TY  - GEN
AU  - Whitman,Walt
AU  - Diggins,E.F.
AU  - Furness,Clifton Joseph
AU  - Leech,Abraham
AU  - Whitman,Walt
TI  - Walt Whitman papers,
KW  - Heyde, Hannah Louisa Whitman,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Van Buren, Martin,
KW  - Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor,
KW  - Whitman, Walt,
KW  - Leach family
KW  - Whitman family.
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.)
KW  - American literature
KW  - American poetry
KW  - American prose literature
KW  - Busts
KW  - City and town life
KW  - Education
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Long Island
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - 1840
KW  - Sculpture
KW  - Long Island (N.Y.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1815-1861
KW  - Poets
KW  - itoamc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc055
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005001.3
ER  -