MUSE: the life and afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe's Beloved Child Bride

Act I

As She Lay Dying: Virginia Poe as Edgar’s Muse in the Fordham Cottage

Roger McCormack, the education coordinator at The Bronx County Historical Society, is pleased to present “As She Lay Dying: Virginia Poe as Edgar’s Muse in the Fordham Cottage.”

The Bronx County Historical Society’s Director of Education is in charge of tours of The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in Fordham, the oldest Poe Museum, first opened in 1913. The cottage was built in 1812, and is a New York City and State landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic house museum is famous as the final home of the writer. Mr. McCormack is excited to infuse his passion for Poe for the Virginia Poe Bicentennial.

Act II

Daughters of Baltimore: The Lives of Women in 1830s Maryland

Dr. Ida E. Jones is the inaugural University Archivist at Morgan State University. Since 2016 her work in the Beulah M. Davis Room explores institutional and community history where Morgan State and Baltimore city intersect. The Davis Room houses the university’s historical material along with rare books and manuscript collections. Dr. Jones is involved with the Maryland Heritage Center and the Baltimore City Historical Society seeking to connect and excavate important links.

Act III

The Life of Virginia Poe, Beloved Child Bride

Enrica Jang, Executive Director, Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum will conduct a Virtual Tour of the historic Poe House in Baltimore where Edgar lived with the Clemms and began his professional career.