04126cpcaa2200685 i 4500 mm 82077909 DLC 20260227111716.0 cr ||||||||||| 820702|||||||||||| eng mm 82077909 mm 80076036 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Walt Whitman papers, 1837-1957 (bulk 1840-1891). 150 items. 2 containers plus 1 vault container. 2 microfilm reels. 1.2 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Place of reproduction and transcription unidentified. 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. 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 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. Reprint of Walt Whitman's "O captain, My captain" with comments by author, 1888 February 9 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc055 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001.3 43733 43733