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WALT WHITMAN
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COLLECTION, 1860-1902
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UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 100
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Collection Information |
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Container List |
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Photographs |
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Size:
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33 items (including 13 photographs and 2 broadsides). |
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| Locales: |
New Jersey. |
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| Bulk Dates: |
1888-1893. |
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| Languages: |
English. |
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| Summary: |
Consists primarily of illustrations of Whitman, including
an engraving (1860) by S. A. Schoof, an engraving (1871) by W. J. Linton,
and photographs (1872) by Frank Pearsall. Also includes a broadside of "Poem
Describing a Perfect School," illustrated by George Illiam, and printed
ephemera. |
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| Index Terms: |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. |
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| Sources: |
Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, editor emeritus of Walt Whitman
Quarterly, in honor of Julian Mason, UNC Charlotte Professor Emeritus, 1984-86. |
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| Access: |
Unrestricted. |
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| Copyright: |
Not held by UNC Charlotte Library. |
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| Citation: |
Walt Whitman Collection, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Library. |
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| Contact Information: |
For more information about this collection, please contact:
Special Collections Department
J. Murrey Atkins Library
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
E-mail: speccoll@email.uncc.edu
Telephone: (704) 687-2449
Fax: (704) 687-2232 |
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| Location: |
92.6 (Single Folder Collection: box SFC1:100). |
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10.7 (boxes 1-2). |
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12.1 (Photograph Collection--Prints: box P4:6). |
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Dalton Tower, 10th floor gallery (PL100/4). |
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Dalton 1009 (PL100/2). |
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Dalton 1010 (PL100/5). |
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Garinger 223 (PL100/1). |
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Kennedy 332 (PL100/3). |
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| PRINTED MATERIAL: includes the following items
[NOTE: these items are in original envelopes as provided by Charles E. Feinberg]: |
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1)"At the Graveside of Walt Whitman: Harleigh, Camden,
New Jersey, March 30th," The Conservator-Supplemental: April, 1892; |
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2) Prospectus for In Re Walt Whitman: Edited by his Literary
Executors, Horace L. Traubel, Richard Maurice Bucke, Thomas B. Harned, Philadelphia,
1893; |
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3) Prospectus for Horace Traubel's reprint of Leaves of Grass,
Philadelphia, 1902; |
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4) Original admission ticket (October 21, 1890), Robert G.
Ingersoll, noted orator, lecture on "Whitman-Liberty & Literature-Poetry
of the Future," Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia; |
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5) Original wedding annoucment written by Anne Montgomerie
and Horace L. Traubel, May 28, 1891; |
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6) Copy of wedding document written by Walt Whitman on May
28, 1891, signed by Walt Whitman and friend and relatives of Anne Montgomerie
and Horace L. Traubel, married in Camden, New Jersey in Whitman's room on
Mickie Street. |
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7) Original unused envelope of Walt Whitman, ca. 1890. |
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8) Portraits from Life, six photographs and engravings of
Whitman. |
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9) Announcement, "Walt Whitman: Complete Poems and Prose,"
1888-89 edition. |
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10) Copy of Walt Whitman's autographed instruction to printer
for Portraits from Life. |
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| BROADSIDES: 2 framed copies of "Poem Describing
a Perfect School," taken from a previously unpublished manuscript by
Whitman. Printed from original wood blocks on Chinese hand-made paper in
edition of 100 copies. The broadside is a hand colored illustration by George
Illian. Includes a recent print reproducing the broadside. |
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| ENGRAVINGS: original 1860 engraving of Walt
Whitman by S. A. Schoof. Trimmed to size, 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 with tissue guard,
frontispiece. 3rd edition, Leaves of Grass. |
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| PHOTOGRAPHS (keyed to Henry S. Saunders's Whitman
Portraits): |
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1) Saunders 36: framed original albumen photograph (3 copies)
of Whitman by Frank Pearsall (1872). Used as frontispiece for Two Rivelets
(1876). Includes two recent prints; |
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2) Saunders 36: framed original double exposure of the above
before trimming. Includes 2 recent prints. |
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3) Saunders 44a: original wood-engraving of a portrait by
W. J. Linton (1871) that was used in Memoranda During the War. Framed with
a proof title page of the 1876 edition of Leaves of Grass. In addition,
there are 3 recent prints, including 2 reproduced with the Pearsall photograph
(see also Saunders 36) and 1 reproduced with the 1876 Leaves of Grass title
page. |
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| WALT WHITMAN COLLECTION
(Mss 100) |
| PHOTOGRAPHS--PRINTS (P) |
| BOX P4:6 |
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Description |
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| FOLDER P4:6 |
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| P100/1-2 |
Original W. J. Linton woodcut of Whitman used in Memoranda
During the War [Saunders 44a] (1871)/proof title page of the 1876 edition
of Leaves of Grass. |
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| P100/3 |
Whitman's Poem describing A Perfect School (n.d.) |
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| P100/4 |
Whitman's Leaves of Grass [author's edition, Camden, N.J.]
(1876) |
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| P100/5-6 |
Original double exposure by Frank Pearsall before trimming
used as frontispiece in Two Rivulets [Saunders 36] (1872?) |
