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Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Public Library, Huntington, New
York
Original records created by the Huntington Public 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 Gladys
Kreible 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 Literary
Manuscripts in the Huntington Public Library, Huntington,
New York
Collection Number: R B WHITMAN
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
Huntington Public Library
Abstract:This catalog was created, in part, from digital images of the original
manuscripts obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The
original papers and catalog records are held at the Huntington Public
Library.Scope and Content:
The Huntington Public Library in Huntington, New York, has four items written by Walt
Whitman: a letter, a postcard, a poetry manuscript (with a verso letter), and a
prose manuscript. This catalog includes item-level descriptions of
only the poetry and prose manuscripts.
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: We know of no
beginning in universal literature
Whitman Archive ID: hpl.00002
Date: about 1856
Genre: prose
Physical Description: 1
leaf, handwritten
View images: 1
Content: Draft of unpublished prose work regarding the beginnings of "universal
literature." Pasted to the page is a clipping from an unknown newspaper with
the heading "Greeks, Romans, Hebrews." This document has been titled by
other collectors "The Dawn of
Poetry" (Charles E. Feinberg)
and "Beginning of Literature,
1856" (Richard Maurice Bucke).
The relationship of this document to Whitman's published work is
unknown. An image of the verso is unavailable.
Whitman Archive Title: Yet far sweeps your
road
Whitman Archive ID: hpl.00001
Date: 1864
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
View images: 1 | 2
Content: A draft of the poem eventually titled "Thick-Sprinkled Bunting," first published in Drum-Taps in 1865 as "Flag of stars, thick-sprinkled bunting." On the
reverse is an undated letter draft to an unknown editor regarding Whitman's
ambition to "start a public demand for the general exchange of prisoners of
war."
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:
Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743