Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection, 1763-1985 (bulk 1841-1981).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 28,000 items; 238 containers plus 34 oversize; 38 microfilm reels; 96.2 linear feetContained works: - Allen, Gay Wilson, 1903-1995. Solitary singer; a critical biography of Walt Whitman. 1955
- Miller, James E. 1920-2010 Critical guide to Leaves of grass. 1957
- Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919, In re Walt Whitman. 1893 [ed.]
- Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. With Walt Whitman in Camden. 1906
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Democratic vistas. 1871
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Drum taps. 1865
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass. 1855
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. November boughs. 1888
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Specimen days. 1882-1883
- Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 -- Correspondence
- Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 -- Correspondence
- Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929 -- Correspondence
- Church, Francis Pharcellus, 1839-1906 -- Correspondence
- Church, William Conant, 1836-1917 -- Correspondence
- Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 -- Correspondence
- Costelloe, Mary Whitall Smith -- Correspondence
- Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898 -- Correspondence
- Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913 -- Correspondence
- Doyle, Peter, 1847- -- Correspondence
- Eldridge, Charles W. -- Correspondence
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Correspondence
- Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 -- Correspondence
- Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, 1828-1885 -- Correspondence
- Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936 -- Correspondence
- Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 -- Correspondence
- Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 -- Correspondence
- Johnston, John, 1852-1927 -- Correspondence
- Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination
- Morse, Sidney H. -- Correspondence
- O'Connor, Ellen M. -- Correspondence
- O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889 -- Correspondence
- Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920 -- Correspondence
- Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Bethuel -- Correspondence
- Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898 -- Correspondence
- Stoddart, J. M. (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921 -- Correspondence
- Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 -- Correspondence
- Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893 -- Correspondence
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Correspondence
- Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919 -- Correspondence
- Wallace, J. W. (James William), 1853-1926 -- Correspondence
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Correspondence
- Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928 -- Correspondence
- Stafford family -- Correspondence
- Whitman family
- Armory Square Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
- Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
- American literature
- American poetry
- American prose literature
- Poetry
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Collectors
- 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).
Open to research.
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.
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.
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.
Collector.
Collection material in English.
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