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Letters to the Editor
- Robert E. Howard to Adventure, Mar 20, 1924
- Robert E. Howard to Adventure, Aug 20, 1924
- Robert E. Howard to The Californian, Summer 1936
- Robert E. Howard to Claytons Magazine, Jun 13, 1933
- Robert E. Howard to The Fantasy Fan, Dec 1933
- Robert E. Howard to The Fantasy Fan, Jan 1934
- Robert E. Howard to The Fantasy Fan, May 1934
- Robert E. Howard to Fort Worth Record, Jul 20, 1928
- Robert E. Howard to The Ring, Apr 1926
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, ca. Jan 1926
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Jun 1927
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, May 1928
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Nov 1929
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Apr 1930
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Jan 1931
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Mar 1932
- Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Jun 1936
Personal letters
To Denis Archer
- Robert E. Howard to Denis Archer, May 22, 1934[1]
- Hour of the Dragon submission
To Robert Barlow
To August Derleth
To R. Fowler Gafford
- Robert E. Howard to R. Fowler Gafford, May 20, 1934[1]
To Charles D. Hornig
To Otis Adelbert Kline
To William Kofoed
- Robert E. Howard to William Kofoed, Jan 8, 1935[1]
To August Lenniger
- Robert E. Howard to August Lenniger, Dec 27, 1935[1]
To H. P. Lovecraft
To Edna Mann
- Robert E. Howard to Edna Mann, Oct 30, 1926[4]
- Includes the poem "The Campus at Midnight"
To Kirk Mashburn
- Robert E. Howard to Kirk Mashburn, c. Sep 1932[1]
To Harold Preece
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, "Salaam: Not much to say…"[5]
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, c. early 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, c. Jun 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, c. Sep 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, Oct 20, 1928[6]
- Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, c. Oct 1930[7]
To E. Hoffman Price
- Robert E. Howard to E. Hoffman Price, Feb 15, 1936[8]
- Robert E. Howard to E. Hoffman Price, Apr 21, 1936[8]
- Robert E. Howard to E. Hoffman Price, Jun 3, 1936[8]
To Tevis Clyde Smith
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jun 22, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jul 7, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jul 30, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Aug 4, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Oct 5, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Nov 4, 1923[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Apr 21, 1924[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jun 19, 1924[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jan 7, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jan 30, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Feb 25, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Mar 17, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Apr 6, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, May 24, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jul, 1925[9]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jul 7, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Aug 6, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Oct 9, 1925[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jan 14, 1926, "By Baal I am joyed that…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jan 14, 1926, "This is a habit of mine, always was…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Apr 14, 1926[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, May 7, 1926[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jun 23, 1926[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Aug 6, 1926[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Aug 21, 1926[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, late Aug-early Sep, 1927[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. fall, 1927[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar, 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jun, 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jul, 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Oct, 1928[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Nov, 1928, "I got such a laugh…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Nov, 1928, "Listen you godamn so forth…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Nov-Dec, 1928, "Heh heh"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Dec, 1928[10]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Feb, 1929[10]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar, 1929[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Feb, 1930[10]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Apr, 1930[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May, 1930[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jul, 1930, “Then Stein the peddler…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jul, 1930, "Well, me bauld buccaneer…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Nov, 1930[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Dec, 1930, "Well, Fear Finn: I don’t know when I’ll be able…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, prob. c. Dec, 1930, "I’m not surprized that Byrne…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jan, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Feb, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar, 1931, "Well, Fear Finn: Congratulations on your history…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar 14, 1931, "Well, Fear Finn: Heigho for sunny San Antonio."[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, week of May 18, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. early Jun, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Sep, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Oct, 1931[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. early Jan, 1932[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Feb, 1932[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar, 1932, "Sorry to hear you’ve been carved on again.…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Mar, 1932, "When I was a kid in East Texas…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May, 1932, "Just a bit of press-agenting…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May, 1932, "Well, here I am back at the old home town…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. very late May, 1932, "Let us tool forth to Australia…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Aug, 1932[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Nov, 1932[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May, 1933[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Oct, 1933[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam: 'Shadows of Dreams' "[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, late 1928[1] "Salaam: I’ll swear if I’d laughed much more…"
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Feb 20, 1928[11] "The fellow who wrote The Kasidah strung…"
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, early to mid 1929[1]"Salaam: Life is a yellow mist among the stars…"
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Ahatou noyon, Fear Finn: Thinking of nothing…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Aug 6, 1926[1] "Salaam, sahib: / In the first place, pardon for not having…"
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Crusade"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "King Bahthur’s Court"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Renunciation"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "The Adventurer’s Mistress"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, Drawing of a strange cow[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "I’ve done my part in writing it."[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Poem penned by Akbar Ali…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Thoughts of Afghan on a raid…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, sketch “The Seeker thrust…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam, Skulls against the Dawn”[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam, Fear Finn: Then Stein the peddler…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Fear Finn: I’m damned if I can think of anything…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Ha ha! Your not going to get off so easily…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Not even a movie in this godforsaken town…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam Again glancing over your last letter…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Jul, 1925[1] "Salaam, Clyde sahib I haven’t got any answer…"
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam: There once was a wicked…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam: I have forgotten whether you or Truett…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Salaam: As my dear public…"[1]
- Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, "Well, Fear Finn, I read your story…"[1]
To Carl Swanson
To Frank Thurston Torbett
- Robert E. Howard to Frank Thurston Torbett, Apr 28, 1936[1]
To Donald Wandrei
To Farnsworth Wright
- Robert E. Howard to Farnsworth Wright, c. Jun-Jul 1931[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (2007)
- 1 2 First published in Robert E. Howard in the Fantasy Fan (2006)
- ↑ First completely published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (2007), earlier excerpt published in The End of the Trail: Western Stories (April 2005)
- ↑ First published in Seanchai #112 (August 2006)
- ↑ First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 3: 1933-1936 (October 2008)
- ↑ First published in The Howard Collector #3 (Autumn 1962)
- ↑ First published in The Howard Collector #2 (Spring 1962)
- 1 2 3 4 First published in The Ghost (1945)
- ↑ First published in a German translation in Rauher Sand und Wilde Eichen (1993), first published in the original English in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (2007)
- 1 2 3 First completely published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (2007), earlier excerpt published in Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1923-1930 (October 1989)
- ↑ First completely published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (2007), earlier excerpt published in Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1923-1930 (October 1989)
Based on:
- Herman, Paul; The Neverending Hunt (2008); pp. 243-284; ISBN 9780809562565
- Herman, Paul; Another Thought #4, The Robert-E-Howard: Electronic Amateur Press Association (1 May 2007)
- Thom, Bill; Herman, Paul; Woods, Todd; Letters Index, HowardWorks; accessed on 17 August 2010



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The author died in 1936, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.