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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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Juvenilia

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Description:: Juvenilia is a typed compilation by Lovecraft of his works from 1897 to 1908 on the verso of correspondence he received. The titles, arranged chronologically, …
Year:: 1897
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Campbell, Paul J., 1884-1945 (correspondent); Derleth, August, 1909-1971 (correspondent); Kuntz, Eugene B., 1865-1944 (correspondent); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (recipient); Moe, Maurice W., 1882-1940 (correspondent); Stevenson, Julie (correspondent)
Genre:: poetry
Subject:: Short stories, American; H. Lovecraft's Attempted Journey Betwixt Providence & Fall River on the N.Y. N.H. & H. RR; Ode to Selene; On the Ruin of Rome; On the Vanity of Human Ambition; Poemata Minora; The Little Glass Bottle; The Mysterious Ship; The Mystery of the Grave-Yard; The Poem of Ulysses, or the Odyssey; The Secret Cave; To Pan; To the Old Pagan Religion
Local ID:: bdr:425191; bdr425191
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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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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On the Creation of N—s

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Description:: A hectographed poem credited to HPL. With manuscript date in unknown hand: "1912."
Year:: 1912
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425397; bdr425397
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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New-England Fallen

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Description:: Dated "April 1912." First appeared in Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1943).
Year:: 1912
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425378; bdr425378
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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On a New-England Village Seen By Moonlight

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Description:: Dated by HPL: "Septr. 7, 1913." First published in The Trail, No. 2 (Summer 1915).
Year:: 1913
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425386; bdr425386
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Regnar Lodbrog's Epicedium, or Funeral Song

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Description:: Draft translation by HPL of the first 7 stanzas of the original poem. These pages are very fragile. Some of the text has been lost …
Year:: 1914
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425347; bdr425347
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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To Mr. Monroe, on his Instructive and Entertaining account

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Description:: Dated by HPL: "Jan. 1, 1914." Refers to Addison Pierce Monroe, a boyhood friend of HPL's.
Year:: 1914
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425445; bdr425445
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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The Crime of Crimes

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Description:: Pamphlet published by "A. Harris, Selwyn House, Clifton Road, Llandudno, Wales, England". Title at head of poem is "The Crime of Crimes: Lusitania, 1915".
Year:: 1915
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:709522; bdr709522
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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The State of Poetry

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Description:: First two printed pages of The Conservative, 1, no. 3. Handwritten note by HPL on verso: "There was more of this, but it is mercifully …
Year:: 1915
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:709523; bdr709523
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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The Power of Wine

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Description:: Published in The Tryout, 2, no. 5 (April 1916).
Year:: 1916
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709532; bdr709532
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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The Bookstall

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Description:: Under title: "An epistle to Rheinhart Kleiner, Esq. Poet-Laureate. Unknown publication.
Year:: 1916
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709530; bdr709530
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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A Garden

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Description:: First published in The Vagrant, (Spring 1927). "1916" written in pencil.
Year:: 1916
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425357; bdr425357
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Providence Amateur Press Club (Deceased) to the Athenaeum Club of Journalism

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Description:: Dated by HPL: "Nov. 24, 1916"
Year:: 1916
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425405; bdr425405
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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My Lost Love

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Description:: Carbon copy. Credited to "J. Lewis Theobald.". Written ca. June 1916. First published in Saturnalia and Other Poems (Montclair, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1984).
Year:: 1916
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Theobald, Lewis, 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425377; bdr425377
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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On the Death of a Rhyming Critic

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Description:: Published in Toledo Amateur, issue unknown.
Year:: 1917
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709529; bdr709529
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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A Garden

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Description:: Published in The Vagrant, (Spring 1917).
Year:: 1917
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709538; bdr709538
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Autumn

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Description:: Published in The Tryout, 3, no. 12 (November 1917).
Year:: 1917
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709541; bdr709541
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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To Greece, 1917

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Description:: Published in The Vagrant, date unknown.
Year:: 1917
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; tear sheets
Local ID:: bdr:709526; bdr709526
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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