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Author: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Title: Walt Whitman papers, 1837-1957 (bulk 1840-1891).
Description: 150 items.
2 containers plus 1 vault container.
2 microfilm reels.
1.0 linear feet.
Local Call No: MMC-3787
Vault 0208I
Microfilm 11,058-1N
Microfilm 12,608-1N-1P
Smal backlog oversize (Unprocessed ac. 24,155)
Notes: Open to research.
Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, family papers,
printed matter, and miscellany relating to Whitman's
life and work. Includes a printed copy of "O
Captain! My Captain!" with Whitman's handwritten
corrections. Correspondence with Abraham Leech
relates to Whitman's life as a schoolteacher in
Woodbury and Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.; his
views on small-town life; and his support for the
Democratic Party and it's candidate, Martin Van
Buren, in the presidential election of 1840. Also
includes a diary kept by Leech, 1838-1844; Leech
(Leach) family genealogical notes; a plaster bust of
Whitman by sculptor E.F. Diggins; and microfilm of
Whitman materials in other repositories.
Correspondents also include Whitman's mother, Louisa
Van Velsor Whitman, and his sister, Hannah Louisa
Whitman Heyde.
Reprint of Walt Whitman's "O captain, My captain" with
comments by author, 1888 February 9, also available
through the Library of Congress Web site.
Microfilm edition of the Clifton Joseph Furness
notebook available, no. 11,058.
Microfilm edition only of originals at various
repositories, no. 12,608.
In part, transcripts and photocopies. [S.l.].
Gift, transfer, and purchase, 1927-2001.
Poet.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress
Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001
Certain items described in Walt Whitman : a catalog
based upon the collections of the Library of
Congress. Washington, D.C. : 1955.
MSS77909
Subjects: Heyde, Hannah Louisa Whitman, 1823-1908 --
Correspondence.
Heyde, Hannah Louisa Whitman, 1823-1908 --
Correspondence.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial.
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873 --
Correspondence.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Statues.
Leach family -- Genealogy.
Whitman family.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
American literature.
American poetry.
American prose literature.
Busts.
City and town life.
Education -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Poetry.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1840.
Sculpture.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Poets. itoamc
Other authors: Diggins, E. F. E.F. Diggins plaster bust of Walt
Whitman. 1939.
Furness, Clifton Joseph, 1898-1946. Clifton Joseph
Furness notebook. 1941.
Leech, Abraham. Abraham Leech correspondence and
diary. 1837-circa 1881.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. O captain! My captain!
reprint with comments by the author. 1888 February
9.
Location: Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA dcu
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Source: DLC DLC DLC dacs
Control No.: 5810225
URL: Reprint of Walt Whitman's "O captain, My captain" with comments by author, 1888 February 9
Finding aid
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