A bibliography of the site, which includes sources for the information on the site. As noted on the Parlor highlights, the copies of the Mayfair Witches books cited here are my own.
Rice, Anne The Witching Hour (1990) Ballantine Books, Mass Market Edition, May 1993; Amazon Kindle Edition, November 17, 2010.
Rice, Anne Lasher (1993) Ballantine Books, Mass Market Edition, August 1995; Amazon Kindle Edition, November 17, 2010.
Rice, Anne Taltos (1994) Ballantine Books, Trade Edition, September 1995; Amazon Kindle Edition, November 17, 2010.
Rice, Anne Merrick (2001) Knopf Publishing Group, Hardcover Edition, January 2001; Amazon Kindle Edition, unkn.
Rice, Anne Blackwood Farm (2002) Ballantine Books, Mass Market Edition, September 2003; Amazon Kindle Edition, unkn.
Rice, Anne Blood Canticle (2003) Knopf Publishing Group, Hardcover Edition, October 2003; Amazon Kindle Edition, unkn.
Ramsland, Katherine The Witches' Companion (1994) Ballantine Books, Hardcover Edition, November 1994.
Bailey, Lee; Brennan, Ella & Clay, Langdon Lee Bailey's New Orleans: Good Food and Glorious Houses (1993) Crown Books, Hardcover Edition, March 1993.
On The Witching Hour: The Mayfair House, photo credits for all color photos to Anne Rice Official Website.
On House of Patterns: Architectural Plans for First Street, photo credits for all black and white photos to the Library of Congress Collection--see below.
On House of Patterns: Architectural Plans for First Street, photo credits to Mouldings One
On About the Parlor, photo credits for WH, LR and TL and The Witches' Companion to Kimberly Hill.
On The Anne Rice Library, credits for the movie posters Interview With the Vampire, Exit to Eden, The Feast of All Saints and Queen of the Damned to IMDb and its associates.
On The Mayfair Vampire Chronicles, credits for the movie posters Immortal Beloved and Gladiator to IMDb and its associates.
Online Photo Collections
Library of Congress: Albert Hamilton Brevard House, 1239 First Street
NBC Chicago: Anne Rice's Spooky New Orleans House For Sale
Atlas Obscura: The Rosegate House
1239 First Street, New Orleans
Dorothy Violet Gulledge Photograph Collection
Alexey Sergeev-Anne Rice First Street House, 3711 St Charles Avenue house
Brevard-Rice House on Mouldings One
DIRT Anne Rices Opulent 19th-Century New Orleans Mansion Gets Big Price Chop
The Ultimate Guide to Plantations of Louisiana 1239 First Street & 3711 St Charles Avenue
Susan Tregoning Photography New Orleans Garden District
Rose Gate Brevard Rice House JDHR Original Photography
The McEnery Company 1331 First Street
A big thank you to all whose photos appear in various places throughout the site!
Anne Rice Complete Archive
Come Into My Parlor is extremely pleased that Anne Rice's complete archive has been made available for research at Tulane University Library's Special Collections. Also in the Library's Rare Books collection is Anne Rice's Bible with annotations, which she used as a reference for her Christ the Lord series.
The links below provide an overview of what is contained in the collection and the TUSC page provides even more details. For those researching the life and career of Anne Rice, the collection has been made available to the public by appointment. The Jones Room Space Availability link can assist you in scheduling an appointment using the form provided.
You may also contact Tulane University Library's Special Collections at the email or telephone number below, which I've put here in addition to the page accessed by the links below for ease of access:
Email: specialcollections@tulane.edu
Phone: 504-865-5685
Anne Rice Complete Archive Open For Research
Anne Rice Complete Archive-Tulane University Libraries
Reading Room (Jones Hall 202) - Schedule an Appointment
The commentaries included here are a survey of commentary on the works of Anne Rice and do not reflect the opinions of the Parlor. It is simply a resource for fans of the Lives of the Mayfair Witches and of Anne Rice.
Anne Rice's work has been discussed in collections of articles about particular topics in modern literature. Here are some of them...
Listen to Their Voices: Twenty Interviews With Women Who Write by Mickey Pearlman
Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction by Susan Sellers
A Dark Night's Dreaming: Contemporary American Horror Fiction, Edited by Tony Magistrale, Tony and Michael A. Morrison
Southern Writers by David G. Spielman
The Master of Rampling Gate appears in this anthology:
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 classic Stories of the Supernatural Edited by Barbara H. Solomon and Eileen Panetta
Scarlett Slept Here: A Book Lover's Guide to the South
Haunted City: An Unauthorized Guide to the Magical, Magnificent New Orleans of Anne Rice
The Gothic World of Anne Rice by Gary Hoppenstand
Anne Rice's Unauthorized French Quarter Tour: That Other Tour Presents (Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches Book 1) by That Other Tour, LLC
BBC Television, 1994
Violin for Anne Rice; Leila Josefowicz
1997, Phillips Classics
*If there are any other commentaries and/or documentaries you know of on Anne Rice or her work, please feel free to contact me.
The Mayfair Witches on Wikipedia
The Vampire Chronicles Art Gallery: http://tvcartgallery.blogspot.com/
MsJekYll's Web: http://talamasca.msjekyll.com/
Shadowplay Webzine: The Witching Hour: http://www.shadowplayzine.com/reviews/Review4_Mayfair.htm
Unfortunately, Sublime Requiem is no longer available
Click the link below to open the Pinterest album by Jennifer Harris. She created the Mayfair Witches that are the original source of the Parlor's Mayfair Witches portraits.
MAYFAIR - The Stories of The Mayfair Witches
MAYFAIR - The Stories of the Mayfair Witches on Dance Queens