Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988
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Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988
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Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988
Feinberg, Charles E.
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Feinberg, Charles E.
Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-
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Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-
Charles E Feinberg.
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Charles E Feinberg.
Fainberg, Ts'arls E. 1899-
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Fainberg, Ts'arls E. 1899-
Fainberg, Ts'arls E. 1899-1988
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Fainberg, Ts'arls E. 1899-1988
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A famous collector of Walt Whitman manuscripts, he also had a large library of rare books and historical manuscripts. Born in London and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, one of eight children, he worked in his father's store, leaving school after the 7th grade. He came to Detroit in 1922 and sold shoes and oil burners, later became president Argo Oil Company. He was one of the founders of the friends of the Detroit Public LIbrary and has taken part in many community organizations. He was married and had three children. (blue index cards)
Book collector; specialist in Whitmaniana.
Businessman, and book and manuscript collector; Detroit, Mich. and Florida. Died in 1988.
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Charles E. Feinberg: collector. William Johnson: associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Dr. Charles Feinberg (1900-1988) was an avid collector and donor of art and materials related to Walt Whitman and other modern American and English authors. Feinberg was also an editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85006435
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American literature
American poetry
Poets, American
Poets, American
American prose literature
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Book collecting
Book collectors
Collectors and collecting
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Poetry
Wood-engraving
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Washington (D.C.)
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United States
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Detroit (Mich.)
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United States
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