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Walt Whitman papers

Title
Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892.
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Mixed materialPermit needed Berg Coll MSS WhitmanSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902.
  • Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.
  • Doyle, Peter.
  • O'Connor, Ellen.
  • O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889.
  • Stafford, Harry.
Description
ca. 475 items.
Summary
This is a synthetic collection covering the years 1854 to 1892 with some material still undated. Strengths of the collection include nearly 30 poems or poem fragments and Whitman's autograph revision of the "Analysis of Poems" by Dr. R. Bucke. This essay was written for Bucke's authorized biography (Walt Whitman, 1883) and Whitman's extensive revisions were incorporated before publication. The correspondence includes two longer runs, one to William O' Connor and the other to his wife Ellen O'Connor. The O'Connors were active in a number of social causes, as well as devoted advocates of Whitman and his writing. William O'Connor, author of The Good Gray Poet (1866), was one of Whitman's closest friends until an argument in 1873 caused a break in their friendship. Others who figure prominently in the Berg Collection's Whitman materials include John Burroughs (1837-1921), nature writer, literary critic, and author of Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867); Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford, young friends of Whitman's; and Richard Maurice Bucke (1837-1902), Whitman's authorized biographer, friend and literary executor. In addition to writing Walt Whitman (1883) and Walt Whitman, Man and Poet (1897), Bucke co-edited with Horace Traubel and Thomas Harned The Complete Writings (1902).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts.
  • Correspondence, personal.
  • Portraits.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Listed in: Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969-1983, 5 vols. plus 2 supplements. See Vol 4 pp 366-378 and the 2nd supplement p 513.
Source (note)
  • various
Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
  • Other important Whitman material is held in the Oscar Lion Collection in the Rare Books Division of The New York Public Library. Additionally, a number of Whitman portraits are available through the Digital Library which can be accessed at www.nypl.org.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Whitman
OCLC
NYPW02-A230
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Title
Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892.
Indexed In:
Listed in: Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969-1983, 5 vols. plus 2 supplements. See Vol 4 pp 366-378 and the 2nd supplement p 513.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Other important Whitman material is held in the Oscar Lion Collection in the Rare Books Division of The New York Public Library. Additionally, a number of Whitman portraits are available through the Digital Library which can be accessed at www.nypl.org.
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Added Author
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902.
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.
Doyle, Peter.
O'Connor, Ellen.
O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889.
Stafford, Harry.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Whitman
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