OConnor,CD Wrote:
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> Lovecraft and CAS are obviously well documented.
> However, what about the lesser known individuals
> of their lives. F. Lee Baldwin, R.H. Barlow, James
> F. Morton, Rheinhart Kleiner, Kenneth Sterling.
> I'm sure this and many other people may be covered
> in books but where can one find out information on
> what became of them; especially their death dates
> and where they are buried. Especially R.H. Barlow
> and the entire Barlow family- ashes scattered??? I
> know this may be a morbid question but all of us
> have a bit of morbid curiosity within them.
>
> Thanks all and happy late Easter.
The H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia [
www.hippocampuspress.com] has entries on many of HPL's (and thus also CAS's) associates (although not burial information!). Most of this information isn't in the internet (e.g. Wikipedia) unless it has been nicked from works like this! I think many of these persons were interesting figures in their own right, but unless they were also authors of note not much is generally known of them. The introductions to HPL's published letter collections by Joshi & Schultz include some biographical details, such as the letters to Kleiner and Barlow (the latter also has autobiographical material appended). And if I'm not mistaken, Massimo Berruti who used to be a member of EOD has been working on a monograph on Barlow which might come out some time in the future. James F. Morton is one I personally would like to know more about as he seems to have been a remarkable individual; I thought that Hippocampus Press was going to publish Lovecraft's letters to him (or what exists in transcripts by Arkham House, & presumably what also survives of Morton's side) but it seems that this has been delayed, maybe because other collections (HPL/REH, HPL/CAS) have been given higher priority. The letters to Morton are well presented in AH's Selected Letters, but aside from casting light on JFM, such a volume would be very welcome as Lovecraft's epistles to him are probably among his most interesting letter cycles.
If for some reason you just want the death dates, some (but only some...) are listed here: [
www.hplovecraft.com]
Not sure if that's entirely up to date, but even if it isn't, very few people who knew HPL are actually still alive (such as Harry Brobst, the last I heard anyway).
- JMR