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Literary File,
1841-1919
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Prose,
1841-1892
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“Twilight Whisperings,”
draft (continued) |
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“A Venetian Fable,”
draft |
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“Walt Whitman's
Writings,” draft |
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[DCN 141] |
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“What Is Poetry?” note on
holograph page by George D. Prentice |
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“What the New Jersey
Railroads Do,” proof sheets |
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“Whither Are We sailing?”
draft |
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“Whitman on Himself,”
draft |
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“The Whole Past Century,”
draft |
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“Why Should I Be Afraid?”
draft |
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“Words for an Intended
Dictionary,” draft |
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“Work on the Farm,”
draft |
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BOX 36-37 REEL 24 |
Speeches,
1876-1890
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Handwritten drafts, proofs, notes, printed matter, and
miscellaneous items relating to Whitman's speeches and lectures. |
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Arranged chronologically by date of speech. |
BOX 36 REEL 24 |
1876, Oct. 2 , “In Memory
of Thomas Paine,” signed draft |
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BOX 37 REEL 24 |
1877, Jan. 18 , “Tom
Paine's Birthday,” proof sheet and newspaper clipping with
notations |
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1877-1883 , “Death
of Abraham Lincoln,” notes |
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1878-1890 ,
“Abraham Lincoln,” drafts, page proof, advertisement, admission ticket, and
wrapper |
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1879
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Apr. 14 , “Death of
Abraham Lincoln” |
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Newspaper
clipping |
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Proof sheets |
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[DCN 239] |
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“Death of Abraham
Lincoln,” reading book with proofs, printed pages, and drafts |
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“A Word for Dead Soldiers,”
draft |
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1880, Apr. 15 , “Death of
Abraham Lincoln,” admission tickets |
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1886
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Apr. 15 , “Abraham
Lincoln” |
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Note attached to printed
page with admission ticket, advertisement, and program |
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[DCN 85] |
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Programs |
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May 18 , Haddonfield,
N.J., lecture and admission ticket |
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1887
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Apr. 5 , “Abraham
Lincoln,” advertisement |
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Apr. 14 , “Abraham
Lincoln” |
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Admission
tickets |
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Advertisements |
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Printed copy |
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1890
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Apr. 15 , “Death of
Abraham Lincoln,” printed copy |
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Oct. 21 , Introduction
to Robert Green Ingersoll's lecture, “Liberty and Literature” |
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Admission
tickets |
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Manuscript
draft |
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Note
See Container 35, “American National
Literature”
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Proof sheets with
note |
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Receipt for
payment |
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Undated |
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“Old Things and
Thoughts,” note |
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“The Public
Schools (to Come),” draft |
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[DCN 134] |
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“Religion,”
note |
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BOX 37-42 REEL 24-26 |
Notes and Notebooks,
1847-1891
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BOX 37-38 REEL 24 |
Notebooks,
1855-1884
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Notebooks and handmade booklets formed by pages either tied or
pasted together and containing thoughts and ideas written in the form of
personal and literary jottings, including trial lines and titles for poems,
clippings, manuscript fragments, and names and addresses. Reference notes and
synopses of studies conducted by Whitman on topics such as human rights,
slavery, religion, philology, language and grammar, and classical studies are
also included. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
BOX 37 REEL 24 |
1855-1856 , “Crossing
Brooklyn Ferry,” trial lines |
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[DCN 10] |
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1855-1856 ,
government, nature, trial lines, and self-advice |
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circa after 1856 ,
notebook for an intended American dictionary |
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[DCN 15] |
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BOX 38 REEL 24 |
1857 , trial lines and
descriptions |
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1858 , a study of Plato |
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[DCN 16] |
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1872 , notebooks on Homer |
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[DCN 42] |
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Contents:
- Vol. 1, Odyssey
- Vol. 2, Iliad-Odyssey
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1870s , European
poets and Whitman |
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1880 , notes of a half
paralytic |
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[DCN 61] |
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circa 1884 , democracy,
government, and poetry |
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Undated |
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Dictionary |
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The Nibelungen Leid
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[DCN 127] |
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Thoughts, ideas, and trial
lines, 1856, undated
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[DCN 138] |
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Contents:
- Vol 1, 1856, undated
- Vol 2, undated
- Vol 3, undated
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