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Percy Hemus recites Poe’s “The Raven” with piano accompaniment by Gladys Craven. Listen to both sides of the Victor recording.
LED-2026-21009092edcb40f0ac9665cb0e031126 · Not independently verifiedOpen source ↗Historical illustrated edition of Poe’s poem, including Doré’s illustrations and Edmund C. Stedman’s accompanying comment.
LED-2026-6c31f5d120404e12b37a0abd9d11cdbf · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Chromolithographic advertising label using a raven and the refrain “Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.”
LED-2026-249ae023d53040d18f29e432ff20dac4 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Newspaper reprint headed “Letter About Edgar Poe,” marked as originating in the Home Journal. Preserved as a later historical recollection.
LED-2026-df503b4a3edd43ee9a4b2d7e4e0cc3eb · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Poe’s essay explaining his account of composing “The Raven,” preserved in the original periodical issue.
LED-2026-0b409b0349e04a2aa36509357abcaab8 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Periodical printing of “The Raven,” signed Edgar A. Poe, with an introduction stating that the poem was copied from the American Review.
LED-2026-e4460bcfeb3e45b88959ec94bda2b4ff · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Poem printed under the name “Quarles,” with the periodical’s introductory notice. Preserved within its bound-volume scan.
LED-2026-bb23c07792084f1bb49503750668985a · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Newspaper-page facsimile with “The Raven” and an editorial introduction in the first column.
LED-2026-2c5f4b7977884487b55cb88899772fd0 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Two-page handwritten letter from Willis to Poe concerning contributions to periodicals and Willis’s existing agreement with Godey.
LED-2026-9c146fc6da1748f0bbc3e056abaad7ae · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Front page of the Daily National Intelligencer containing bookseller notices for Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.
LED-2026-a0a7781c6b474d848de04a2159742012 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗