This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Poe Collection Opens at University of Virginia
The University of Virginia unveiled a public collection of Edgar Allan Poe writings and related materials on his birth anniversary. Clifton Waller Barrett donated first editions, manuscripts, and letters, enhancing the Poe archive built by James Southall Wilson. The collection includes rare items such as The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and The Murders in the Rue Morgue with Poe inscriptions and presents a center for Poe studies led by Dr. Wilson and successors.
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Charlottesville
America
Edgar Allan Poe
University of Virginia
Clifton Waller Barrett
New York
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James Southall Wilson
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Tamerlane
Calvin Thomas
Rue Morgue
Arthur Gordon Pym
Mary Petrie
Fureka
Ma Ciemm
Virginia Rome
Marie Roget
Poplar
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Allan
Richmond
Christie
Samuel Leitch
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John H. Ingram
James A. Harrison
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Seebeolare
John Whettom
Wittenberg College
Harvard Press
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Armistead Crordon, Jr
Ler, Wilson