A Guide to the James Southall Wilson Papers Pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe 1921-1952
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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7838-b
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Preferred Citation
James Southall Wilson Papers Pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe, #7838-b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Library by Louise Greer of Greenville, North Carolina on May 10, 1968.
Processing Information
This collection was transferred from the Rare Book Division to the Manuscript Division on May 5, 1988.
Scope and Content Information
This collection of 19 items, 1921-1952, compiled by James Southall Wilson, pertains to Edgar Allan Poe. Included are three letters, ten reprints, notes, and three copies of portraits of Poe. The correspondents, C. Alphonso Smith, [Ellis?] Campbell, and Dudley Hutcherson, discuss articles by Wilson and by themselves about Poe. The reprints, 1933-1952, are of articles by Dudley Hutcherson, F. DeWolfe Miller, James Southall Wilson, Fredson Bowers, and Esmond L. Marilla. Also included are copies of a Rembrandt Peale portrait, 1833, and of two daguerrotypes, ca. 1845 and November 14, 1848, of Edgar Allan Poe.