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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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An Allegory for Marionettes

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Description:: Pencil draft for a play. Folder includes a photocopy.
Contributor:: Barlow, R. H. (Robert Hayward), 1918-1951 (creator)
Local ID:: bdr:417327; bdr417327
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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At the Mountains of Madness

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Description:: Extensively revised. Autograph note at end: "Begun Feby. 24, 1931. Finish'd March 22, 1931." The cover-sheet has a "Schedule of Circulation. Augustus Derletus to Donaldus …
Year:: 1931
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Old Colony Co-operative Bank (Providence, R.I.) (creator); Bacon, Victor E. (correspondent); Courtney, William Basil, 1894-1966 (correspondent); De Castro, Adolphe Danziger, 1866- (correspondent); Harris, Woodburn, 1888- (correspondent); Kuntz, Eugene B., 1865-1944 (correspondent); Long, Frank Belknap, 1901-1994 (correspondent); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (recipient); Loveman, Samuel, 1887-1976 (correspondent); McNeil, Everett, 1862-1929 (recipient); Moe, Maurice W., 1882-1940 (correspondent); Moidel, Jacob (correspondent); Morton, James F. (James Ferdinand), 1870-1941 (correspondent); Newton, Dudley, 1864-1954 (correspondent); Sandusky, Albert A. (correspondent); Sawyer, Laurie A. (correspondent); Sechrist, Edward L. (correspondent); Talman, Wilfred Blanch, 1904-1986 (correspondent)
Subject:: Antarctica--Fiction; Fantasy fiction; Fossils--Collection and preservation--Fiction; Horror tales, American; Scientific expeditions--Fiction; Short stories, American; Stone carving--Fiction; Supernatural in literature
Local ID:: bdr:425214; bdr425214
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Decline & Fall of a Man of the World ; The Road to Ruin

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Description:: Written in pencil with manuscript corrections on an envelope addressed to HPL from Browning's Magazine. This poem may have been written by Alfred M. Galpin …
Contributor:: Galpin, Alfred M. (Alfred Maurice), 1901-1983 (creator); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:709401; bdr709401
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Deep in My Heart

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Description:: With notation: "To Lovecraft. 7/29/35." Published in The Californian, 3, No. 3 (Winter, 1935), 82.
Contributor:: Edkins, Ernest A., 1867-1946 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:417874; bdr417874
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Ennui

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Immediate form of acquisition: A32500 [1841]
Ennui, Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay …

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1918

Contributor:

Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961 (creator)

Local ID:

bdr:419201

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Brown University Library

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From Beyond

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Description:: Dated by HPL: "Novr. 16, 1920" (SL 69, HPL to FBL on Nov. 19, 1920: "I wrote Celephais a week ago, and finished From Beyond …
Year:: 1920
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Campbell, Paul J., 1884-1945 (correspondent); Fritter, Leo, 1877-1948 (correspondent); Harris, Jennie (correspondent); Houtain, George Julian, 1884-1945 (correspondent); Lawson, Horace L., 1900-1981 (correspondent); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (recipient); Renshaw, Anne Tillery (correspondent); Russell, John (correspondent)
Subject:: Fantasy fiction; Horror tales, American; Short stories, American
Local ID:: bdr:425240; bdr425240
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd

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Description:: This acrostic sonnet on Edgar Allan Poe's name was composed in August 1936 as part of a contest between HPL, Robert H. Barlow and Adolphe …
Year:: 1936
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425364; bdr425364
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Last of an elder race, whose treasured lore ...

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Description:: First line in an 8-line poem written in ink with manuscript corrections. Written in memory of, or possibly dedicated to, one of the cats of …
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425367; bdr425367
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Lovecraft, Howard P. to Long, Frank Belknap, Jr.

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Description:: Draft of proposed letter on verso of an envelope postmarked Sep. 27, 1929. A typed transcript of the draft is included.
Year:: 1929
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator); Long, Frank Belknap, 1901-1994 (recipient)
Local ID:: bdr:424058; bdr424058
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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National Defense

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Description:: Barlow identifies this manuscript as a "joint parody" with HPL. It consists of 12 pages in Barlow's hand followed by 3 pages of comments by …
Contributor:: Barlow, R. H. (Robert Hayward), 1918-1951 (creator); Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Local ID:: bdr:417336; bdr417336
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Oct. 17, 1919

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Description:: Written on an envelope from Alice M. Hamlet postmarked Oct. 12, 1919. HPL's birthday verse for his mother, Sarah Susan Lovecraft
Year:: 1919
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425382; bdr425382
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Oct. 17, 1920

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Description:: Written on an envelope from George J. Houtain postmarked Oct. 4, 1920. HPL's birthday verse for his mother.
Year:: 1920
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425383; bdr425383
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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On Collaboration

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Description:: A selection of verses on this topic written by HPL and Rheinhart Kleiner.
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425390; bdr425390
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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On the Achievements of a Popular Writer

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Description:: Written on the back of an envelope postmarked Nov. 1, 1929. Accompanied by a typescript version which is dated "November 1929."
Year:: 1929
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425395; bdr425395
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Out of the vortices of cosmic space...

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Description:: Six verses for Alfred Galpin, probably written in collaboration with Kleiner: "Out of the vortices of cosmic space..." "June 30 - Midnight" written on verso.
Year:: 1919
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425612; bdr425612
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Poor Kelso the poet, defending his verse...

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Description:: A 10-line poem written in ink on a scrap of paper. First lines: "Poor Kelso the poet, defending his verse,/ Forbids us to laugh, since …
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425402; bdr425402
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Recapture

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Description:: Added to the Fungi from Yuggoth sonnet series at Robert H. Barlow's suggestion (see HPL to Robert H. Barlow, 1936 Jun 13). First published in …
Year:: 1929
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425409; bdr425409
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Requiescat

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Immediate form of acquisition: A32500 [1840]
Requiescat, Howard P. Lovecraft collection, Ms.Lovecraft, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay …

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1920

Contributor:

Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961 (creator)

Local ID:

bdr:422685

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S. S. L. Christmas, 1920

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Description:: HPL's Christmas verse for his mother. Written on the back of an envelope postmarked Dec. 20.
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry
Local ID:: bdr:425416; bdr425416
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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Saturnalia

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Description:: Written on the back of an advertisement for David Davidson's Platinum Prints of Colonial Scenes.
Contributor:: Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 (creator)
Genre:: poetry; advertisements
Local ID:: bdr:425417; bdr425417
Collection:: Brown University Library; Howard P. Lovecraft collection

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