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Catalogs of Manuscripts at Individual Repositories
Catalog of the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscript in
the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
Original records created by Special Collections & Manuscripts, Brigham
Young University; revised and expanded by the Walt Whitman
Archive and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Encoded Archival Description completed with the assistance of the Gladys
Krieble Delmas Foundation, the University of Nebraska Research Council, the
Institute for Museum and Library Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Title: Walt Whitman Poetry
Manuscript in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young
University
Collection Number: N/A
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
Abstract:This catalog was created, in part, from a catalog record and a photocopied
image of the original manuscript obtained by the Walt Whitman
Archive. The original manuscript and catalog record are held at Brigham
Young University.Scope and Content:
Brigham Young University has two Whitman manuscripts, a late draft of "The Prairie States" and a letter
to "Harry" about setting a poem in type for a newspaper. This catalog
only describes at item-level the document deemed a poetry manuscript.
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
Whitman Archive Title: The Prairie
States
Whitman Archive ID: byu.00001
Repository ID: Vault MSS 356
Date: March 16,
1880
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1
leaf, handwritten
View images: 1 | 2
Content: This is a late draft, probably for the printer, of "The Prairie States," which
was first published in 1880. It is signed and dated March 16,
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:
Brigham Young University
4040 Harold B. Lee Library
Provo, Utah 84602-6835