Editor to Editor: Letters between a Lovecraft fan and Poe scholar

Letter from August Derleth to Thomas Ollive Mabbott

August Derleth, 1907-1978

This object was typed and signed on letter-head paper, measuring 8 by 11.5 inches.

In this piece of correspondence, August Derleth writes to Mabbott concerning a paper shortage at the newly-established press, Arkham House Publishers. Derleth also confides in Mabbott about the decline of purchases by fans.

The University of Iowa Special Collections Library, Iowa City, Iowa. From the Thomas Ollive Mabbott Papers, MsC 429.

Poe studies, fan studies, Lovecraft studies, Letters from the Editor

08/01/ 1943

This collection is open for research, as identified through the finding aid at: https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc450/msc429/msc_429.html

English

Personal correspondence