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Catalog of the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in
the Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections, Temple University
Libraries, Temple University
Original records created by Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections,
Temple University Libraries; 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, and the
Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Title: Walt Whitman Poetry
Manuscripts in the Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections, Temple
University Libraries, Temple University
Collection Number: N/A
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Repository:
Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections
Abstract:This catalog was created from the original finding aid obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original manuscripts and
finding aid are held at Temple University.Scope and Content:
Temple University's Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Department holds
corrected and uncorrected proofs and two drafts of poetic lines in Whitman's
hand.
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: Old
Chants
Whitman Archive ID: tem.00002
Repository Title: Old Chants
Repository ID: Mss. 2517
Date: ca. 1891
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1
leaf, 36.3 x 21.4
cm, handwritten
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Content: Draft of "Old Chants," made
of fragments pasted together, with corrections in Whitman's hand. Also
included on the page is a note by Horace Traubel reading "Given by Walt
Whitman to me and then by me to Will Innes, 1905." On verso: "Henry
Curtis printer, Cor: Bridge Ave. & 2d,
Camden." "Old Chants" first appeared in Truth (19 March 1891), and was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
Whitman Archive Title: Shakspere's
Cipher
Whitman Archive ID: tem.00001
Date: 1887–1891
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1
leaf, handwritten
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Content: Lightly corrected draft of "Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher," which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
Whitman Archive Title: Shakspere—Bacon's
Cipher
Whitman Archive ID: tem.00003
Date: 1887–1891
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten, printed
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Content: Printed proof, with a single correction, of "Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher," which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
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:
Temple University Libraries
Paley Library
1210 W. Berks Street
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122