This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
One letter from Walt Whitman to Alfred Lord Tennyson and three manuscripts by Whitman, one of which is a photostatic copy, several pieces of memorabilia and printed material by and about Whitman. The printed material includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, periodical articles, illustrations, portraits of Whitman and publications of the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walt Whitman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Gift of Mrs Frank J. Sprague, 1952.
Gift of Morton Pepper from the library of Alfred M. Hellman, 1977.
Gift of Moritz Jagendorf, 1981.
Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 1985.
Gift of Dan Burne Jones, 1986.
Letter and Manuscripts: Source of acquisition--Various. Method of acquisition--Gift and purchase.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Letter and Manuscripts Entered in AMC 12/05/90.
American poet.
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