Whitman, Walt,  1819-1892. <br/><br/>
Walt Whitman papers, 1837-1957  (bulk 1840-1891). 

 - 150  items. 2  1  containers plus  vault container. 2  microfilm reels. 1.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><br/>In part, transcripts and photocopies. <br/>Place of reproduction and transcription unidentified. 
<br/><br/><br/>Poet. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 82077909  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Heyde, Hannah Louisa Whitman, 1823-1908 --Correspondence.<br/>Heyde, Hannah Louisa Whitman, 1823-1908 --Correspondence.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Death and burial.<br/>Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. <br/>Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor, 1795-1873 --Correspondence.<br/>Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 --Statues.<br/>Leach family--Genealogy.<br/>Whitman family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Democratic Party (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature.<br/>American poetry.<br/>American prose literature.<br/>Busts.<br/>City and town life.<br/>Education--New York (State)--Long Island.<br/>Poetry.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--1840.<br/>Sculpture.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Long Island (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Poets.