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Catalog of a Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscript in
Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Sheridan Libraries,
The Johns Hopkins University
Original records created by Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower
Library, The Johns Hopkins 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: A Walt Whitman Poetry
Manuscript in Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Sheridan
Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University
Collection Number: ms602472
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Abstract:This electronic catalog was created from the original catalog records
obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original
papers and catalog records are held at The Johns Hopkins University.Scope and Content:
The Johns Hopkins University holds one Whitman poetry manuscript (a handwritten version of
"O Captain! My Captain!") and
a postcard to Sidney Lanier (the postcard is held in the
Sidney Lanier Papers, MS.7). For this catalog, only the poetry
manuscript has been described at the item level.
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892;
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century
Whitman Archive Title: O Captain! My
Captain!
Whitman Archive ID: jhu.00001
Repository ID: MS. 7
Date: April 30,
1890
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1
leaf, handwritten
View images: 1 | 2
Content: A handwritten version of "O
Captain! My Captain!" presumably re-penned by request and
presented to well-known doctor and author S. Weir Mitchell by Whitman on April 30, 1890. The poem was, in
turn, given to Daniel Coit Gilman in
1894; the Johns Hopkins University library holds
the correspondence between Gilman and Mitchell discussing this exchange.
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:
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
The Sheridan Libraries
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-1683