonnets …
Year:: 1930
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Art Studio Press (creator); Century Company (creator); Charles Scribner’s Sons (creator); Providence Journal Company (creator); Signed Edition Club (creator); Wayland Manor Tailors (creator); Harré, T. Everett (Thomas Everett), 1884-1948 (correspondent); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (recipient); Marks, Harry F. (correspondent); Moe, Maurice W., 1882-1940 (correspondent); Ransom, Will (correspondent); Scully, Noelia Arthemise (correspondent)
Genre:: poetry
Subject:: Machen, Arthur > 1863-1947; Wandrei, Donald > 1908-1987; The Outsider
Local ID:: bdr:425351; bdr425351
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Fungi from Yuggoth - Tentative list

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Description:: This begins "Fungi rom Yuggoth, I-XXXVI...".
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425615; bdr425615
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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