Poetry Manuscripts

Finding Aids for Manuscripts at Individual Repositories

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.


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


Item: 1
Boxes: 3
Folder: 12
Whitman Archive ID: owu.00001
Title:  "[A procession without halt]"
Date: undated
Physical Description: 1 leaf
View Images:  1  |  2 
A draft of a poem beginning "A procession without halt." The relation of this poem to Whitman's published work is unknown.


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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