Scope and arrangement
The Edgar Allan Poe collection is arranged in four series:
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Edgar Allan Poe collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, and critic. The collection contains a holograph manuscript of the poem "Eulalie," a roll manuscript of "Thou Art the Man," fragments of extracts of periodical criticism, an undated fragment on Coleridge as plagiarist, and a draft to L.A. Godey for Harnden & Co., 1846. In addition to Poe manuscripts, the collection contains eleven letters from George W. Eveleth to Poe, 1845-1849, artifacts, printed reproductions, facsimiles, and descriptions of Poe documents, and related printed material.
The Edgar Allan Poe collection is arranged in four series: