"The Dead Emperor." Holograph poem, undated, signed. March 9, 1888
Berg Coll MSS Whitman m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)
PoetryWilliam I, German Emperor, 1797-1888 (Subject) New York Herald Company
(Recipient)
Published on March 10, 1888, following death of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
Series I. Manuscripts (cont.)
"A Death-Sonnet for Custer." Holograph poem, undated, signed. July 10,
1876
Berg Coll MSS Whitman m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)
PoetryCuster, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (Subject) New York Herald
Tribune (Firm) (Recipient)
m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
Emerson: An Appreciation. Holograph draft, unsigned, c. 1854. circa
1854
Berg Coll MSS Whitman (2 leaves) (2 leaves)
EssayEmerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Subject)
Whitman Emerson: An Appreciation [MS.] ca. 1854
[Notes on] Emerson Essays -- 1st Series -- copyrighted 1847.
Holograph MS, unsigned, undated. 1847 - 1892
Berg Coll MSS Whitman + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Subject)
Date range is widest possible.
Page Aut MS Re Emerson Essays | Walt Whitman +
[A Family Record]. Composed and written by Walt Whitman. Unsigned,
undated. 1850 - 1861
Berg Coll MSS Whitman + (1 bound volume: 16 leaves) (1 bound volume: 16 leaves)
Genealogy
Recto of record dated ca. 1850 and verso of record dated ca. 1861 (see title page).
A Family Record Walt Whitman (c. 1850) +
[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of
essay. Undated, unsigned. circa 1890 - 1891
Berg Coll MSS Whitman m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)
Essay
m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
Published as "Have We a National Literature?" in the North American Review, March
1891, 332-338, this passage on page 335.
Later published in Good-bye, My Fancy (1891) as "American National Literature."
"Go, said his soul, to a poet." Four holograph drafts of prefatory poem
for Leaves of Grass (1876) and subsequent editions. Undated,
unsigned. July 10, 1876
Berg Coll MSS Whitman m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)
PoetryNew York Herald Tribune (Firm) (Recipient)
m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
["I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"]. Holograph poem, fragment.
1855 - 1859
Berg Coll MSS Whitman (1 volume) (1 volume)
Poetry
Holograph manuscript (fragment), unsigned, ca. late 1850s.
Walt Whitman - Lines upon a Moss Tree
Guide to the
Walt Whitman papers