Manuscripts
Poe-Chivers papers
- Description
- A collection containing poems, manuscripts, and correspondence related to Thomas Holley Chivers and Edgar Allan Poe. There are 35 letters by Edgar Allan Poe to various correspondents and a large number of letters from Chivers to Poe. There are a few poems by Chivers, including "Hymn of Faith," "Noises of the Night," and "Lament for Shelley Lost at Sea," and a manuscript of "Life of Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Analysis; A Brief Summary of Poe's Birth, Life, and Death." The majority of the collection consists of letters regarding the Poe-Chivers controversy with various correspondents, including Maria Clemm, John Gierlow, Jedediah Hunt, Richard Malcom Johnston, William Gilmore Simms, and Sarah Helen Whitman.
- Date
- 1827-1885
- Call number
- mssPoechivers
- Provenance
- Purchased from Barker's Art Store, February 1924.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- mssHM 24216. RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Chivers, T. H. (1809-1858,)
- Poe, Edgar Allan, (1809-1849,)
- Clemm, Maria, (1790-1871,)
- Gierlow, John, (1822-1898,)
- Johnston, Richard Malcolm, (1815-)
- Hunt, J. (1806-1870,)
- Simms, William Gilmore, (1803-1878,)
- Whitman, Sarah Helen,
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