"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