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Influence of Anxiety: Lovecraft, Bloch, Barlow, et al. will be on display in the John Hay Library’s main exhibition gallery from August 19, 2015 – January 8, 2016. Please consult the library’s website for open hours.
The Hay will be open for extended hours from August 19 – 23, coinciding with NecronomiCon Providence:
Permission for all reproductions of Robert Bloch’s work within this project granted by the Estate of Robert Bloch.
Exhibition Checklist:
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
IÄA. Shub-Niggurath Y’A
Circa 1933
Pencil on paper
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Robert Bloch
1933 December
Autograph letter signed (four pages on two sheets)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of a four-page letter written from Providence, Rhode Island.
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Robert Bloch
1933 August 4 (Arkham House dates this letter to 1933 September)
Autograph letter signed (four pages on two sheets)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First and second page of a four-page letter written from Providence, Rhode Island. Text from page one reproduced.
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
Dream Thing
Circa 1933
Crayon on paper
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Robert Bloch
1933 July (Month uncertain)
Autograph letter signed (our pages on two sheets)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
Four pages of a four-page letter written from Providence, Rhode Island. Text from pages one and three reproduced.
Lincoln High School notebook cover, property of Winifred Bloch.
Circa 1933-1937
Printed cardboard.
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
Front cover of a notebook belonging to Winifred Bloch with untitled crayon drawing by Robert Bloch (her brother) on reverse side.
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
The Feast
Circa 1933-1937
Crayon on cardboard.
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
Illustration drawn on the back cover of a notebook (likely belonging to Winifred Bloch).
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
“The Feast in the Abbey,” Weird Tales
1935 January (volume 25, issue 1)
Cover and page 111.
John Hay Library. Star Collection. PS648 S3 W4X
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
Dine & Dance
Circa 1933
Crayon on paper
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to J. Vernon Shea
1933 September 25
Autograph letter signed (twenty-four pages on twelve sheets)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
Sheets are headed with Roman numerals I-XII. Odd pages (one, three, five, …) displayed except for page eighteen (sheet IX).
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
The Lurking Fear
Circa 1922 November
Typescript manuscript (twelve page typescript with autograph title page)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
The Lurking Fear
1933 December 25
Crayon on cardboard
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
History of the Necronomicon
Before 1927 November 27
Autograph manuscript (two pages on one sheet)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of a two-page manuscript written on a typed letter signed by William Bryant.
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
Abdul Alhazred writing the Necronomicon
Circa 1933-1937
Crayon on cardboard
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Duane W. Rimel
1934 May 13
Autograph letter signed (eight pages on four sheets), envelope
Enclosed drawings (ink on paper, graphite on paper)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of an eight-page letter written from DeLand, Florida. Barlow drawing for “The Tree on the Hill” and Lovecraft drawing of Barlow residence in DeLand, Florida, inserted.
R. H. (Robert Hayward) Barlow (Leavenworth, Kansas 1918-1951 Mexico City, Mexico)
Untitled
1934 May 3
Oil on canvas board
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
Inscribed on reverse side: “May 3, 1934 For HPL in appreciation of appreciation R H Barlow”
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Duane W. Rimel
1935 June 30
Autograph letter signed (eight pages on four sheets), decorated envelope
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of an eight-page letter written from DeLand, Florida. Pressed insect included, identified by Lovecraft on reverse side, “mosquito from DeLand, Fla.”
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Robert Bloch
1935 June
Autograph letter signed (two pages on one sheet)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of a two-page letter written from DeLand, Florida. Printed illustration identified by Lovecraft as the “linoleum block work of Ar-Ech-Bei’s [R. H. Barlow]. The large monster of the letterhead is our old friend Cthulhu in one of his less usual + more active poses.”
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
Letter to H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
1935 July 31
Autograph letter signed (two pages on one sheet), decorated envelope
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First page of a two-page letter written from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Robert Bloch (Chicago, Illinois 1917-1994 Los Angeles, California)
Untitled
Circa 1933-1937
Crayon on poster board
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to Robert Bloch
1933 July 22
Autograph letter signed (two pages on one sheet)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
First and second page of a two-page letter written from Providence, Rhode Island. Text from page one reproduced.
Poster for Jewish Day at the Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934)
1933
Printed poster
John Hay Library. Star Collection. RARE 3-S PS3523.O82 Z98 L7
Promotional poster with crayon drawing titled “Kadath” by Robert Bloch on reverse side.
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft (Providence, Rhode Island 1890-1937 Providence, Rhode Island)
Letter to J. Vernon Shea
1933 November 8-22
Autograph letter signed (forty-six pages on twenty-three sheets)
John Hay Library. Howard P. Lovecraft Collection, 1894-1971. MS.Lovecraft
Sheets are headed with Roman numerals I-XXIII. Page fourteen (sheet VII) displayed. Lovecraft’s self-portrait as “Grandpa Éch-Pi-El” in lower right with the following image caption: “As a conservative older man, I stick to the periwig styles of the Earlier 18th Century.”