Page 1 of 9 Alexander Hammond Dept. of English Washington State University [email protected] The Palmer C. Holt Poe Source Collection, MASC WSU, Pullman WA 99164 MS 2101-06 Holt papers on E. A. Poe, Box 1 [Current Organization, May 25, 2017; all folders have been numbered in pencil] PART I “Description, census, misc. notes, drafts, correspondence” (Hammond labels) 1. Folder (Holt Collection—1995 & 2003 census, supplement) [13 Oct. 1995 Memo from Burton R. Pollin, with census of donated books & addenda in Pollin’s hand] [“Supplementary Materials” (addendum to above by A. Hammond)] [8 January 2003 Memorandum to Laila Miletic-Vejzovic: “Examination of Palmer Holt Library,” with inventory of additional books, materials added to MASC collection by Holt family] 2. Folder (Holt Source File, 2003, IIIA + IIIB Misc. Materials) [8 January 2003 Memo to Laila Miletic-Vejzovic: with inventory of “Miscellaneous Materials” in 2003 donation] [Envelope with “Miscellaneous Materials” listed in IIIA inventory] [“Miscellaneous Materials,” listed in IIIB inventory in loose order] [Newspaper clipping: 01/05/2003 Englewood, FL Herald-Tribune story (copy) on Holt collection, Hammond visit] 3. Folder (Pollin—Additional Holt materials, 1995-2002-03) [2 offprints of Holt’s “Poe and H.N. Coleridge’s Greek Classic Poets: ‘Pinakidia,’ ‘Politian,’ and ‘Morella’ Sources,” American Literature 24.1 (March 1962): 8-30.] [Xerox copy of Prof. O. M. Mitchell, A Course of Six Lectures on Astronomy, Delivered in the City of New-York, Specially Reported for the New-York Tribune (New York: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Buildings, 1848) [Pollin note to Hammond on neglecting to send Holt file materials on Mitchell’s Planetary & Solar Worlds when latter added belatedly to collection, plus copy of Pollin 2001 Poe Review article that needed addendum to Holt.] [Holt notes on Mitchell.] [Holt xeroxes of N.Y. Tribune material on Mitchell.] 4. Folder (Misc. Holt material: Kopley, Hammond research articles; Pollin annotations) [Research articles, material, based on WSU’s Holt collection] [Richard Kopley, “Poe’s Taking of Pelham One Two Three Four Five Six.” Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation 41 (2008): 109-16 (copy).] Page 2 of 9 [Alexander Hammond, “Poe, Scott’s Fiction, and the Holt Source Collection: The Example of Ivanhoe and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.’” Resources for American Literary Study 34 (2011): 47-71 (offprint).] [Burton Pollin, ed., “Pinakidia” annotations in Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. II: The Brevities (N.Y.: Gordian Press, 1985): 55, 82 (copy).] [Burton Pollin, ed., annotations in Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. V: Writings in The Southern Literary Messenger Nonfictional Prose (N.Y.: Gordian Press, 1997): 9, 130-31 (copies; note on Poe review of Feb. 1835 London Quarterly; extend discussion of Holt source findings for Poe’s “Palᴂstine).] 5. Folder (Misc. Articles/correspondence/draft typescripts/MS) [2 typescripts, “Lanier’s ‘Bruce’” with rejection letters, 1949, 1950] [Query to PMLA, 1949-May 13, 1950, about submission, “Poe—American Classicist”] [Query to PMLA, Dec. 26, 1949, about Aug. 30 submission, plus typescript of “Poe— American Classicist”] [Untitled 28-page holograph draft article, with reading notes on 6 library slips] 6. Folder (Typescripts: “Ula-Lume, Body and Soul”; “Poe’s Compilations”; rejection letter) [Rejection letter for these articles from American Literature, 10 March 1952] [Typescript, “Ula-Lume, Body and Soul”—with 2 pages of MS & notes] [2 typescripts, “Poe’s Compilations” with outline, bibliography] [1 typescript, partial, of “Poe’s Compilations” with outline, bibliography] [1 typescript of sections IV, V, VI of “Poe’s Compilations” with bibliography] 7. Folder (Poe’s Compilations [Outline / Intro / Bib MSS]) [MSS as listed in Folder heading] 8. Folder (“Poe’s ‘Palæstine’: A Source Study” Typescripts) [3 + 1 partial typescripts, “Poe’s ‘Palæstine’: A Source Study” (article version of sections II, III, IV of “Poe’s Compilations”)] [1 Xerox copy of “Poe’s ‘Palæstine’: A Source Study”] [1 Xerox copy of dedicatory letter to Anthon’s 1825 Classical Dictionary] 9. Folder (Holt Notes, MS, on Anthon, Rees, Bailey) [2 pages of MS notes for “Poe’s ‘Palæstine’”] [15-page MS draft of “Poe’s ‘Palæstine’” article on use of Anthon, Rees] [2 pages, notes for essay refuting Bailey’s source study—see “Compilations” III] [40 pages of misc. notes (all?) related to above] 10. Folder (Holt Notes, Transcriptions, for “Compilations” II, III, V, VI) [12-page transcription of J.O. Bailey, “Poe’s ‘Palæstine,’” AL 13 (1941-41] [11-page transcription of Anthon entries] [20 pages of misc. notes on P’s use of Anthon] [16 pages of notes, P’s use of Rees for Stonehenge essay—see “Compilations” V] [8 pages of notes, P’s use of Anthon for street-paving essay—see “Compilations” VI] Page 3 of 9 11. Folder (“Greek Classic Poets”: typescripts, submission letters, MSS) [2 letters: Application to Garden City Public Schools, 26 Feb. 1960, noting BNYPL article; letter to Head of English Dept., Garden City Public Schools, 12 March 1960] [Offprint of Holt, “Poe and H.N. Coleridge’s Greek Classic Poets: ‘Pinakidia,’ ‘Politian,’ and ‘Morella’ Sources,” American Literature 24.1 (March 1962): 8-30.] [Card from, submission letter to, editor, American Literature, 8 February 1961; related correspondence] [Submission letter to editor, College English, 23 January 1961; 2 copies] [Notes on CE editor, submission limits] [2 typescripts (pink!), “Poe and the Greek Classic Poet: ‘Pinakidia,’ ‘Politian,” and ‘Morella’ Sources”] [1 MS/typescript draft. 31 + 2 pages, of “Poe and the Greek Classic Poets”] [2 partial typescripts (8 pages each), “Poe and the Greek Classic Poets: ‘Pinakidia,’ ‘Politian,’ and ‘Morella’ Sources”] [1 MS draft, 21 +1 pages, of “Poe, ‘Classical and Scholar-like’”] [1 MS draft, 6 pages, untitled (early version of above)] [7 untitled, disordered typescript pages (early versions of above?)] 12. Folder (Typescripts, MS, “Poe’s ‘To Science,’ Four Sources,” +) [2 typescripts (6-pages each, pink) of “Poe’s ‘To Science,’ Four Sources”) [1 MS draft, 6 pages, “Poe’s ‘To Science’”] [Submission letters to editors, Saturday Review, 10 June 1963, and College English, 14 Dec. 1963, for “Structural Unity in Poe’s ‘To Helen’”] [3 typescripts, “Structural Unity in Poe’s ‘To Helen’” + MS] [1 MS/typescript draft, 7 pages, “Poe’s ‘To Science’”] 13. Folder (Holt Notes on Words/Names) [Approx. 46 data sheets on a word or name used by Poe, keyed to Harrison Complete Works, some with notes on verso, alphabetical order by main entry, with source texts & commentary; incl. 5 stapled data sheets on “Gallant”; 5 on “The Lighthouse”; 2 on “Morale”] 14. Folder (Holt working notes: Gibbon & Poe studies) [Misc. source notes, 9 pp, from Sismondi’s History, reviews in Edinburgh Review, Quarterly Review, Twis history, etc., all on Rome, Italy] [23 pages of notes on Poe’s critique/use of Gibbon as source, including 1 cover page on Gibbon works; 1 folded page query on Millman editions; notes organized as in folder 13 and similarly alphabetized] [About 54 pages of notes for study of Poe & Gibbon, with 1 page of queries, incl. 2 pages observations on his Gibbon source, with comments on “To Helen,” review of Bulwer’s Reinzi, about 44 pages of source notes organized as in folder 13 but not alphabetized] [17 pages of notes for essay on Poe’s criticism/use of Gibbon, incl. 2 pages for draft opening & outline & character of critique; 15 pages of source notes organized as in folder 13 but unalphabetized] 15. Folder (Gibbon article--draft; Poe’s Reading—draft; Poe’s Colloquy--draft) Page 4 of 9 [1 MS draft, 44 pages, “Poe and Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”] [1 MS draft, 3 pages, “Poe’s Reading,” incomplete] [1 MS draft, 6 pages, “‘Colloquy of Monos & Una’ as a Key to ‘Al Aaraaf,’” incomplete] 16. Folder (Holt working note—Misc.) [24 pages of miscellaneous notes, ranging over Poe’s writings, references, allusions, etc., most keyed to Harrison Works. ] 17. Folder (NY Pub. Lib./Research) [Letter, 12 Oct. 1964, to Foyles Bookshop, London] [Notes, Iliad, Gibbon’s Decline, “Lit. Small Talk,” “The Raven,” “How to Write/A Predicament,” 4 + 1/2 pp] [Notes, “Chapter on Autography,” 2 double-sided pages on Don Seitz’s edition of “A Chapter on Autography”] [Lists of research materials to be checked, NY Public Library, with 7 pp of notes] 18. Folder (Notes: Critical Studies of EAP) [8 pages that list secondary studies of Poe, roughly 60 items in all] [40 pages of notes organized as follows below, most on secondary Poe studies, with focus on material about “Masque of the of Red Death,” “MS Found in a Bottle,” “Cask of A,” etc.; on parody/burlesque in early (Folio Club) tales, with Holt’s various comparative comments on other scholars’ work and on Trelawny’s Adventures of a Younger Son as undeveloped source.] [2 pages, first with listing of 4 secondary studies ante 1973, second with list for “Library Check” (Venice PL? NYPL?)] [1 double-sided page on Harry Levin, The Power of Blackness] [3 pages on Daniel Hoffman Poe x 7, 1972] [6 pages on Vincent Buranelli, EAP, 1961] [14 pages on Julian Symons, The Tell-Tale Heart: Life & Works, 1978] [7 pages on Edward Wagenknecht, EAP, the Man, 1963] [2 pages on Frances Winward, Haunted Palace: A Life, 1959] [5 misc. pages, with 1 sheet on 1968 Pollin article on “Red Death,” “P&P” sources, + 4 on various other tales] [40 pages of notes, organized as follows:] [1 page listing 6 (most of following) secondary studies, Bay Shore Pub. Lib.:] [2 pages on Ober and Burtness, The Enigma of Poe, 1969; 8 pages on Robert Hough, Literary Criticism of EA, 1965; 2 pages on L. & F Hyslop, Baudelaire on Poe, 1952; 18 + 5 pages on Edward Davidson, Poe: A Critical Study, 1957; 4 pages on E.