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)
From the description of Charles E. Feinberg papers, 1772-1914. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 378448645
Book collector; specialist in Whitmaniana.
From the description of Letters, to Lyman B. Bloomingdale, June to December 1983. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122480572
Businessman, and book and manuscript collector; Detroit, Mich. and Florida. Died in 1988.
From the description of Charles E. Feinberg collection of artists letters, 1800-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599384
Collector.
From the description of Papers of Karl Jay Shapiro in the Charles E. Feinberg collection, 1930-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070194
From the description of Papers of Walt Whitman in the Charles E. Feinberg collection, 1806-1981 (bulk 1841-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069864
Charles E. Feinberg: collector. William Johnson: associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
From the description of William Johnson papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984336
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.
From the description of Charles Feinberg collection. [1860-1875]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 688600983
Biographical Note
1819, May 31
Born, West Hills, N.Y.
1830
1846
Held various jobs as office boy, schoolteacher, typesetter,
and journalist chiefly in Long Island and Brooklyn, N.Y.
1839
1840
Writer and typesetter, Long Island Democrat
1841
1848
Associated with numerous newspapers and magazines, including
the New York Aurora and the New York Evening Tattler
1846
1848
Editor, Brooklyn Eagle
1848
Writer, New Orleans Crescent
Editor, Brooklyn Freeman
1855
Published
Leaves of Grass (Brooklyn, N.Y.: n.p. 95 pp.). Enlarged and revised in
succeeding editions of 1856, 1860-1861, 1867, 1871, 1876, 1881-1882, 1888-1889,
and 1891-1892
1857
1859
Editor, Brooklyn Times
1862
1864
Served as hospital nurse, Washington, D.C.
1865
Published
Drum Taps (New York: n.p. 72 pp.)
Clerk, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
1865
1873
Clerk, Office of the Attorney General, Washington,
D.C.
1871
Published
Democratic Vistas (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by J. S. Redfield, New York]. 84
pp.)
Published
Passage to India (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by J. S. Redfield, New York]. 120
pp.)
Published
After All, Not to Create Only (Boston: Roberts Brothers. 24 pp.)
1872
Published
As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free (Washington, D.C.: n.p. [Printed by S. W. Green, New York]. 14
pp.)
1873
Suffered paralytic stroke
1875
1876
Published
Memoranda During the War (Camden, N.J.: n.p. 68 pp.)
1876
Published
Two Rivulets (Camden, N.J.: n.p. 32 pp.)
1882
1883
Published
Specimen Days and Collect (Philadelphia: David McKay. 376 pp.)
1888
Published
November Boughs (Philadelphia: David McKay. 140 pp.)
1891
Published
Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay. 66 pp.)
1892, Mar. 26
Died, Camden, N.J.
From the guide to the Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection, 1763-1985, (bulk 1841-1981), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)