A Guide to the Papers of John Carl Miller 1830-1979 Miller, John Carl, Papers 5218-g

A Guide to the Papers of John Carl Miller 1830-1979

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Accession Number 5218-g

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5218-g

Title

Papers of John Carl Miller 1830-1979

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of six Hollinger boxes (2.5 linear shelf feet).

Collector

Horace Symonds

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of John Carl Miller, Accession #5218-g, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a bequest of John Carl Miller, and was received by the Library on November 18, 1980.

Biographical/Historical Information

Miller was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1916. He recieved a B.A. degree in English from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and later earned an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) in English from the University of Virginia. Miller was a specialist in early American literature and an authority on Edgar Allan Poe. He taught at the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute before joining the faculty at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1967. He remained there until his death in October 1979.

Scope and Content Information

The collection consists on six Hollinger boxes (ca. 2.5 linear shelf feet) the papers, 1830-1979, of John Carl Miller, an Edgar Allan Poe scholar.

The collection includes Miller's manuscripts of Poe's Helen Remembers and John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection at the University of Virginia ; a typescript of John Henry Ingram's of "The True Story of Edgar Allan Poe," business papers associated with Miller's Building Poe Biography; and source material regarding Edgar Allan Poe, his family, and friends.

The material on Poe's Helen Remembers contains two copies of the typescript, one annotated, both with autograph corrections and miscellaneous pages; and an index. The dates of the two manuscript pages are unknown but the book itself was published in 1979 by The University Press of Virginia.

Miller then prepared a revision of his 1960 edition of John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection which was accepted for publication by The University Press of Virginia a month before his death. The material includes a typed manuscript, an index, and copies of working material, annotations and corrections.

The folders with materials related to Building Poe Biography , which was published by Louisiana State University Press in 1977, contain an index submitted for review, a typescript of "Review of Building Poe Biography", a contract, royalty statements, correspondence, invoices, canceled checks, and receipts. Louis Rubin is a correspondent.

There are ca. 775 pages of a carbon copy of a typescript of "The True Story of Edgar Allan Poe by John H. Ingram." a note on the title page states "This typescript made from the manuscript in 1954-1955 by John C. Miller." Three pages of autograph corrections and additions are included.

The Source Information regarding Edgar Allan Poe consists of copies of articles in at least twenty late 19th century newspapers and periodicals including Scribner's Monthly , The Athenaeum , New York Herald , Baltimore Sun , and Appleton's Journal . There are also copies of letters of F. W. Thomas to Poe and of John H. Ingram, Maria Poe Clemm, and Sarah Helen Whitman. In addition, this source material contains autograph notes and lists, photographs of Sarah Helen Witman, Edouard Manet's drawing of Poe and of the Providence (Rhode Island) Athenaeum Library, and a card file containing Miller's notes Poe's correspondence.

Organization

The collection has been divided into three series: I. Manuscripts, II. Business Papers, and III. Source Material. The manuscript series is arranged alphabetically and includes two manuscripts of Poe's Helen Remembers , one of John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection and one of The True Story of Edgar Allan Poe . The second series, Business Papers, was chiefly generated by the publication of Building Poe Biography" . The third series contains the source material. Except as noted, the original organization of each series is unchanged. The original organization of the latter two series was not apparent. During the processing of the Source meterial , scattered unfoldered items were added to it and the items associated with Building Poe Biography were removed to create the Business Papers series.

Contents List

I. Manuscripts

Box 1
John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection , Revision of 1960 edition by John Carl Miller 1973

TMs
Box 1
Index, John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection , 1960 edition, marked and annotated ca. 1973

TMs (electrostatic copy)
Box 1
Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, w/autograph corrections and annotations [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy); 4 folders
Box 2
Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, w/autograph corrections and annotations [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy); 3 folders
Box 2
Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, w/autograph corrections [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy); 3 folders
Box 3
Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, w/autograph correction [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy); 4 folders
Box 3
"Index", Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, w/autograph corrections and typescript list of changes in index and text [1979]

TMs (electrostatic)
Box 3
Poe's Helen Remembers , by John Carl Miller, (miscellaneous notes), w/ autograph corrections and notes [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy)
Box 3
Poe's Helen Remembers , John Carl Miller, w/autograph corrections and annotations (removed pages) [1979]

TMs (electrostatic copy)
Box 4
"The True Story of Edgar Allan Poe," by John H. Ingram, w/annotations and corrections by [Miller] 1954-1955

Carbon Typescript from MS; 5 folders

II. Business Papers

Box 4
Jarrett, Beverley: L. S. U. Press. TLS from Ms. Jarrett and electrostatic copy of John Miller's response concerning Building Poe Biography 1977, 1978
Box 4
L. S. U. Press-Sales and Promotion-Correspondence, financial transactions, and advertising concerning Building Poe Biography 1976-1977
Box 4
L. S. U. Press Advertisments, Vol. I, Building Poe Biography 1977
Box 4
Correspondence with L.S.U., University of Tennessee Press and others concerning Building Poe Biography 1967-1978
Box 4
Royalty statements and correspondence, L. S. U. Press concerning Building Poe Biography 1977-1979
Box 4
Correspondence and contract, L. S. U. Press 1968, 1975-1976

re Building Poe Biography
Box 4
Correspondence w/ Leslie E. Phillabaum, Associate Director and Editor L. S. U. Press 1974-1976
Box 4
Correspondence w/Louis D. Rubin, Jr. concerning Building Poe Biography 1968-1973
Box 4
Letter from L.S.U. Press enclosing "Index" for review. The "Index" is an electrostatic copy of a typescript of a Manuscript for Building Poe Biography 1976
Box 4
"Reviews of Building Poe Biography ," a list, corrected typescript, autographed by the author 1977
Box 4
Correspondence with University Press of Virginia and corrected, electrostatic copy of "Bibliography of Books and Magazine articles published by John C. Miller" 1979, n.d.

III. Source Material

Box 5
Poe's Brain Petrified," electrostatic print of newsclipping 1878
Box 5
Poe and the Hall of Fame, electrostatic copies of newsclippings from Baltimore Sun 1910
Box 5
"The Last Days of Edgar A. Poe"--S. A. T. Weiss, electrostatic clipping from Scribner's Monthly 1878
Box 5
"Poe Reciting 'The Raven'"-- S. A. T. Weiss electrostatic clipping from Richmond Dispatch reprint from Scribners 1878
Box 5
The Civil Service Review , Autograph notes and annotated typed card concerning Poe's Poems 1875, 1877
Box 5
The two burials of Poe, electrostatic copy of newclipping from ? News , Baltimore 1894
Box 5
"Poe's Unhappy Sister," electrostatic copy of newsclipping from The Sun , Baltimore 1905
Box 5
"The Woman Who Rejected Poe," Boston Herald , Photostatic copy of newsclipping 1909 Jan 17

re SHW's Portrait by John N. Arnold,
Box 5
SHW's Letter to Mrs. Clemm, electrostatic copy of autograph, signed letter, and list of letter 1849 Oct 7
Box 5
EAP's Trial at West Point, electrostatic copies, proceedings and orders 1830, 1831, 1874, 1913
Box 5
N. Garnett to JHI 1884

ALS, electrostatic copies of letter
Box 5
"Poe as seen by the brother of 'Annie'", electrostatic copy from New England Quarterly , article by F. W. Coburn 1943
Box 5
Rosalie Poe to John Ingram, electrostatic copy of autograph letter 1874 April 28
Box 5
Rosalie Poe to John Ingram, electrostatic copy of letter 1874 June 9
Box 5
"Disinterment of the Remains of Edgar A. Poe" [631], electrostatic copy of newsclipping ca. 1875
Box 5
Letters, numbers [60], [148], [169], [197], [297], in Ingram's Poe Collection , electrostatic copies 1849, 1874-1876
Box 5
Maria Clemm's letters to S. H. Whitman, annotated electrostatic copies of autograph letters and a list of the letters 1849-1859
Box 5
Poe: Anna Blackwell; various typescripts, and autograph letters ca. 1974
Box 5
Sarah Whitman's death, electrostatic copy of newsclipping 1878
Box 5
Sarah Helen Whitman's obiturary, The Athenaeum , electrostatic copy of newsclipping and annotated typescript copy 1878 July 20
Box 5
Gill's Life of Poe, The Athenaeum , electrostatic newsclipping and typescript copy 1877 Oct 6
Box 5
Gill's reply to Ingram's Review of His Life of Poe , electrostatic copies of newsclippings 1876, 1877
Box 5
Sarah Helen Whitman's Last Printed Article in The Providence Journal --"The Unpublished Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe", photostatic copy of newsclipping 1878 May 4
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe's Early Poems", The Gentleman's Magazine , V. XII 1874 May

pp. 580-586, photostatic copy of article
Box 5
"More New Facts About Edgar Allan Poe", The Mirror , Feb. 21, 1874, electrostatic copy and related correspondence, typed 1874, 1955, 1957, 1976
Box 5
"Edgar Poe" by John H. Ingram from Temple Bar , June 1874 v. 41, pp. 375-387 and the same reprinted from Temple Bar in The Eclectic Magazine , N.S. v. XX, August 1874, pp. 203-210 1874
Box 5
"Edgar A. Poe," Hearth and Home , VII, p. 24, photostatic copy 1895 Jan 9
Box 5
J.H.I's Review of Henry Curwen's Sorrow and Song: Studies of Literary Struggle in The Academy , pp. 262-263, electrostatic copies, annotated 1875 13 March
Box 5
J.H.I.'s Review of R. G. Stoddard's Poems by Edgar Allan Poe , in Civil Service Review , electrostatic copy 1875 April 3
Box 5
Gill's Article in The Daily Graphic published without S.H.W.'s permission, electrostatic copy of newsclipping 1875
Box 5
Gill's Reply to Ingram's Disclaimer, The American Bookseller , I, 1876 Feb 15

pp. 130-131, electrostatic copy
Box 5
Ingram's Rejoinder to Gill's Reply, The American Bookseller , I 1876 April 1

pp. 223-234, electrostatic copy
Box 5
"Unpublished Correspondence by Edgar A. Poe," Appleton's Journal , IV, typescript w/autograph corrections and electrostatic copy 1878 May, n.d.

pp. 421-429
Box 5
"The Unknown Poetry of Edgar Poe," Belgravia XXIX, photostatic copy 1876 June

pp.502-513
Box 5
"The Bibliography of Edgar Poe," all four volumes of verse, The Athenaeum , No. 2544, electrostatic copy 1876 July 29

pp. 145-146
Box 5
Illustrations for Vols. II & III, "Building Poe Biography," electrostatic copies, prints and negatives; autograph notes concerning some letters and photographs n.d. [ante 1976]
Box 5
Didier's The Life and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe ; and Additional Poems , in The Athenaem , No. 2572, electrostatic and typescript copies 1877 Feb 10
Box 5
Poe's "Alone" facsimile from Scribner's Monthly , electrostatic copy Sept 1875
Box 5
List of Letters from "SHW" and "JHI" and others, annotated typescript and autograph lists n.d.
Box 5
"Unknown Correspondence by Edgar Poe," The New Quarterly Magazine , by John H. Ingram, electrostatic copy 1878 April

pp. 1-30
Box 5
Ingram vs. Uneda, Notes and Queries , electrostatic copy and autograph note 1876 April 22
Box 5
"The Grecian Flute," parody of "The Bells," electrostatic copy [1875]
Box 5
"Portraits of Poe," by Chandos Fulton from New York Home Journal , electrostatic copy 1873 March 12
Box 5
"Poe at West Point," by Thomas W. Gibson from Harper's , electrostatic copy November, n.y.
Box 5
Marie Louise Houghton's letters to S. H. Whitman, electrostatic copies of autograph letters and typescript copies 1875 May 20
Box 5
"Tormented, Tormented, Even unto Death" by Pat Lewis, The Washington Star , electrostatic copy 1977 January 17
Box 5
Letters in Vols. II and III-(Lists) autograph and typed lists n.d.
Box 5
John Neal's obituary, The Athanaeum , No. 2555, mentioned in electrostatic copy 1876 Oct 14

pp. 507-508
Box 5
Susan Archer Weiss vs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith in New York Herald , electrostatic copy 1876
Box 5
E. O. Smith's article on Poe from Beadle's Monthly Magazine , electrostatic copy 1867
Box 5
Review of Ingram's and Stoddard's Biographies of Poe, The Nation , XX, electrostatic copy 1875 March 25

pp. 208-209
Box 5
Notes from the Mirror (London), autograph copies 1874 July-December
Box 5
History of the Poe Monument and Dr. J. J. Moran's account of Poe's Last Hours and Death from New York Herald , electrostatic copies 1875
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe"-- The Daily Graphic , electrostatic copies 1875 Nov 16
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe," by James Purves, Dublin University Magazine , electrostatic copies 1875 March & Sept
Box 5
"The Lunar Hoax," by John Ingram from The Athenaeum , typescript copy 1876 Aug 19

pp. 241-242
Box 5
"Helena Modjeska and Fanny Janauschek," Three Hundred Years of American Drama and Theatre , by Garff B. Wilson, electrostatic copies 1973
Box 5
Ingram vs. Gill, The Standard , electrostatic copy of newsclipping--"Edgar Allan Poe" by J.H.I. 1878
Box 5
"VII Stephane Mallarme and Edouard Manet Translate and Illustrate Poe's Poems" n.d.
Box 5
Correspondence--Stephane Mallarme to John Ingram annotated and corrected typescript and electrostatic copies of other typescripts 1885
Box 5
Annotated Bibliography of Ingram articles about Poe; typescript copies, annotated typescript and notes 1879-1938
Box 5
"Building Poe Biography," Volume IV, electrostatic copy of autograph letters from J.H.I. 1909
Box 5
"Edgar Poe and his Biographer," Temple Bar , Vol. 68, photographic positive copy 1882 Aug

pp. 530-539
Box 5
"Edgar Poe and His Biographers," The Academy , No. 597, electrostatic copy 1883 Oct 13

pp. 248-249
Box 5
Manet's drawing of Poe with notes, photographic copy of drawing, and electrostatic copy of typed description 1849
Box 5
"Reminiscences" (of E.A.P.); "Recollections of Poe," Home Journal both by Elizabeth Oakes Smith and "Recent Biographies of Edgar A. Poe" by E. L. Didier, International Review , electrostatic copies 1876, 1881
Box 5
"Poe's Writing ' The Gold Bug ' at Widow Meagher's Place," San Francisco Chronicle (?) and same from unidentified newspaper, electrostatic copy 1878
Box 5
Obituary of Stella Lewis from The Athenaeum by John H. Ingram, electrostatic copy of newsclipping [1880?]
Box 5
Obituary of Louisa G. Allan, "Returned to Dust," Richmond Times-Dispatch (?), electrostatic copy of newsclipping 1881
Box 5
Poe gives Miss Susan V. C. Ingram a copy of "Ulalume," correspondence, newsclipping and transcript of poem" 1913, 1955, 1970
Box 5
"Edgar Poe and Some of His Friends," by John H. Ingram, The Bookman , electrostatic copy 1909
Box 5
"Reminiscences of Edgar A. Poe" by Mrs. Susan Archer Wiess, The Independent , v. 56, Part 2, electrostatic copy 1904 May 5

pp. 1010-1014
Box 5
"Reminiscences of Edgar Allan Poe," by Susan Archer Wiess, The Independent , electrostatic copy 1904 Aug 25
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe and 'Stella'," Vol. I, No. 4, The Albany Review , electrostatic 1907 July

pp. 417-423
Box 5
"Boston to Observe Centenary of Poe," The Boston Herald , and "Edgar Allan Poe," The Sunday News , Baltimore, December (?) electrostatic copies 1909 Jan 17, n.d.
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe in Society," by Eugene L. Didier, New York Bookman , electrostatic 1909 Jan
Box 5
"Edgar Allan Poe's Last Poem 'The Beautiful Physician," by John Ingram, New York Bookman , electrostatic copies 1909 Jan
Box 6
"Variations in Edgar Poe's Poetry," by John H. Ingram, The Bibliophile , III, electrostatic copies 1909 May

pp. 128-136
Box 6
"The Passing of Poe's English Biographer" by J. H. Whitty, electrostatic copy 1916
Box 6
"Ingram-Discourager of Poe Biographies" by Caroline Ticknor, The New York Bookman , XLIV, electrostatic copy 1916 Sept

pp. 8-14
Box 6
Ingram's letter to Eveleth, reprinted in The Southern Magazine , XV, electrostatic copy 1874

pp. 428-430
Box 6
Notes, miscellaneous, concerning London Quarterly , annotated electrostatic copy and typescripts ca. 1976
Box 6
Obituary of Roland S. Houghton, M.D., electrostatic copy of newsclipping 1876
Box 1955
Electrostatic copy, John Cook Wyllie, U. Va. Library, Rare Book Department 1955

TLS

re "Fire Fiend"
Box 6
Information about Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman and her sister, Anna Power, typescript and autograph notes n.d.
Box 6
"The Life and Poetry of Edgar Poe" from Chambers' Journal , electrostatic copy [1853?]
Box 6
"Death of Edgar A. Poe," Ludwig article, electrostatic copy 1849
Box 6
"Swinburne's Erechtheus," London Quarterly Review , electrostatic copy, and Swinburne's Letter Concerning Poe by I. B. Cauthen, Jr. 1876, 1950

printed brochure
Box 6
"Edgar Allan Poe," by R. H. Stoddard, Harper's New Monthly Magazine , electrostatic copies 1872 Sept

pp. 557-568
Box 6
"Mr. Swinburne: A Sketch," by W. Winwood Reade, The Galaxy , Vol III, electrostatic copy 1867 March 15

pp. 682-684
Box 6
"Leonainie" by James Whitcomb Riley, Kokomo (Indiana) Dispatch , electrostatic copy of transcript 1877 Jul
Box 6
Sarah Helen Whitman ALS to J. B. Buchanan electrostatic copy of autograph letter and annotated and corrected typescript of same 1875
Box 6
The Round Table , an electrostatic copy of an article about that journal ca. 1873
Box 6
"The Grave of Poe" by Eugene L. Didier, Appleton's , electrostatic copy 1872 Jan
Box 6
"Edgar Poe," Littell's Living Age , reprinted from The Critic , vol. 41, electrostatic copy and notes 1854

pp. 166-171
Box 6
Books and magazine articles written and published by John H. Ingram other than those on Edgar Allan Poe; letter, U.Va. Library, to Miller, typescript and notes 1960, n.d.
Box 6
Magazine articles and newspaper letters on persons and subjects other than Poe by John H. Ingram, typescript copies of articles, and autograph notes n.d.
Box 6
Magazine articles and newspaper letters about Poe by John H. Ingram, typescript copies of articles, and autograph notes 1873-1879
Box 6
Annotated Bibliography of Books, articles, and published letters written by John H. Ingram, typescript with annotated notes n.d.
Box 6
"Edgar Allan Poe,' by John H. Ingram, The International Review , Vol. II, electrostatic copies 1875 Mar

pp. 145-172
Box 6
"Poe's Suppressed Poetry," by John H. Ingram, The Daily Graphic (New York), reprinted from Belgravia , electrostatic copies 1876 Jan 8
Box 6
Correspondence, electrostatic copy 1875, 1976

re: The Civil Service Review (?)
Box 6
Poe's "Politian," The Southern Magazine , John H. Ingram, Vol. XVIII, electrostatic copies and autograph notes 1875 Nov

pp. 588-594
Box 6
"Edgar Allan Poe," by R. T. P. Allen; Scribner's Monthly , Vol. XI, electrostatic copy 1875 Nov

pp. 142-143
Box 6
Bibliographies of Edgar Poe by H. Buxton Forman, John H. Ingram, and Theodore Watts Dunton in The Athenaeum , Nos. 2545, 2547, and 2549, respectively, typescript copy and autograph notes 1876
Box 6
"A Disclaimer" by John H. Ingram, The Athenaeum , electrostatic copy and autograph notes 1876 Jan 15

p. 89
Box 6
Copies of unpublished letters from F. W. Thomas, Washington, D.C. to Edgar Allan Poe, New York and Philadelphia, typescript, carbon copy 1841-1846
Box 6
Letters, Maria Clemm to Sarah Helen Whitman, electrostatic copies annotated by John Miller 1852, 1859, 1976
Box 6
Letters from John H. Ingram to Sarah H. Whitman appearing in Poe's Helen Remembers , electrostatic copies, some annotated, of ALS 1873-1878

2 folders
Box 6
"The Man Who Put the Wreath on Poe," by Brian Phillips, electrostatic copy of a typescript filed in 5218-f 1917
Box 6
Poe Bibliography and Notes, typescript ca. 1948
Box 6
Autograph list of letters written by John H. Ingram, Maria Clemm, Sarah Helen Whitman and others, and notes n.d.
Box 6
Miscellaneous Autograph notes and five typescript pages from: "Poe's English Biographer Concludes" by John Carl Miller, and printed matter: "Manuscripts and Publications: A Review of Recent Books" electrostatic copy and works of Edgar Allan Poe"--ARNO Press, NYC, N.Y. and Poe Studies 1968-1973, n.d.

Index to Poe's correspondence compiled by Miller n.d.

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