Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Horace Traubel, poet, critic, and friend and biographer of Walt Whitman, and those of his wife, Anne Montgomerie Traubel, were donated to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts from 1955 to 1987 by their daughter, Gertrude Traubel, and by Charles E. Feinberg. Additional gifts were received from various sources, 1956-2003. In 2013, the papers of Frank Bain and Mildred Bain, friends and financial supporters of Horace Traubel, were donated to the Library of Congress in two gifts from Brian Bain Caldwell and Ellen Bain Purcell.
Processing History
The papers of Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel were arranged and described in 1975 by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1979 by Grover Batts. The papers were reprocessed in 1989 following the addition of significant acquisitions in 1980 by Michael McElderry with the assistance of Paul Cotton, Sherralyn McCoy, Brian McGuire, and Thelma Queen. Further additions to the collection were included 1998-2003 by Michael McElderry with assistance from Kathleen Feeney and Michael W. Giese. In 2018, one letter previously filed as "unidentified" was refiled by Nate Scheible into the "White, Thomas Earle" file in Container 109, and the date of the file changed from "1894-1907" to "1893-1907" to reflect the inclusion of this letter. In 2020, an addition containing the papers of Frank Bain and Mildred Bain, friends and supporters of Horace Traubel, was arranged and described by Annette Scherber.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Prints, photographs, and other visual and graphic materials have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Selected books and printed items have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. Phonograph records have been transferred to the Recorded Sound Section of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel Papers. An oil-on-canvas portrait of Horace Traubel, signed by Arthur Clifton Goodwin and dated 1908, has been transferred to the National Portrait Gallery.
Related Material
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel materials in the Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection (see https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004014).
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.