Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers, 1842-1937 |
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Span Dates | 1842-1937 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1855-1892) |
ID No. | MSS45443 |
Collector | Harned, Thomas Biggs, b.1851, collector |
Creator | Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 |
Size | 3,000 items ; 8 containers ; 4 linear feet ; 7 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Lawyer. Correspondence, manuscripts of poetry and prose, notes and notebooks, proofs and offprints, printed material, and other papers received by Harned as one of Walt Whitman's three literary executors. The collection contains material relating to many aspects of Whitman's career, especially the publication of and subsequent controversy surrounding "Leaves of Grass" and his commitment to the ideals embodied in the life and death of Abraham Lincoln. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002007 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm81045443 |