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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Papers of Walt Whitman, 1860-1941.

Title: Papers of Walt Whitman, 1860-1941.

The collection contains manuscripts of poems in "Leaves of Grass," and studies for the poems; various drafts and revisions of unfinshed poems; notes and ideas for essays, lectures and unfinshed poems; complete unpublished poems; and biographical notes. The collection also contains a diary of cases seen in Washington, D.C. army hospitals during the Civil War; and criticism of his poetry in an unpublished article "Is Walt Whitman's Poetry Poetical?" for the "Nation" to be revised by John Burroughs and appear over his signature. Correspondents include H.M. Alden, Sylvester Baxter, John Burroughs, Peter Doyle, Charles W. Eldridge, James T. Fields, Anne Gilchrist, Herbert Gilchrist, Dr. Karl Knortz, James Russell Lowell, Ernest Rhys, T.W. Rolleston, and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman.

ArchivalResource: 72 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48936763 View

Doyle, Peter, 1847-. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Laurens Maynard, 1902 May 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Laurens Maynard, 1902 May 7.

Correcting remarks attributed to Doyle in an article by Elbert Hubbard, "Walt Whitman and John Burroughs," in the Cosmopolitan Magazine (for 1902?), the printed article follows this letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270516101 View

Doyle, Peter, 1847-. Autograph letter signed : Phila, to Laurens Maynard, [18]96 Dec. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Phila, to Laurens Maynard, [18]96 Dec. 12.

Saying he is sending him the copy of Drum-taps that Whitman gave to Doyle in 1867, and commenting on photographs he cannot locate.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270527083 View

Doyle, Peter, 1847-. Autograph letter signed (pencil) : Philadelphia, to Laurens Maynard, 1796 Dec. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed (pencil) : Philadelphia, to Laurens Maynard, 1796 Dec. 30.

Sending him a copy of the original (1865) issue of Drum-Taps, having on fly-leaf an autograph note by Doyle "from Walt Whitman May 1867" and "Laurens Maynard from Peter G. Doyle."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270526984 View

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection, 1763-1985, (bulk 1841-1981)

Title: Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection 1763-1985 (bulk 1841-1981)

Collector. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, diaries, commonplace books, notes and notebooks, and other papers of Walt Whitman collected by Feinberg. Also contains material relating to Whitman's life and writings including the papers of Richard Maurice Bucke, Charles E. Feinberg, John H. Johnston, William Douglas O'Connor, and Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel.

ArchivalResource: 28,000 items; 238 containers plus 34 oversize; 96.2 linear feet; 38 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004014 View