Song of the Broad-Axe | Whitman Archive

Whitman Archive Title: Song of the Broad-Axe
Whitman Archive ID: uva.00141
Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts at the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Box: 1
Folder: 89
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 23 leaves; 20 leaves, 20 cm x 12 cm, corrected proofs
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Content: Revision of poem cluster "Song of the Broad-Axe" contained in red slipcase measuring 24 cm x 15 cm. Revisions are made in ink and blue pencil on printed edition of the poem. WW apparently used two volumes to tear the leaves from, as every other page is slightly smaller than the rest, revisions are made only on the recto side of each leaf, and verso is crossed out.