Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 creator mixed material monographic eng 150 2 1 2 1.2 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. Open to research. 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 Diggins, E. F. Furness, Clifton Joseph, 1898-1946 Leech, Abraham. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 mm 82077909 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc055 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc055 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001.3 Open to research. DLC 820702 20260227111716.0 mm 82077909 eng