Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection

LC control no.	mm 82018630
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Feinberg, Charles E., 1899- collector. » More like this
Main title	Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection, 1763-1985 (bulk 1841-1981).
Related names	Allen, Gay Wilson, 1903-1995. Solitary singer; a critical biography of Walt Whitman. 1955. » More like this Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902. Richard Maurice Bucke papers. » More like this Feinberg, Charles E., 1899- Charles E. Feinberg papers. » More like this Johnston, John, 1852-1927. John Johnston papers. » More like this Miller, James E. (James Edwin), 1920-2010 Critical guide to Leaves of grass. 1957. » More like this O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889. William Douglas O'Connor papers. » More like this Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, 1864-1954. Anne Montgomerie Traubel papers. » More like this Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. Horace Traubel papers. » More like this Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919, ed. In re Walt Whitman. 1893. » More like this Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. With Walt Whitman in Camden. 1906. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Democratic vistas. 1871. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Drum taps. 1865. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass. 1855. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. November boughs. 1888. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection. 1806-1981. » More like this Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Specimen days. 1882-1883. » More like this Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress) » More like this
Description	28,000 items. 238 containers plus 34 oversize. 38 microfilm reels. 96.2 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Diaries, Diary Notes, and Address Books, 1863-1891; Series 2: Family Papers, 1852-1892; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1841-1892; Series 4: Literary File, 1841-1919; Series 5: Notes and Notebooks, 1847-1891; Series 6: Miscellany, 1834-1918; Series 7: Supplementary File, 1806-1981; Series 8: Memorabilia; Series 9: Addenda, 1763-1985; and Series 10: Oversize, 1844-1919.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Collector.
Summary	Correspondence, literary manuscripts, diaries, commonplace books, notes, and other papers relating to Whitman's life and writings which were collected by Feinberg. Literary manuscripts include Leaves of Grass (1855), Drum Taps (1865), Democratic Vistas (1871), Specimen Days (1882-1883), and November Boughs (1888). Includes manuscripts and proofs of works about Whitman including Gay Wilson Allen's The Solitary Singer; a Critical Biography of Walt Whitman (1955), James E. Miller's A Critical Guide to Leaves of Grass (1957), and Horace Traubel's In Re Walt Whitman (1893) and With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906). Also includes papers, relating chiefly to Whitman, of the following individuals Richard Maurice Bucke, Charles E. Feinberg, John Johnston, William Douglas O'Connor, and Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel. Subjects include the Civil War in Washington, D.C., proceedings of the U. S. Congress, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Abraham Lincoln and his assassination. Includes a walking stick, haversack, spectacles, and other memorabilia. Correspondents include Richard Maurice Bucke; John Burroughs; Edward Carpenter; Francis Pharcellus Church; William Conant Church; Moncure Daniel Conway; Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe; Thomas Donaldson; Edward Dowden; Peter Doyle; Charles W. Eldridge; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Hamlin Garland; Anne Burrows Gilchrist; Joseph Benson Gilder; Richard Watson Gilder; Ulysses S. Grant; Bret Harte; Robert Green Ingersoll; John Johnston; William Sloane Kennedy; Sidney H. Morse; Ellen M. O'Connor; William Douglas O'Connor; T.W. Rolleston; William Michael Rossetti; Bethuel Smith; Logan Pearsall Smith; Robert Pearsall Smith; J.M. Stoddart; Bram Stoker; John Addington Symonds; Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson; Horace Traubel; J.W. Wallace; Oscar Wilde; Talcott Williams; and members of the Stafford family.
Notes	Some printed volumes: transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Prints, photographs, paintings, drawings, and printing plates: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Collection material in English. MSS18630
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004014>
Acquisition source	Gift, deposit, transfer, purchase, and deposit converted to gift and purchase, Charles E. Feinberg and others, 1953-2011.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition of notebook (1857) available, no. 16,666 (1N). Microfilm edition of index cards available, no. 19,131 (3N-3P). Microfilm edition of containers 1-52 available, no. 19,385 (34N-34P). Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976-1986.
Subjects	Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902--Correspondence. » More like this Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Correspondence. » More like this Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929--Correspondence. » More like this Church, Francis Pharcellus, 1839-1906--Correspondence. » More like this Church, William Conant, 1836-1917--Correspondence. » More like this Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907--Correspondence. » More like this Costelloe, Mary Whitall Smith--Correspondence. » More like this Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898--Correspondence. » More like this Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913--Correspondence. » More like this Doyle, Peter, 1847---Correspondence. » More like this Eldridge, Charles W.--Correspondence. » More like this Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Correspondence. » More like this Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence. » More like this Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, 1828-1885--Correspondence. » More like this Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936--Correspondence. » More like this Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909--Correspondence. » More like this Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence. » More like this Harte, Bret, 1836-1902--Correspondence. » More like this Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899--Correspondence. » More like this Johnston, John, 1852-1927--Correspondence. » More like this Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929--Correspondence. » More like this Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. » More like this Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination. » More like this Morse, Sidney H.--Correspondence. » More like this O'Connor, Ellen M.--Correspondence. » More like this O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889--Correspondence. » More like this Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920--Correspondence. » More like this Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Bethuel--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898--Correspondence. » More like this Stoddart, J. M. (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921--Correspondence. » More like this Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912--Correspondence. » More like this Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893--Correspondence. » More like this Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892--Correspondence. » More like this Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919--Correspondence. » More like this Wallace, J. W. (James William), 1853-1926--Correspondence. » More like this Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900--Correspondence. » More like this Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928--Correspondence. » More like this Stafford family--Correspondence. » More like this Whitman family. » More like this Armory Square Hospital (Washington, D.C.) » More like this Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress) » More like this American literature. » More like this American poetry. » More like this American prose literature. » More like this Poetry. » More like this United States--Politics and government--1861-1865. » More like this Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. » More like this Collectors.
Local shelving no.	0328G Oversize 0114L Oversize 4:11-15 Oversize 1:Top of cabinet Oversize Range 1: Top of microfilm cabinets Microfilm 16,666-1N (notebook, 1857) Microfilm 19,131-3N-3P (index cards) Microfilm 19,385-34N-34P (containers 1-52)
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004014> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004014.3>