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Guide to the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in The Bayley-Whitman Collection, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Original records created by Ohio Wesleyan University; 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 finding aid and a photocopy obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original papers and finding aid are held at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Title: Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in The Bayley-Whitman Collection, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

Collection Number: N/A

Creator: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Repository: L. A. Beeghly Library

Abstract:

This electronic finding aid was created from the original finding aid and a photocopy obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original papers and finding aid are held at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Scope and Content:
The Bayley-Whitman Collection holds a wide variety of Whitman items, including correspondence; manuscripts; facsimiles and photocopies of manuscripts; transcriptions; artifacts; books and articles by and about Whitman; newspaper clippings; bibliographies; dealer catalogs; newsletters; papers from the Walt Whitman Fellowship, the Walt Whitman Society, and the Walt Whitman Foundation; and many other miscellaneous items. In this electronic finding aid, only the document deemed a poetry manuscript is 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

Series: 1
Boxes: 1-3
Title: William D. Bayley

Subseries: 1
Box: 1-2
Folders: 1-13, 1-7
Title: Whitman Collection Information

Subseries: 2
Box: 3
Folders: 1-3
Title: Bayley's Collecting Interests Other than Whitman

Series: 2
Boxes: 3-4
Title: Original Manuscripts and Biographical

Subseries: 1
Box: 3
Folders: 4-11
Title: Whitman Correspondence

Subseries: 2
Box: 3
Folders: 12-13
Title: Whitman Manuscripts

Item: 1
Box: 3
Folder: 12
Title: "[A procession without halt]"
Date: undated
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
View Images: 1

A draft of a poem beginning "A procession without halt." The relation of this poem to Whitman's published work is unknown.

Subseries: 3
Box: 3-4
Folders: 14; 1
Title: Miscellaneous Letters of Friends or of Whitman Significance

Subseries: 4
Box: 4
Folders: 2-6
Title: Edward Carpenter

Subseries: 5
Box: 4
Folders: 7-11
Title: William D. O'Connor

Subseries: 6
Box: 4
Folders: 12-14
Title: Richard Maurice Bucke

Subseries: 7
Box: 4
Folders: 15
Title: Horace Traubel and The Conservator

Subseries: 8
Box: 4
Folders: 16-17
Title: Miss Bertha Johnston

Subseries: 9
Box: 4
Folders: 18
Title: Fanny Fern, James Parton, and Walt Whitman

Series: 3
Boxes: 4
Title: Original Manuscripts

Subseries: 1
Box: 4
Folders: 19-20
Title: Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln

Series: 4
Boxes: 5-6
Title: Facsimiles and Photocopies

Subseries: 1
Box: 5
Folders: 1-3
Title: Correspondence from William D. Bayley Collection

Subseries: 2
Box: 5
Folders: 4-6
Title: Correspondence From Other Collections

Subseries: 3
Box: 5
Folders: 7
Title: Inscriptions

Subseries: 4
Box: 6
Folders: 1-2
Title: Manuscripts

Series: 5
Boxes: 6
Title: Transcriptions

Subseries: 1
Box: 6
Folders: 3
Title: Transcriptions of Letters and Manuscripts Owned by Rosenbach Company

Subseries: 2
Box: 6
Folders: 4
Title: Transcriptions of Letters in Other Collections

Subseries: 3
Box: 6
Folders: 5
Title: Transcriptions of Works

Series: 6
Boxes: 6
Title: Artifacts
Series: 7
Boxes: 6-7
Title: Whitman's Writings

Subseries: 1
Box: 6-7
Folders: 7-10; 1
Title: General

Subseries: 2
Box: 7
Folders: 2
Title: Translations

Subseries: 3
Box: 7
Folders: 3
Title: Book Jackets

Series: 8
Boxes: 7
Title: Broadsides and Decorative Illustrations
Series: 9
Boxes: 7-8
Title: Clippings

Subseries: 1
Box: 7
Folders: 5
Title: Proof Sheets

Subseries: 2
Box: 7
Folders: 6-9
Title: Newspaper Clippings

Subseries: 3
Box: 8
Folders: 1-3
Title: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings

Subseries: 4
Box: 8
Folders: 4-6
Title: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings of Reviews

Series: 10
Boxes: 8-15
Title: About Whitman

Subseries: 1
Box: 8
Folders: 7
Title: Radio Broadcasts

Subseries: 2
Box: 8
Folders: 8
Title: Book Chapters and Excerpts

Subseries: 3
Box: 9
Folders: 1
Title: Pamphlets About Whitman

Subseries: 4
Box: 9
Folders: 2
Title: Other Writers' Poems About Whitman

Subseries: 5
Box: 9
Folders: 3-4
Title: Book Reviews

Subseries: 6
Box: 9
Folders: 5-6
Title: Celebrations and Tributes

Subseries: 7
Box: 9-10
Folders: 7-8; 1-2
Title: Bibliographies

Subseries: 8
Box: 10-11
Folders: 3-6; 1-3
Title: Catalogs and Information About Whitman Collections

Subseries: 9
Box: 11-12
Folders: 4-7; 1-4
Title: Dealer's Catalogs

Subseries: 10
Box: 12-14
Folders: 5-7; 1-6; 1
Title: Exhibits

Subseries: 11
Box: 14
Folders: 2
Title: Periodicals With More Than One Article Devoted to Whitman

Subseries: 12
Box: 14-16
Folders: 3-7; 1-7; 1-5
Title: Articles About Whitman

Series: 11
Boxes: 16-17
Title: Miscellaneous

Subseries: 1
Box: 16-17
Folders: 6-9; 1
Title: Walt Whitman Fellowship (1819-1919)

Subseries: 2
Box: 17
Folders: 2
Title: Walt Whitman Society

Subseries: 3
Box: 17
Folders: 3
Title: Walt Whitman Foundation

Subseries: 4
Box: 17
Folders: 4
Title: Newsletters

Subseries: 5
Box: 17
Folders: 5
Title: The Long Islander

Subseries: 6
Box: 17
Folders: 6
Title: Whitman Club of Bon Echo

Subseries: 7
Box: 17
Folders: 7
Title: Mickle Street House, Camden, New Jersey

Subseries: 8
Box: 17
Folders: 8
Title: Walt Whitman Birthplace

Subseries: 9
Box: 17
Folders: 9
Title: Walt Whitman's Buggy and Horse

Subseries: 10
Box: 17
Folders: 10
Title: Announcements of Whitman's Death

Subseries: 11
Box: 17
Folders: 11
Title: Tear Sheets

Subseries: 12
Box: 17
Folders: 12
Title: Chronological Notes of Whitman's Life

Subseries: 13
Box: 17
Folders: 13
Title: Advertising

Subseries: 14
Box: 17
Folders: 14
Title: English Followers of Walt Whitman

Subseries: 15
Box: 17
Folders: 15
Title: Whitman as School Teacher

Subseries: 16
Box: 17
Folders: 16
Title: Phrenology

Subseries: 17
Box: 17
Folders: 17
Title: Inspired by Whitman

Subseries: 18
Box: 17
Folders: 18
Title: Notes

Subseries: 19
Box: 17
Folders: 19
Title: Louisa Van Velsor Whitman

Series: 12
Boxes: 17
Title: Recordings
Series: 13
Boxes: 18
Title: Music
Series: 14
Boxes: 19-20
Title: Scrapbooks

Subseries: 1
Box: 19
Folders:
Title: Walt Whitman's Personal Scrapbook

Subseries: 2
Box: 20
Title: Anonymous Scrapbook About Whitman, Philadelphia, 1913

Series: 15
Boxes: 21
Title: Oversized Materials

Subseries: 1
Box: 21
Title: Large Materials from All Series

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:
L. A. Beeghly Library
Ohio Wesleyan University
43 Rowland Ave.
Delaware, Ohio 43015

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