Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 892", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"892", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1905-1974", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1905/1974"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 linear feet (4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1905

date_inclusive_end

1974

origination

{"value"=>"Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, owned by the City of New York, has been open as a museum since 1917. Poe lived in the cottage, located in the Bronx, N.Y., from 1846 until his death in 1849. It was declared an official city landmark in 1966 and has been under the administration of the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of writings, artifacts and newspaper clippings relating to Edgar Allan Poe and the Poe Cottage. Writings include typescripts of works about Poe and holograph and typescript poems submitted to Poe Cottage poetry contest in 1925. Also, list of members of Poe Cottage Committee, register of visitors to cottage; genealogical notes, scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and articles and miscellaneous papers concerning Poe. Artifacts include carved ivory Chinese puzzle and wood fragment.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 73M63"}

{"date"=>"1973", "source"=>"New York City Parks, Recreation and Cultural Administration; Frank Wuttge, Jr.; Milford Small", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, New York City Parks, Recreation and Cultural Administration; Frank Wuttge, Jr.; Milford Small, 1973"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>photocopies of fragile materials.</p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Permission to reproduce photograph of Poe's Chinese puzzle must be obtained from Milford Small</p>"}

keydate

1905

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edgar Allan Poe Cottage records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, owned by the City of New York, has been open as a museum since 1917. Poe lived in the cottage, located in the Bronx, N.Y., from 1846 until his death in 1849. It was declared an official city landmark in 1966 and has been under the administration of the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975. Collection consists of writings, artifacts and newspaper clippings relating to Edgar Allan Poe and the Poe Cottage. Writings include typescripts of works about Poe and holograph and typescript poems submitted to Poe Cottage poetry contest in 1925. Also, list of members of Poe Cottage Committee, register of visitors to cottage; genealogical notes, scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and articles and miscellaneous papers concerning Poe. Artifacts include carved ivory Chinese puzzle and wood fragment.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

3 linear feet (4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

date_start

1905

date_end

1974

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