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Walt Whitman correspondence, documents, and photograph

Title
Walt Whitman correspondence, documents, and photograph, 1867-1888.
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Supplementary Content
Collection guide

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folder 1Mixed materialRequest in advance MssCol 4676 folder 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Cox, George C. (George Collins), 1851-1902
  • Ford Collection.
Description
.1 linear foot (1 folder).
Summary
The collection consists of autograph correspondence and documents written by American poet and author Walt Whitman, 1867-1888 and undated, and a mounted photograph portrait by George C. Cox, signed and dated by Whitman, 1887 September. Correspondence consists of two autograph letters or notes to the New York Daily Tribune, concerning his subscription, 1880, and enclosing a letter for the Summer Leisure column (not present), 1881; two undated notes likely addressed to the Tribune, requesting papers and publications, and an undated autograph postcard to John Burroughs regarding his health. Also present are an autograph invoice to French & Richardson for copies of Leaves of Grass, 1867 August 13; a printed page sent as a correct sample of "O Captain! My Captain!," with Whitman's signed autograph suggestion to the printer, stamped Riverside Press, 1888 Feb 11; and identifying notes on cardboard "for Sequella for future edition of Specimen Days...," undated.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Access (note)
  • Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source (note)
  • Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection, and other donations, 1925 and 1950.
Call Number
MssCol 4676
OCLC
986536859
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, creator.
Title
Walt Whitman correspondence, documents, and photograph, 1867-1888.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Restricted Access
Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source
Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection, and other donations, 1925 and 1950.
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Occupation
Authors.
Poets.
Added Author
Cox, George C. (George Collins), 1851-1902, photographer.
Ford Collection.
Research Call Number
MssCol 4676
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