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Catalog of the Walt Whitman Poetry Manuscripts in
the George N. Meissner Collection, Department of Special Collections, Washington
University Libraries, Washington University
Original records created by Department of Special Collections, Washington
University Libraries, Washington 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, and the
Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Title: Walt Whitman Poetry
Manuscripts in the George N. Meissner Collection, Department of Special Collections,
Washington University Libraries, Washington University
Collection Number: N/A
Creator:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Collector:
Meissner, George N.
Repository:
Department of Special
Collections
Abstract:This electronic catalog was created from the original catalog record
created by the Department of Special Collections, Washington University, and
obtained by The Walt Whitman Archive. The original
manuscript and catalog record are held at the Department of Special Collections,
Washington University Libraries, Washington University.Scope and Content:
The George N. Meissner Collection at Washington University contains a wide variety of
manuscripts relating to a range of American and European politicians, artists,
writers, and notables. The collection contains only one manuscript by Walt
Whitman.
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: Thou Mother with Thy
Equal Brood
Whitman Archive ID: wau.00001
Date: 1880–1882
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 8
leaves, handwritten, printed
View images: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
Content: This is a printed proof with heavy corrections in Whitman's hand of the poem,
"Thou Mother with Thy Equal
Brood," which was first published in the New York Herald (26 June 1872), under the title, "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free." On that same date, Whitman delivered the poem at the Dartmouth College commencement. Whitman published it later that year as the title poem in a
small book, As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free: and Other Poems (1872). The title was later revised to "Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood" when the poem was included in Leaves of Grass in 1881–1882.
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:
Department of Special Collections
Washington University
Campus Box 1061
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-1899