Papers of Walt Whitman, 1860-1941.

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Papers of Walt Whitman, 1860-1941.

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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various drafts and revisions of unfinshed poems; notes and ideas for essays, lectures and unfinshed poems; complete unpublished poems; and biographical notes.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a diary of cases seen in Washington, D.C. army hospitals during the Civil War; and criticism of his poetry in an unpublished article "Is Walt Whitman's Poetry Poetical?"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.

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...

Gilchrist, Herbert Harlakenden, 1857-

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Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (b. 1857) was a British painter and the son of the author, Anne Burrows Gilchrist (1828-1885). From the description of Letters from various individuals to Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist, 1880-1905. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396797 ...

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919

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Henry Mills Alden, American writer and editor for 50 years of Harper's Magazine and descendent of John and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower fame, was born in Mount Tabor, Vermont, on November 3, 1836. From the description of Henry Mills Alden papers, 1862-1907. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667714420 American editor and critic; editor, Harper's Monthly, 1869-1919. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Metuchen, New Jersey, to F...

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Knortz, Karl, 1841-1918

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German-American author, literary critic and folklorist. From the guide to the Karl Knortz papers, 1870-1912, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927

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Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor,

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Doyle, Peter, 1847-

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Friend of Whitman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Phila, to Laurens Maynard, [18]96 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527083 ...

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Eldridge, Charles W.

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Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920

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Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946

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English author and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Hampstead, to Victor Plarr, [no year] Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617349 The author was head of a Welsh organization, "Undeb Cymdeithasan Diwylliadd Cymreig Llundain" (letterhead reads : "Tymhor, 1902-1903".) Members included David Lloyd George. With this is filed a typed letter of transmittal from Louttit to Damon (Nov. 8, 1935). From the description of Letter, 1903, ...

Gilchrist, Anne Burrows, 1828-1885

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