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Finding Aid for Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892.

Inventory to the Walt Whitman Collection, 1859-1891

The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Processed by:
Sarah Dickson; John Gordan, primarily 1941. Inventory created by Diana Burnham, 2000.
Date Completed:
2000
Encoded By:
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Walt Whitman Collection, 1859-1891
Creator
Whitman, Walt
Creator
Bucke, R. M.
Creator
Burroughs, John
Size
Nearly 35 Whitman manuscripts, or manuscript fragments, and 13 manuscripts relating to Whitman. In addition, there are approximately 200 ALS and ANS; 150 postal cards; 70 letters written to Whitman; and 30 letters regarding him.
Repository
The New York Public Library
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Administrative Information Table of Contents

Provenance

Most of the Whitman material in the Berg was acquired by W. T. H. Howe of Cincinnati, the president of the American Book Company, who purchased it from the Harvard professor and Atlantic Monthly editor Bliss Perry (1860-1954). Perry also authored the first scholarly biography of Whitman. He undertook the project at the request of the Houghton Miflin publishing firm, after John Burroughs (1837-1921), the American naturalist and friend of Whitman, withdrew from his contract. Burroughs then gave Perry much of the research material he had collected. Presumably it was this material that Howe acquired. The Howe collection was purchased by Albert A. Berg following Howe's death in 1940 and was donated to the Berg Collection in the same year. Other Whitman items in the Berg come from the donated collections of the Berg brothers and the partly purchased, partly donated, collection of Owen D. Young (1941), Chairman of the Board of the General Electric Company..

Access

Access to the collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316.

Electronic Access to Individual Items

A selection of Berg manuscript items is available through Major Authors Online: Walt Whitman, an electronic resource available in Room 316 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library (Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street). Items from the Berg Collection are listed below.

  • Whitman, Walt. As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free.
  • Whitman, Walt. The Dead Emperor.
  • Whitman, Walt. A Death-Sonnet for Custer.
  • Whitman, Walt. Go, said his Soul to a Poet.
  • Whitman, Walt. I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing.
  • Whitman, Walt. Song of the Universal.
  • Whitman, Walt. To Those Who've Fail'd.
  • Whitman, Walt. Warble for Lilac-Time.
  • Whitman, Walt. Whitman's Advertisement Regarding A Child's Reminiscence.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library

Requests for reproduction and/or permission to quote must be made in writing to the Curator and be accompanied by Estate permission.

Biography Table of Contents

Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 on Long Island, one of seven children, and died March 26, 1892 in Camden, New Jersey. His family moved to Brooklyn when he was four years old. When he was thirteen he began work at the liberal Long Island Patriot, the beginning of his long involvement with journalism that included founding and running his own paper. Later in life, he worked as a teacher, a printer, a government clerk, and as a volunteer nurse to sick and wounded Civil War soldiers.

1842Published a commissioned temperance novel in the November 23 supplement to the New World, entitled Franklin Evans; or the Inebriate . NYPL is one of only four institutions known to have the supplement.1855First edition of Leaves of Grass published to mixed reviews.1855Father died. Whitman assumed responsibility for his family.1856Second edition of Leaves of Grass brought out.1860Third edition of Leaves of Grass was published.1862-1864Whitman traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia, in search of his brother George who had been listed among the soldiers wounded there. During the five days of his successful search for his brother, he became so overwhelmed by the suffering he saw that he remained, visiting and caring for sick and wounded soldiers as an unofficial nurse in Washington, D.C. and on the front. Supporting himself with a job at the Army Paymaster's Office, Whitman nursed wounded soldiers after work. In addition to volunteering his time, he collected money to augment his personal contributions for the purchase of fruit, biscuits, tobacco, milk, paper and stamps for the soldiers. Finally in 1865, he was forced to give up nursing because of his own ill health. 1865Early in the year, Whitman's friend William O'Connor helped him obtain a position at the Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. When, on June 30, 1865, the Secretary of the Interior James Harlan discovered a heavily revised edition of Leaves of Grass in his desk, he fired Whitman. (This copy, known as the "Blue Book" because of the color of its cover, can be found in the Oscar Lion Collection, Manuscripts Division, The New York Public Library.) A former Methodist minister, Harlan found a number of passages indecent and felt they advocated free love. William O'Connor came to Whitman's defense and managed to have him transferred to the Attorney General's office. O'Connor then wrote The Good Gray Poet, a pamphlet that defended Whitman against Harlan's accusations of indecency. He wished to speed Whitman's acceptance by the general public, which in many ways he did. The sobriquet “Good Gray Poet” stuck.1865 Drum-Taps was published in the summer.1865In October Drum-Taps was republished as Sequel to Drum-Taps, bound with an additional twenty-four pages which included poems in memory of Abraham Lincoln who had been assassinated on April 14, 1865. 1867Whitman published Democracy and a fourth edition of Leaves of Grass . 1868English edition of Leaves of Grass is published, edited by William Rossetti and entitled Poems of Walt Whitman . It received warm reviews, including Algernon Charles Swinburne's praise which likened Whitman to William Blake. Alfred, Lord Tennyson began to correspond with him, and Anne Gilchrist, the widow of the Blake biographer Alexander Gilchrist, proposed marriage. 1871Fifth edition of Leaves of Grass published. Democratic Vistas and Passage to India, two new works, also published.1873Whitman suffered a serious stroke that resulted in lameness and general weakness. Only a few months earlier his mother had died, an experience he described as the "great dark cloud of my life." Unable to work after the stroke, he went to Camden, N.J., to live with his brother and sister-in-law while he recovered (a process which took years), moving into the room in which his mother had died. Magnifying the period's bleakness for him was a dispute with William O'Connor that caused their estrangement.1875Now able to move around more easily, he spent long periods visiting nearby friends.1875On November 17, Whitman attended the reburial of Edgar Allan Poe and the dedication of a Poe monument in Baltimore. He was the only literary figure to attend. 1876 Democratic Vistas was reissued with additional poems under the title Two Rivulets . 1879Whitman's health improved enough to allow him to lecture and travel more broadly.1881Sixth edition of Leaves of Grass published in November in Boston, MA. 1882 Leaves of Grass is banned in April. When Whitman refused to make required changes, Osgood & Company halted publication. By June, Whitman had entered into an agreement with another company, Rees Welsh & Company in Philadelphia, and the book was released in 1882. Because of the scandal, the reissue sold well. 1882Rees Welsh also published Specimen Days and Collect .1883Dr. Bucke, a Canadian physician and alienist, as well as a friend of Whitman's, published the first biography of Whitman. (Whitman's in-depth revision of Bucke's Analysis of Poems is now in the Berg Collection.)1884Whitman bought his own house at 328 Mickle Street in Camden, N.J. 1886He began work on November Boughs, another work of prose and poetry, and continued to write short pieces for magazines and newspapers to supplement his income.1888Suffered another stroke in June, this one severe. Because of paralysis he now required a male nurse and a wheelchair for mobility. With Horace Traubel's assistance, however, he was able to complete and publish November Boughs as well as the Complete Poetry & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855-1888 .1889A large celebration was given in honor of the poet's seventieth birthday. Whitman worked hard throughout his life to attain the literary attention he felt he deserved. By the end of his life he was respected in both the United States and England and his work had been translated into a number of languages. Visitors to his house at Mickle Street included Oscar Wilde, Edmond Gosse, Horace Howard Furness and Joseph Penell. Financial support in his later years came from a varied group that included Edwin Booth, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson.1891Completed and published Good-Bye My Fancy and the final version of Leaves of Grass .1892Walt Whitman died on March 26.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

The Berg Collection's letters and manuscripts by Walt Whitman cover the years 1859 to 1891 with a small amount of material as yet undated. Strengths of the collection include nearly 30 poems or poem fragments and Whitman's autograph revision of the Analysis of Poems by Dr. R. Bucke. This essay was written for Bucke's authorized biography ( Walt Whitman, 1883) and Whitman's extensive revisions were incorporated before publication. The correspondence includes two longer runs, one to William O' Connor and the other to his wife Ellen O'Connor. The O'Connors were active in a number of social causes, as well as devoted advocates of Whitman and his writing. William O'Connor, author of The Good Gray Poet (1866), was one of Whitman's closest friends until an argument in 1873 caused a break in their friendship.

Others who figure prominently in the Berg Collection's Whitman materials include John Burroughs (1837-1921), nature writer, literary critic, and author of Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867); Peter Doyle and Harry Stafford, young friends of Whitman's; and Richard Maurice Bucke (1837-1902), Whitman's authorized biographer, friend and literary executor. In addition to writing Walt Whitman (1883) and Walt Whitman, Man and Poet (1897), Bucke co-edited with Horace Traubel and Thomas Harned The Complete Writings (1902).

Other Sources Table of Contents

The Oscar Lion Collection in The New York Public Library's Rare Book Division has a significant collection of Walt Whitman manuscripts, books, pamphlets and portraits. Other libraries that house Whitman material include the Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia's Alderman Library. The largest collection, including materials assembled by Charles E. Feinberg, is at the Library of Congress.

Summary Table of Contents

  • Series I, Manuscripts, Arranged Alphabetically
  • Series II, Manuscripts relating to Whitman, Arranged Alphabetically
  • Series III, Outgoing correspondence, Arranged Alphabetically by Recipient
  • Series IV Incoming correspondence, Arranged Alphabetically by author
  • Series V, Correspondence relating to Whitman, Arranged Alphabetically
  • Series VI, Portraits

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Series I, Manuscripts, Arranged Alphabetically Table of Contents
   
Whitman, Walt. Miscellaneous autograph material: 7 envelopes and wrappers addressed to W. D. O'Connor, 1 envelope to Mrs. O'Connor and two signatures. Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Additional Note [to Speciman Days], 1887.
Holograph, unsigned.

Written for the English edition. Came with his ALS to Ernest Rhys, dated March 15, 1887.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Analysis of Poems by Dr. R. Bucke.
Approx. 130 p.

This draft of an essay for the authorized biography Walt Whitman by Dr. R. Bucke (Philadelphia: McKay: London: Trubner, 1883) has numerous revisions and additions in Whitman's hand and reveals how much of it was written by Whitman himself. A critical edition with facsimiles of 25 pages was published by New York University Press in 1974.

Cased Backlog.
   
Whitman, Walt. As Strong as Bird on Pinions Free. undated.
13 p.

Presented by the author to Richard J. Hinton, and in turn presented by the latter to J. H. Johnston.

Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Broadway, 1861, and I too am drawn. Holograph poems, unsigned and undated.
1 leaf.
Howe. Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. A Child's Reminiscence. Holograph poem [ 1859 ]
15 p.

Also 3 holograph advertisements regarding the poem, prepared by Whitman for the press. Published with titles: A Word Out of the Sea and Out of the Cradle.

Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. Copy, in Whitman's hand, of a portion of a letter to him from W. S. Kennedy. June 1883 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. The Dead Emperor. Holograph poem, undated.
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. A Death Sonnet for Custer. Holograph poem, undated.
1 p.

Draft of a version published in the New York Tribune, June 10, 1876. Later published under the title: From Far Dakota's Cañons.

Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Emerson: an Appreciation, Holograph draft (fragment) of essay, unsigned c.1854
2 p.

With bound in typescript transcription. Also bound in: Emerson, Ralph Waldo. ALS to Robert Stewart. Edinburgh, Feb. 17 [1848] 1 l.

Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. Emerson. Essays. 1st series. Page of holograph comments on the essays. Mary Davis, J. H. Johnston, Howe.Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. From Far Dakota's Cañons. See his A Death Sonnet for Custer.
   
Whitman, Walt. [Good-bye my fancy. American National Literature] Holograph fragment, unsigned and undated.
1 p.

Published, p. 31-2, p. 31-2, Philadelphia, McKay, 1891, edition.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Go, said his soul to a poet. Four holograph drafts of the prefatory poem published in the 1876 and later editions of Leaves of Grass. Undated.
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. [I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing] Holograph of five lines of the poem. Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. I Too Am Drawn. See his: Broadway, 1861.
   
Whitman, Walt. Interpolation Sounds. Holograph poem, signed, undated.
1 p.

A Tribute to General Philip Sheridan.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Laurels and Palms altered to To Those Who've Failed. Holograph poem, undated.
1 p.
Howe. Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. Holograph fragment beginning: "The men north or south that have come on to the current days from service in this Secession war." Unsigned and undated.
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. [Holograph memoranda, unsigned and undated, with titles: List of Things Recognized by my Lectures, The Most Perfect Wonders of the Earth, and A New Way & True Way of Treating History, Geography, Ethnology, Astronomy, &c.;, &c.; in Books]
3 p. 40 cm.

See The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. The Camden Edition, New York: Putnam, 1902. Vol. 6, p. 48, 200-201.

Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. Holograph memoranda and notes, unsigned and undated, written on 27 scraps of paper. 1 v.
32 cm.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. My Visits and Distributions. Holograph, unsigned and undated.
4 p.

On verso of last page is recommendation of himself written by Whitman and crossed out.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. Holograph notes for lectures and poems written on 12 scraps of paper. Unsigned and undated.
1 v. 32 cm.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. The Pallid Wreath. Holograph poem, dated January 4, 1891 . Written on the same sheet as his ALS to J. B. Gilder, Camden, Jan. 4, 1891. Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. [ The Poet, by Ralph Waldo Emerson] Holograph reading note, unsigned and undated.
1 p.
Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. The Sobbing of the Bells. Holograph poem, dated Sept. 19-20, 1881 .
1 p.

Relates to the death of President Garfield.

Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. The Sobbing of the Bells. Holograph draft (fragment) of poem, unsigned and dated midnight, Sept. 19-20, 1881.
2 p.

With crossed out lines on recto. With note at top to Mr. Clarke regarding the setup and proof. Accompanied by: Garfield, James A. ALS to Edward Jarvis. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1869. 1 p.

Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. Song of the Universal. Holograph, unsigned and undated.
13 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. [Title page] Holograph draft for a title page (beginning, "or Halycon days") with note at head: "for title page to supplement of L of G not Nove. Boughs." Unsigned and undated.
1 l.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. To Those Who've Failed. See his, Laurels and Palms.
   
Whitman, Walt. Two holograph fragments, unsigned and undated: Two little human buds, four lines; A youth beloved by all,
2 lines.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Walt Whitman's Birthday. Holograph [ May 1884 ]
3 p.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Warble for Lilac Time. Holograph poem, undated.
4 p.
Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. What is this terrible suggestion… Holograph fragment, unsigned and undated.
1 p.

Relates to the Civil War. Accompanying authenticating ms. note in unidentified hand: "...from the collection of J. H. Johnston, New York, Sept. 30, 1909."

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Yonnondio. Holograph draft of poem, signed and undated.
1 p.
Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. You lingering sparse leaves of me. Holograph poem and additional draft of last three lines, both signed, undated.
2 p.
Manuscript box.
   
Series II, Manuscripts relating to Whitman, Arranged Alphabetically Table of Contents
   
Bucke, [Richard Maurice] Analysis of Poems. n.d.
Approx. 130 p.

See Series I, Whitman, Walt. Analysis of Poems. Manuscript of essay written by R. M. Bucke for his Walt Whitman, the authorized biography (Philadelphia: McKay: London: Trubner, 1883). With Walt Whitman's extensive corrections and additions. A critical edition with facsimiles of 25 pages was published by New York University Press in 1974.

Cased Backlog.
   
Bucke, R. M. [Circular letter asking for information about Walt Whitman] Signed and dated June 10, 1880 and addressed in his hand to Mrs. [Ellen M.] O'Connor. Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Burroughs, John [The Poet of the Cosmos] Incomplete holograph of the chapter from Accepting the Universe: Essays in Naturalism, dated Nov. 15-16, 1915 .
9 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Burroughs, John. The Question of American Literature. Holograph, dated, Dec. 27, 1876 , with pencilled ms. corrections in the hand of Walt Whitman.
12 p.

Typescript of the same work with author's ms. corrections. 6 p.

Clara Barrus-Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Burroughs, John. The Spirit of Democracy—the Modern Spirit—Rules in Science.
2 p. of unidentified holograph.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Burroughs, John. Twelve holograph notebooks, 1854-1883 .

Includes material relating to Walt Whitman.

Cased.Clara Barrus-Howe.
   
Burroughs, John. Walt Whitman & His Art. Holograph, unsigned and undated.
15 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Cased.
   
Gilchrist, Anne. Copy in W. M. Rossetti's hand of 2 l. of passages from Anne Gilchrist's letters to him of June 22, 23 and July 11, 1869 , published as A Woman's Estimate of Walt Whitman. Enclosed in ALS from W. M. Rossetti to [William D. ] O'Connor. London, Nov. 20 [ 1869 ]. Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Holloway, Emory. Portrait of a Poet: A Life of Walt Whitman. Typescript, uncorrected, unsigned and undated.
619 p. 2 v. (bd. 29 cm.)
Oversized (+) (Whitman).
   
Lossing, Benson John. [Holograph notebook kept on a visit to the Shaker community at Mount Lebanon, 1853? ]
35 p.

Once thought to be in Walt Whitman's hand.

William F. Gable, Howe.Cased.
   
O'Connor, W. D. [Defense of Walt Whitman written in the form of a letter to R. M. Bucke, Washington, Feb. 22, 1882 , and published as "Introductory letter" in his Walt Whitman. Also page of holograph in Whitman's hand, unsigned and undated; incorporated by Bucke in his "Introduction"] Bound by Sangorski & Sucliffe. Bliss Perry. Howe.
   
O'Connor, W. D. Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person. By John Burroughs. New York: American News Company, 1867 [review of Burroughs' book] Holograph draft unsigned [ 1867 ].
10 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Phillips, Stephen. Whitman and Gosse and The Darkness on my Life, Alas. Two manuscript poems, in the hand of Margaret Jerome (?), unsigned and undated.
1 p. each.

First line of second poem used as Title.

Manuscript box.
   
Series III, Outgoing correspondence, Arranged Alphabetically by Recipient Table of Contents
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Sylvester Baxter. Camden, N.J., Oct. 31 [1881?]
1 p.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. AL to Sylvester Baxter. Camden, N.J., Oct. 8, 1882 .
1 l.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Sylvester Baxter. Camden, N.J., June 9, 1885 .
1 p.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Sylvester Baxter. Camden, N.J., Dec. 8, 1886 .
1 p.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Lewis K. Browne] Brooklyn, N.Y., July 11, 1864 .
2 l.
Berg. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. 6 ALS to John Burroughs. Brooklyn, N.Y. and Camden, N.J., March 15, 1871-Febr. 11, 1888 . Bliss Perry, Howe.Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [John Burroughs] Camden, N.J., Jan. 24, 1877 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [John Burroughs] Camden, N.J., Dec. 21, 1885 .
1 l.
Manuscript box.Bliss Perry, Howe.
   
Whitman, Walt. Letter to Moncure D. Conway in answer to his letter of Oct. 12 [1866?] . Written though out in Whitman's hand, but intended to be signed by O'Connor, who may have written the first draft.
7 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.

In the same folder: Facsimile and copy of letters from Walt Whitman to M. D. Conway. Washington [D.C.] Feb. 17, 1868 and Camden, [n.y.] and copies of 2 letters from M. D. Conway to W. D. O'Connor. London, April 24 [1866?] and April 30 [1867]

   
Whitman, Walt. Copies and abstracts in Edward Dowden's [?] hand of 9 letters to him from Walt Whitman, [v.p.] Aug. 22, 1871-Nov. 21, 1888 .
6 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. 41 postal cards to Peter Doyle. Camden, N.J., Jan. 15 - Dec. 29 [1875] . Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. Typewritten copies of 9 letters to Charles W. Eldridge. Five dated June 28, 1864 - April 5, 1887 , four dated with day and month only. Bliss Perry, Howe.

Copy of 1 letter has reference to Joaquin Miller.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Postcard to Isabella Ford. Camden, N. J., Dec. 8, 1883 . Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Herb[ert] [Gilchrist] "Down at White horse, at the Stafford's," Aug. 3-5 [1878] .
5 p.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [J.G. and J.B. Gilder] Camden, N.J., Dec. 21, 1882 .
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box. Removed from Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman at home. New York, 1898.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [J.B. Gilder, editor of the Critic] Camden, N.J., Sept. 16, 1884 .
1 p.

Submitting an article for publication. With ms. note identifying the article as What lurks behind Shakespeare's plays.

Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to Joseph B. Gilder, acknowledging receipt of $15 in payment for his article " What Lurks Behind Shakespeare's plays. Camden, Oct. 1, 1884." Manuscript box.

In folder with his: ALS to [J. B. Gilder, editor of the Critic] Camden, Sept. 16, 1884.

Howe.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [J. B. Gilder, editor of the Critic] submitting a holograph poem, The Pallid Wreath. Camden, N.J., Jan. 4, 1891 .
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Thomas B. Harned] [n.p.] July 7 [1888]
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Mr. Harris. St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1879 .
1 p.
Oversize (+).

Inserted in: Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1855. 1st edition, 2nd issue. Copy 2.

   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Jack [John R. Johnston, Jr.] Kirkwood, N.J., Feb. 18 [1877] . Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [W. S. Kennedy] Camden, N.J., Oct. 29, 1890 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry [?], Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Frederick Locker-Lampson. Camden, N.J., May 26, 1880 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to J. C. Mann, 431 Stevens, Street, Camden, N.J., March 25, 1874 ,
1 p.
Manuscript box.

Accompanied by his: Song of the Universal. Commencement poem, Tufts College, MA, June 17, 1874 [Camden, N.J.: New Republic print, 1874] broadside 43 x 14 cm.

   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Tom [Nicholson?] Camden, N.J., June 19, 1881 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1863 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1864 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1864 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1865 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Ellen M. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1865 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] [Washington, D.C.] Feb. 26 [1867]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1867 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Washington, [D.C.] Feb. 24, 1868 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Providence, RI, Oct. 19, 1868 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Washington [D. C.] June 8, 1871 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., June 29 [1871]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Ellen M. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., July 26 [1873]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Sept. 5 [1873]
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J. [Jan. 16, 1874]
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 3 [1874]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 11 [1874?]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 23 [1874?]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Ellen M. O'Connor. Camden [N.J.] Sunday [March 8, 1874]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., March 22 [1874]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Manuscript box
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., May 15 [1874]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N. J., June 10 [1874]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Aug. 5 [1874?]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Nov. 23 [1874]
1 l.

enclosing a newspaper clipping: An Act of Singular Generosity [by Walt Whitman?]

Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 24 [1876]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 29 [1876?]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J. July 26, 1887 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. 30 postal cards to Ellen M. O'Connor, 19 dated Aug. 8, 1887 - Jan. 4, 1891 , 11 undated. Bliss Perry, Howe. 4 cases.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., March 9-10 [1889]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., May 12, 1889 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Ellen O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Sept. 15, 1889 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Ellen M. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Nov. 23, 1889 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Dec. 18, 1889 . 1 p. Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Sept. 25, 1890 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Sept. 29, 1890 .
2 p.

Enclosing 2 proofs of Whitman's Preface to William D. O'Connor's Three Tales.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., April 8, 1891 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Ellen M. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Nov. 12, 1891 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Nelly [Ellen M. O'Connor] [Washington, D.C.] Nov. 9 [n.y.]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. AL to [Ellen M. O'Connor?] [Camden, N.J., n.d.] Fragment. Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to William [D. O'Connor] Washington [D.C., 186?]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., June 25, 1864 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., July 5, 1864 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 24, 1864 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 2 [1864]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1864 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 10 [1864?]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 14 [1864]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Manuscript box
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn [N.Y.] Jan. 6, 1865 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 20, 1865 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William & Nelly O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., March 26, 1865 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, [N.Y.] April 7, 1865 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to [William D. O'Connor] Washington [D.C., Jan. 25, 1866]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. New York, Aug. 26 [1866]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., May 5 [1867]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William [D. O'Connor] [Camden, N. J.] May 12 [1867]
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 15 [1867]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1867 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] [Washington, D.C. ] Nov. 27 [1867]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] New York, Sept. 27, 1868 , 2 l., with note to Ellen M. O'Connor at end. Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. New York, Oct. 4, 1868 .
3 p.
Cased.Bliss Perry, Howe.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] New York, Oct. 14, 1868 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1869 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] [Washington, D.C.] Dec. 23, 1869 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to William D. O'Connor. Washington [D.C.] 186-.
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Letter to William [D. O'Connor] dictated by Whitman, and in the hand of "A. H. R." Brooklyn, N.Y., May 11, 1870 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 14 [1871]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 26 [1871]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. 107 postal cards and 3 correspondence cards to William D. O'Connor, Camden, etc., May 3, 1882-May 6, 1889 . Bliss Perry, Howe. 6 cases.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N. J., May 7, 1882 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., May 25 [1882]
5 p.

Accompanied by 2 ALS from O'Connor to Whitelaw Reid, May 19 and 26, 1882 with 4 letters from Reid to O'Connor, May 27-Oct.7, 1882, relating to articles on Whitman submitted by O'Connor to the New York Tribune.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor, Camden, N.J., May 28, 1882 , 1 p. Also a "synopsis" of Emerson talk on the commons in 1860, 1 p., probably the enclosure mentioned in the letter. Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. AL to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., May 30, 1882 containing further notes about relations between Whitman and Emerson.
5 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., June 18, [1882]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] [Philadelphia] June 28 [1882]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. 2 ALS to William D. O'Connor. Philadelphia, July 6, 1882 . 1 p. Camden [July 9, 1882]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Sept. 22 [1882]
1 p.

Encloses: Riley, William Harrison. Copies, in an unknown hand, of 3 letters to Walt Whitman. St. George's Farm, Totley, near Sheffield, England. March 5, April 2 and 4, 1879. 5 p.; 3 p.; 4 p.; Also, Bathgate, W. J. Copy, in an unknown hand, of a letter to Walt Whitman. Oakenholt, Liscard, Cheshire, Eng., Jan 31, 1880. 3 p.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., May 17 [1882]
2 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. [Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1882 ]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Oct. 29, 1882 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Nov. 12, 1882 .
1 l.

Encloses his: Whispers of Heavenly Death. Galley proof of 5 poems. Also a letter from Ezra H. Heywood, Nov. 5, 1882, relating to Leaves of Grass and 2 clippings.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Dec. 17, 1882 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Dec. 27, 1882 .
1 p. with envelope.
Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Feb. 19, 1883 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS and ANS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Feb. 21, 1883 . 1 l. [Camden, Feb. 23, 1883]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., March 14, 1883 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Cased
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., March 16, 1883 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., March 25 [1883]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., March 29 [1883]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., March 31, 1883
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., April 14 [1883]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., June 27, 1883 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Clippings were originally enclosed in this letter but we lack them.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor, Camden, N.J., July 20, 1883 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Sept. 13, 1883 . Written on the face of an envelope addressed to Whitman from Salt Lake City. Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. AN to [William D. O'Connor] suggesting a note, "About Walt Whitman. Dr. Bucke's book," to be used to accompany a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. Washington, Sept. [19], 1883 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. AN to [William D. O'Connor] [Philadelphia? Jan. 11, 1884? ] in the margin of a galley proof of Whitman's A Backward Glance on My Own Road. Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Sept. 29, 1884 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D O'Connor] Camden, N.J., June 11, 1885 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J. [Jan. 4, 1886] .
1 p.

Written on the 4th page of an ALS from W. S. Kennedy to Whitman [n.p., Jan., 1886? ]

3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Jan. 22, 1886 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., April 12 [1886]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Jan. 14, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., April 12, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., April 18, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
William, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., April 25 [1888]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., June 14, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Aug. 4, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [William D. O'Connor] Camden, N.J., Nov. 9, 1888 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to William [D. O'Connor] Washington [D.C., n.d.]
1 p.
Bliss Perry. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to [William D. O'Connor] [Washington, D.C., n.d.]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. AN with suggestions to William [D. O'Connor] to be used in the latter's letter to W. M. Rossetti. [n.p., n.d.]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Arthur [Price] Camden, N.J., Jan. 25, 1887 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. [Drafts of six letters to Sergeant Thomas P Sawyer] [April 21-Nov., 1863]
1 v.

Accompanied by 1 ALS from Sawyer to Lewis R. Brown, April 12, 1863, and 1 LS and 1 ALS from Sawyer to Walt Whitman, April 26, 1863 and Jan. 21, 1864.

Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Harry [Stafford] Philadelphia, June 18 and 19 [1877]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Aug. 7 [1877]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] New York, May 13 [1878]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] New York, May 28 [1878]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. 3 ALS to Harry Stafford. New York, July 6 [1878] 1 l. Camden, N.J., Aug. 15 [1882] 1 p. [n.p., April 19, 188?]
1 p.
Howe. Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Oct. 31 [1880]
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Glendale, Nov. 12 [1880]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Jan. 2, 1881 .
1 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Jan. 27 [1881] Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Feb. 11, [1881] . Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] [n.p] Feb. 17 [1881] Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Feb. 24 [1881] Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Harry [Stafford] Camden, N.J., July 14, 1881 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Harry [Stafford] Boston, Sept. 9, 1881 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] [n.p.] Jan. 31 [1882]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Harry [Stafford] Camden, N.J., Jan. 30, 1883 .
1 p.
Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Harry Stafford] Camden, N.J., Jan. 2, 1884 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Harry [Stafford] Camden, N.J., Feb. 10 [1884]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to [Edmund Clarence] Stedman. Camden, N.J., June 17, 1775 .
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to the Sun. Camden, N.J., November 28, 1881 .
1 p.
Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to Byron Sutherland. 331 East 55th Street, New York, Sept 20, 1868 .
2 p.
Berg. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. Incomplete AL to his mother [Mrs. Louisa Van Velsor Whitman] Washington, D.C., June 30, 1863 .
4 l.
Young. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. 10 ALS to his mother [Mrs. Louisa Van Velsor Whitman] Washington, D.C. March 23, 1866-April 16, 1868 .
1 v.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother [Mrs. Louisa Van Velsor Whitman] Washington, D.C. May 14, 1866 .
1 l.
Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother. Washington, D.C. July 2, 1866 .
2 l.
Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother [Mrs. Louisa Whitman] Washington, [D.C.] Nov. 23, 1866 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. 6 ALS to his mother. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 1866-March 12, 1867 Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother. Washington [D.C.] Jan. 26, 1868 .
1 l.
Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother. Washington, [D C.] July 17, 1868 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother. Washington, D.C. Oct. 16, 186[?]
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe. Cased
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his mother. Washington [D.C.] Feb. 2-8 [1869]
2 l.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to his brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman. Washington [D.C.] May 7, 1866 .
2 l.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to General Wilson. Camden, N. J., Dec. 8, 1886 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

In case with his: ALS to Arthur [Price] Camden, Jan. 25, 1887.

   
Whitman, Walt. ANS to Camden, N.J., Nov. 15, 1887 .
1 p.
Howe. Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Walt. ALS to ? Camden, N.J., Oct. 10, 1889 .
1 p.

Relates to John G. Whittier.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Whitman, Walt. Draft of a letter to an unknown correspondent. [n.p., n.d.]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Series IV Incoming Correspondence, Arranged Alphabetically by Author Table of Contents
   
Bathgate, W.J. Copy, in an unknown hand, of a letter to Walt Whitman. Oakenhold, Liscard, Cheshire, Eng. Jan. 31, 1880 .
3 p.

Mentions John Ruskin's interest in Whitman. With Whitman, Walt. ANS to William D. O'Connor. Camden, N.J., Sept, 22 [1882] .

Manuscript box.
   
Bucke, Richard Maurice. ALS (incomplete) to Walt Whitman. Ocean View Hotel, Bay St., St. Augustine, Fla. [Feb. 10? 1888]
1 p. Last page only.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

In: Whitman, Walt. 6 ALS to John Burroughs. 1871 - 1888. On verso of letter of Feb. 11, 1888.

Oversized (+).
   
Collection of 60 letters to Walt Whitman. With Whitman's original autograph label "Soldiers' letters to me during the war (some since)" Howe.Cased (Whitman).
   
Kennedy, William Sloane. ALS to Walt Whitman. [n.p., Jan., 1886? ]
3 p.

With: Whitman, Walt. ALS to William D. O'Connor. [Jan. 18, 1886?]

Manuscript box.
   
Kennedy, William Sloane. ALS to Walt Whitman. [n.p.] Feb. 13 and 15, 1888 .
1 l.

Accompanied by a printed announcement of Kennedy's Walt Whitman, the Poet of Humanity.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ALS to Walt Whitman. Cambridge, Feb. 22, 1881 .
1 p.
Howe. Cased.
   
Riley, William Harrison. Copies, in an unknown hand, of 3 letters to Walt Whitman. St. George's farm, Totley, nr. Sheffield, Eng., March 5, April 2 and 4, 1870 .
5 p.; 3 p.; 4 p.

Mentions John Ruskin's interest in Whitman. With: Whitman, Walt. ANS to William D. O'Connor. Camden. Sept. 22 [1882] .

Manuscript box.
   
Stedman, A.C. ALS to Walt Whitman. New York, Jan. 21, 1892 .
3 p.

Relates to William Sharp.

Howe. Manuscript box (Whitman, W.).
   
Series V, Correspondence Relating to Whitman, Arranged Alphabetically Table of Contents
   
Arnold, M. ALS to W[illiam] D. Connor. [London] Sept. 16, 1866 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Ashton, J. H. A. L., signed with initials, to C. W. Eldridge. [n.p., 1902? ]
1 l.
Clara Barrus, Howe .Manuscript box (Eldridge, C.W.).
   
Bing, Julius. Copy, in W. D. O'Connor's hand, of letter to [Joseph Hubley] Ashton. [n.p.] Monday evening, Oct. 1, 1866 .
5 p.

Relates to Leaves of Grass.

Bliss Perry, Howe. Manuscript box (O'Connor, William).
   
Bucke, R. M. ALS to Mrs. Ellen M. O'Connor Calder. London, Ont., April 18, 1892 .
1 p.

Enclosing carbon copy of extracts from letters from Horace Traubel to Bucke, Dec. 29 [1891] - March 26 [1892] headed Last days [of Walt Whitman] 32 p.

Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Bucke, R. M. Autograph and typewritten letter signed and typewritten copies of 5 letters to Thomas B. Harned. London, July 24, 1899-Feb. 14, 1902 . Relates to Putnam's edition of Whitman's works. Berg.

Removed from a collection of Whitmaniana of which the first item catalogued is Forman, H. B. 26 ALS, 6 LS and 1 postcard to R. M. Bucke, Feb. 26, 1896-Oct. 7, 1901.

Manuscript box.
   
Burroughs, John ALS to [J.J. Piatt] West Park, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1892 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
Eldridge, Charles Wesley. 19 ALS to John Burroughs. [v.p] June 26, 1973 - June 26, 1902 . Mostly regarding Walt Whitman. Manuscript box.
   
Eldridge, Charles Wesley. LS to J. H. Johnston. Washington, D.C., May 29, 1902 .
4 p.
Clara Barrus, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Eldridge, Charles Wesley. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Boston, Jan. 22 [1865]
6 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Eldridge, Charles Wesley. ALS to William D. O'Connor. Boston, Aug. 10, 1885 .
3 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Eldridge, Charles Wesley. ALS to William D O'Connor. Los Angeles, March 21, 1888 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Gilchrist, Anne. ALS to John Burroughs. 12 West Road, [London] July 28, 1882 .
11 p.
Berg.

Copy of letter belonged to Bliss Perry, Howe.

Manuscript box.
   
Harned, T. B. 4 ALS and 20 LS to Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1898 - Feb. 14, 1902. Most of the letters relate to the Putnam ed. of Whitman's works. Berg. Manuscript box.
   
Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to William D. O'Connor. New Orleans, Aug. 9, 1883 .
8 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to William D. O'Connor. New Orleans, postmarked Feb, 1884 .
1 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Cased.
   
Heyde, Hannah Louisa (Whitman) AL, signed "Han" to her brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman. Burlington [Vt.] Thurs. afternoon [n.y.]
2 l.
Berg. Manuscript box (Whitman).
   
Heyde, Hannah Louisa (Whitman) AL, signed "Han" to her brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman. [Burlington, Vt. Friday night, n.y.]
1 p.
Berg. Manuscript box (Whitman).
   
Morgan, J. A. ALS to W. D. O'Connor. [Wilcox, Penn., Aug. 28, 1883 ]
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
O'Connor, W. D. Holograph copy of his letter Matthew Arnold. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 1866 .
5 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
O'Connor, W. D. Draft of AL to J. T. Fields. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23, 1868 .
2 l.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
O'Connor, W. D. Holograph copy of his letter to J. R. Gilmore. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 1866 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.Manuscript box.
   
O'Connor, W. D. Draft of AL to Secretary Harlan relating to the dismissal of Walt Whitman from the Office of the Interior. [Washington, D.C.] July 21, 1865 .
15 p.

Also 4 pages of suggestions for the letter in Whitman's hand.

Howe. Oversized (+)
   
O'Connor, W. D. Draft of an A.L. to Miss S. S. Rice. [n.p., 1875 ] 20 p. With a holograph index,
2 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Mentions Poe monument and Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Perry, Bliss. ALS to [John Dozier] Gordon. 5 Clement Circle, Cambridge, MA., Dec. 16, [19]40.
1 l.

Relates to his Walt Whitman collection now in the Berg Collection.

Manuscript box.
   
Phillips, Wendell. ALS to [William D.] O'Connor. Boston, June [21.]
   
Putnam's. G. P. Sons. 11 LS and 3 L to Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. New York, London, March 23, 1899-Feb. 10, 1902 .
2 folders.
Berg.

Relates to the Putnam ed. of Whitman's works in 3 folders.

Manuscript box (Whitman, W.)
   
Raymond, H. J. 6 ALS to William D. O'Connor. New York, April 2, 1866-March 27, 1867 . Bliss Perry, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box (O'Connor, W.).
   
Rossetti, W. M. ALS to [William D.] O'Connor. London, Nov. 20 [1869]
2 l.

Enclosed is Rossetti's copy, 2 l., of passages from Anne Gilchrist's letters to him of June 22, 23 and July 11, 1869, published as A Woman's Estimate of Walt Whitman.

Bliss Perry, Howe.

Mentions Harriet Beecher Stowe's attack of Lord Byron. Published text in May 1870 Radical varies.

Manuscript box.
   
Traubel, Horace. Last days [of Walt Whitman] carbon copy of extracts from letters of Dec. 29 [1891] - March 26 [1892] from Traubel to R. M. Bucke.
32 p.

Enclosed in Bucke, R. M. ALS to Mrs. Ellen M. O'Connor Calder. London, Ont., April 18, 1892.

Manuscript box.
   
Traubel, H. L. Typescript of letter to William D. O'Connor. Philadelphia, Sept. 26, 1888 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Mentions Burroughs and Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
Whitman, Thomas Jefferson. 4 ALS to his parents. Dated, New Orleans, March 1-April 23, 1848 ; with postscripts by Walt Whitman to his mother, on the letters dated March 27 and April 23, 1848 . Howe. Cased.
   
Whittier, J. G. ALS to [Thomas Donaldson] Danvers, Sept. 5, 1888 .
3 p.
Bliss Perry, Howe.

Relates to Walt Whitman.

Manuscript box.
   
[Whitman family record] Holograph, unsigned and undated.
1 l.

With this is bound a photograph of Whitman, signed and dated 1872.

Howe. Oversized (+).
   
Series VI, Portraits Table of Contents
   
Johnson, Thomas. Proof of etched portrait of Walt Whitman; signed and dated " 1891 ."
45 x 35 cm.

Ms. Title in Whitman's hand: Walt Whitman in 1891.

Howe. Oversized (+++) (Whitman)
   
Packard, N. S. Original pen-and-ink drawing, signed, of Walt Whitman's house, Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey.
16 x 37 cm.
Howe. Oversized (+++) (Whitman).
   
Eakins, Thomas. Four portrait photographs of Walt Whitman [ca. 1887]

One mounted, with presentation inscription on verso, from Laurens Maynard to R. M. Bucke, Boston, 1896. Accompanied by photographic oil portrait of Whitman.

Oversized (+) (Whitman, W.)
   
Palmer's (C. H. ) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnston and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890 .
12 cm x 17 cm.
Cased (Whitman, W.).
   
Whitman, Walt. Afterall, Not to Create Only. [Washington: By Pearson, 1871 ]
28 cm. 1st ed., 1st issue. Copy 2. Bound as 28 1/2 cm. By Riviere. 3 portraits of Whitman laid in. One port. has ms. note signed by Herbert Gilchrist.
Howe. Oversized (+).
   
Whitman, Walt. [Whitman family record] Holograph, unsigned and undated.
1 l.

With this is bound a photograph of Whitman, signed and dated 1872.

Howe. Oversized (+).
   
Wilhelm, R. Original crayon portrait of Walt Whitman, signed by Wilhelm and dated, N.Y. 1879 .
59 x 46 cm.
Howe. Oversized (+++) (Whitman, W.).

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