Original records created by the
George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College Library; revised and expanded by the Walt Whitman Archive and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Encoded Archival Description completed with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Title: Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Abbott Memorial Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
Collection Number:
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections and Archives
Abstract:
Abbott Memorial Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College Library, holds a prose manuscript, a galley proof, and two pieces of correspondence written by Walt Whitman. The individual items described in this catalog are only those deemed prose manuscripts.
Biographical Information:
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892;
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century
Whitman Archive Title: Emerson's Books, (the Shadows of Them.)
Whitman Archive ID: bow.00005
Series: Literary World records
Sub-Series: The Emerson Tribute
Repository Title: Whitman's "Emerson's Books, (Shadows of Them)," [n.d.], galley proof with holograph corrections, [1]p.
Date: 1880
Genre: prose
Physical Description: 1 leaf, printed, handwritten
View images: 1
Content: Partial galley proof, with corrections and marginal note, of an essay first published in the May 22, 1880, issue of the Literary World (Boston). In 1882, a revised version was published under the same title in the "Notes Left Over" section of Specimen Days & Collect.
Whitman Archive Title: Emerson's Books, (the shadows of them)
Whitman Archive ID: bow.00003
Series: Literary World records
Sub-Series: The Emerson Tribute
Repository Title: Whitman's "Emerson's Books, (Shadows of Them)," [n.d.], AMS, 6p.
Date: 1880
Genre: prose
Physical Description: 6 leaves, handwritten
View images: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Content: Manuscript prepared for the printer of an essay written for the Literary World (Boston) of May 22, 1880.
Restrictions on Original Materials: Please consult with repository.
Preferred Citation: To identify this catalog as a source, see the Archive's "Conditions of Use" page.
Repository Contact Information:
Bowdoin College Library
One College Street
3000 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011