Collections A-Z
In addition to general collections and online subscription databases, journals, and ebooks, the Library holds more than 500 named collections which are distinguished by their specialized subject matter, age, uniqueness, or value. Most of the listed collections on this page are located in the John Hay Library. To locate digitized collections, see the list available at the Center for Digital Scholarship site and search the Brown Digital Repository.
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H.P. Lovecraft Collection
Lovecraft, the eccentric Providence author of fantasy and horror tales for the pulp magazines of the 1920's, is now recognized as one of the seminal figures in the development of the science fiction genre. The collection includes extensive holdings of manuscripts, letters, editions of Lovecraft's works in all languages, periodicals, biographical and critical works, and many supportive collections of manuscript and printed materials of Lovecraft friends and associates. There are more than 1,000 books and magazines, in 20 languages, containing material by or about Lovecraft plus over 2,000 original letters and manuscripts of his essays, fiction and poetry. Many of the papers were deposited in the library a few months after Lovecraft's death in 1937; others have been added by gift and purchase over the years.More detail about the collection, related collections, and access can be found on the Weird Fiction collection guide: https://libguides.brown.edu/weirdfiction
Format(s): Books, Manuscripts, Letters
Library: John John Hay
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Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
General description of the collection available on BruKnow
Lovecraft Collection
author search: H. P. Lovecraft
Other Online Access:
Exhibit: Influence of Anxiety: Lovecraft, Bloch, Barlow, et al.
Research Guide: Weird Fiction Collections at Brown University Library
Publication: Books at Brown, Vol. 25, 1977
Publication: Books at Brown Vol. 38-39, 1991-1992
Publication: Mysterious Lovecraft Manuscript (Among Friends)
Publication: The Shadow out of Time (Bibliofile)
Non-brown Web Page: The H. P. Lovecraft Archive (Donovan Loucks)
RIAMCO: Guide to the Howard P. Lovecraft papers