Housed in the Rare Book Department, this is the only copy of Poe's poem in his hand in its entirety anywhere in the world. Use the "View other associated items" to see all four pages.

Grip herself lives in the Rare Book Department, but she is behind a couple of layers of glass and can be hard to photograph. This photo was taken when she was outside of her exterior display case.

This print is housed in the Print & Picture Collection.

A photograph of a re-enactment of the meeting between Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe in honor of Grip

This letter discusses Dickens using his pet raven, Grip, as a character study for his book Barnaby Rudge.

This link will take you to the subcollection of Edgar Allan Poe materials in our Digital Collections. The image here is the "Ultima Thule" daguerreotype of Poe.

Author Marilyn Singer and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham discuss the research process of creating their book, A Raven Named Grip: How a Bird Inspired Two Famous Authors, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.

Join curator Karin Suni and scholar Dr. John Edward Martin as they discuss Edgar Allan Poe with The Raven Society of the Free Library of Philadelphia.

(Retired now and still missed) Municipal Guard Conway Jeffers talks about our most famous bird, Grip.

The Story Search podcast episode from November 11, 2020.

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A PDF of a flyer about Grip. Paper copies to take home can be found in the Rare Book Department.

This list from the Online Catalog shows all of the books related to Poe in the Rare Book Department that are currently cataloged. Cataloging is on-going, so this continues to grow.

This finding aid lists the Rare Book Department's Poe manuscripts and other non-book materials.