Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Collection
Identifier: A0632
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 22 volumes of diaries dating July 7, 1849-April 7, 1863. In addition to nearly daily diary entries, the collection includes newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, sketches, and other items inserted into the volumes by Gunn. Gunn wrote extensively about his experiences in the New York publishing and literary world, encounters with well-known literary and artistic personalities (such as Fanny Fern, James Parton, Walt Whitman, Fitz James O’Brien,...
Dates:
1818-1902; Majority of material found within 1849-1863
Whitman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1743
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Whitman family correspondence, including 17 letters and notes written by Walt Whitman, which were published in Edwin Haviland Miller, “New Letters of Walt Whitman,” Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume XVI, Number 2, January 1960.
Dates:
1855-1946
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