Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Editor to Editor: Letters between a Lovecraft fan and Poe scholar Description An account of the resource This collection is a student project done by Kathryn Heffner and features key pieces of correspondence between H.P. Lovecraft editor, August Derleth, and Poe Scholar, Thomas Ollive Mabbott. Both August Derleth and Thomas Mabbott were readers and contributors to the popular Pulp magazine, <em>Weird Tales</em> in the 1940s. Mabbott was a contributor to the letters to the editor section of the magazine, and forged a friendship with August Derleth through letter corespondence. This collection of personal and professional letters illuminates the relationship between Mabbott and Derleth and how they worked in conjunction in their publishing efforts of weird fiction. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Kathryn Heffner Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The University of Iowa Special Collections, The Wisconsin State Historical Society Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digitized letters, .mov file Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Thomas Ollive Mabbott to August Derleth, 08/10/1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas Ollive Mabbott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wisconsin State Historical Society, Wis Mss WO; Micro 923; M2004-152 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wisconsin State Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/10/1943 Type The nature or genre of the resource Personal correspondence Description An account of the resource Dated August 10th, 1943, Mabbott writes back to Derleth in an effort to help Arkham House Publications to secure paper for an upcoming release of H.P. Lovecraft's work. This correspondence is written on The Edgar Allan Poe Society letterhead, as Mabbott uses his position as a scholar to assist August Derleth. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Wisconsin State Historical Society