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Guide to the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in the The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College
Original records created by The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College; revised and expanded by the Walt Whitman Archive and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Encoded Archival Description completed through the assistance of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the University of Nebraska Research Council, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This electronic finding aid was created from the original catalog record obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original manuscript and catalog record are held at The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Title: Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in the The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College
Collection Number: N/A
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository: The Rauner Special Collections Library
Abstract:
This electronic finding aid was created from the original catalog record obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original manuscript and catalog record are held at The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Scope and Content:
The Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, holds one Whitman poetry manuscript, described below.
Biographical Information:
For additional biographical information, see
"Walt Whitman," by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, and the
chronology of Whitman's Life.
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892;
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts;
Poets, American--19th century;
Series Description and Item Lists
Item: 1
Whitman Archive ID: dar.00001
Title: "[The Epos of a Life]"
Date: about 1867
Physical Description: 2 leaves
View Images: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Draft related to "Inscription," the prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, later revised as "Small the Theme of My Chant." The smaller leaf, bearing a revised first line, was formerly pasted to the larger leaf. Other manuscripts held at the Library of Congress (Charles E. Feinberg Collection) and the New York Public Library (Oscar Lion Collection) open with the same revised line, though the published poem does not.
Restrictions on Original Materials: Please consult with repository.
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Repository Contact Information:
The Rauner Special Collections Library
Dartmouth College
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3525