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Guide to the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in
the George S. Hellman Collection, The Library of Congress
Original finding aid completed by the Library of Congress; 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 finding aid was created, in part, from digital images of the original
manuscripts obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The
original papers and finding aid are held at the Library of Congress.
Title: Walt Whitman Poetry
Manuscripts in the George S. Hellman Collection, The Library of Congress
MS Number: N/A
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
Manuscripts Division, The Library of Congress
Abstract:
This finding aid was created, in part, from digital images of the original
manuscripts obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The
original papers and finding aid are held at the Library of Congress.
Scope and Content:
The George S. Hellman Collection holds several Whitman items including rough drafts
for poems, essays and a memorial address about Abraham Lincoln, as well as newspaper
clippings and hospital notes. For this electronic finding aid, only those objects
deemed poetry manuscripts have been described at the item-level.
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: loc.00096
Title: "My Own Poems"
Date: undated
Physical Description: 1 leaf, 25.5 x 12.5 cm, handwritten
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Rough draft of a poem entitled "My Own Poems." This draft was published posthumously as "My Own Poems."
Item: 2
Whitman Archive ID: loc.#####
Title: "To the Soul"
Date: about 1874
Physical Description: 1 leaf, 19.5 x 12.5 cm, handwritten
Rough draft of a poem entitled "To the Soul" . These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as "Come, said my Soul" in the Christmas number of the New York Daily Graphic, December 1874, then in the New York Tribune, February 19, 1876. This poem, signed by Whitman, became the title-page epigraph of Leaves of Grass, 1876 and 1891-2. The verso is blank.
Item: 3
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00095
Title: "Union Union!"
Date: undated
Physical Description: 1 leaf, 23.5 x 13 cm, Handwritten
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Experimental lines and phrases for a poem, beginning "Union Union!" and bearing an unknown relationship to Whitman's published work. On the verso is a title reading "Old Time Gleanings" with the subtitle "Reminiscences, Gossip, Traditions, &c. of the Delaware river, Camden, and New Jersey generally."
Restrictions on Original Materials: Please consult with repository.
Preferred Citation: To identify this finding aid as a source, see the Archive's "Conditions of Use" page.
Repository Contact Information:
Manuscripts Division, The Library of Congress
Room LM101, James Madison Building
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-4680
www.loc.gov