Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers, 1842-1937

Collection Summary

Title	Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers, 1842-1937
Span Dates	1842-1937
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1855-1892)
ID No.	MSS45443
Collector	Harned, Thomas Biggs, 1851-1921, collector
Creator	Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Size	3,000 items plus 2 oversize
Size	8 containers
Size	4 linear feet
Size	7 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002007
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81045443
Summary	Lawyer. Correspondence, manuscripts of poetry and prose, notes and notebooks, proofs and offprints, printed material, and other papers received by Harned as one of Walt Whitman's three literary executors. The collection contains material relating to many aspects of Whitman's career, especially the publication of and subsequent controversy surrounding "Leaves of Grass" and his commitment to the ideals embodied in the life and death of Abraham Lincoln.
Online Content	The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman Papers is available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000041.