Thomas Biggs Harned collection of Walt Whitman papers,

Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts of poetry and prose, notes and notebooks, proofs and offprints, printed material, and other papers received by Harned as one of Whitman's three literary executors. The collection contains material relating to many aspects of Whitman's career, especially the publication of and subsequent controversy surrounding "Leaves of Grass" and his commitment to the ideals embodied in the life and death of Abraham Lincoln. Correspondents of Whitman include Anne Gilchrist, Thomas Biggs Harned, William Sloane Kennedy, James R. Osgood, Thomas William Rolleston, James M. Scovel, Joseph M. Stoddart, and Benjamin H. Ticknor.Open to research.Microfilm edition produced from original memoirs, re Walt Whitman written by Thomas Biggs Harned, in private hands. [S.l.].Microfilm of original in private hands.Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1982.Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Shelton, Conn. : Image Graphics, Inc., 1995.In part, photocopies. [S.l.].Gift, estate of Thomas B. Harned, 1917-1918.Gift and purchase, Herbert S. Harned, 1955-1956.Printed volumes transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.Prints and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Lawyer.Collection material in English.Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet