The Edgar Allan Poe Literary File Photography Collection consists of 106 photographs, mostly portraits of Poe and images of places and monuments associated with him. Additional subjects include Poe's sister Rosalie, Henry Beck Hirst, Elmira Royster Shelton, and Thomas Willis White. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This file forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
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Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
Edgar Allan Poe Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02637). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Susan McClellan, 2006
Associated and related material by and about Poe can be found in the Center's library and in the Edgar Allan Poe Collection (MS-03283) and the Edgar Allan Poe Art Collection (AR-00207).