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Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Walt Whitman Papers, General and Literary Manuscripts, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original records created by the Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; revised and expanded by the Walt Whitman Archive and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, based on information from Manuscripts Department, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Encoded Archival Description completed with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Title: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Walt Whitman Papers, General and Literary Manuscripts, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Collection Number: unc.ead01
- Creator: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Repository: Walt Whitman Papers, General and Literary Manuscripts
- Abstract:
This catalog was created from digital images of the original manuscripts and from cataloguing information obtained by the Walt Whitman Archive from the Manuscripts Department, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where the original manuscripts are held.
- Scope and Content:
The Walt Whitman Papers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill contains ten poetry manuscripts, three galley proofs, four prose manuscript fragments, one manuscript note to the printer, and a first-edition copy of November Boughs, inscribed by Thomas B. Harned. This catalog contains descriptions of only those items deemed poetry and/or prose manuscripts.
- Biographical Information:
For additional biographical information, see "Walt Whitman", by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, and the chronology of Whitman's Life.
- Subjects:
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts
- Poets, American--19th century
Individual items at this repository
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Whitman Archive Title: [Land of the potent-large!]
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00001
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Folder: 1
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Date: undated
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript includes a fragment of a poem, approximately seven lines,
that is possibly from an early draft of "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free," a poem
Whitman originally wrote for the June
1872
Dartmouth College commencement exercises. This poem was
later revised and published as "Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood,"
Leaves of Grass
(1881–1882).
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Whitman Archive Title: Paumanok
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00002
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Folder: 3
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "Paumanok," which was first published in the
New York Herald
on
February 29, 1888. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: A font of type
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00003
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Folder: 5
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "A Font of Type," which was first published in
November Boughs
in
1888.
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Whitman Archive Title: My Canary Bird
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00004
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Folder: 6
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "My Canary Bird," which was first published in
the
New York Herald
on
March 2, 1888. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: Out of May's shows selected
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00005
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Folder: 7
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "Out of May's Shows Selected," which was first
published in the
New York
Herald
on May 10, 1888. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: With husky-haughty lips, O sea
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00010
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Folder: 8
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Date: about 1884
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!," which was
first published in
Harper's
Monthly
in March 1884. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: True Conquerors
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00006
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Folder: 9
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "True Conquerors," which was first published in
the
New York Herald
on
February 15, 1888. Revised and reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: The United States to Old World Critics
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00007
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Folder: 10
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "The United States to Old World Critics," which
was first published in the
New York
Herald
on May 8, 1888. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888).
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Whitman Archive Title: While not the past forgetting
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00008
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Folder: 11
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "While Not the Past Forgetting." Whitman claimed
that the poem was published on May 30, 1888, though no copy of
such a version has yet been located. The poem was published in
November Boughs
in 1888.
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Whitman Archive Title: an evening lull
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00009
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Folder: 13
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Date: about 1888
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "An Evening Lull," which was first
published in
November
Boughs
in 1888.
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Whitman Archive Title: [for Elias Hicks]
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00011
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Folder: 11
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Date: 1883-1888
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Genre: prose
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript contains a passage that would appear within the essay"Notes (Such as They Are) Founded on Elias Hicks"in
November Boughs
in 1888.
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Whitman Archive Title: Then my mother hastening
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00012
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Folder: 17
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Date: 1883-1888
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Genre: prose
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript contains a passage that would appear in "Notes (Such as They Are) Founded on Elias Hicks"in
November Boughs
in 1888, which was a prefatory note for the essay "Elias Hicks."
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Whitman Archive Title: The two songs on this page are
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Whitman Archive ID: unc.00014
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Folder: 14
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Date: June 19, 1888
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Genre: prose, poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript contains the footnote for poems "Now Precedent Songs, Farewell" and "An Evening Lull," first published in "Sands at Seventy," an annex of
November Boughs
in 1888. According to Horace Traubel, the footnote was written by Whitman on 19 June 1888 (
With Walt Whitman in Camden
[Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906] 1:353).
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