Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers
1854–1916
MSS 099, F819
23 items This collection comprises materials collected by Horace Traubel, American journalist, on his longtime friend, poet Walt Whitman. Materials entirely in
English.
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099, F819, Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library,
Newark, Delaware.
Shelving Summary
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 oversize (18 inch)
- Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 vault
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Biographical Note Walt Whitman (1819–1892)American poet Walt Whitman
was born on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, Long Island, New York and died on March 26, 1892, in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman published nine separate editions of his most well-known work, Leaves of Grassbeginning in 1855. Over the next thirty-seven years, Whitman revised the poems, as well as adding new poems and deleting other poems from each edition. In 1881 Whitman settled on the final arrangement of the poems and thereafter no further revisions were made. All new poems written after 1881 were added as annexes to subsequent additions of Leaves of Grass.
"Walt Whitman." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. reproduced in Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed April 2008).
Horace Traubel (1858–1919)American journalist, editor, and author, Horace Traubel (1858–1919) was best known for his multivolume, With Walt Whitman in Camden: A Diary, a detailed account of his close association with the famous poet between March of 1888 and January of 1889. A friend of Whitman's from 1873 until his death, he became one of Whitman's literary executors and subsequently an editor of In Re Walt Whitman (1893) and the ten-volume Complete Writings of Walt Whitman (1902). In 1890 Traubel founded and edited a monthly magazine, the Conservator, which promoted Marxian socialism and reflected Whitman's substantial influence. From 1903 to 1907 he served as editor of the Artsman, a publication of the Rose Valley Movement, a communal enterprise located southwest of Philadelphia. Traubel also wrote prose verse and published two volumes, Chants Communal (1904) and Optimos.
"Horace Traubel." Contemporary Authors Online reproduced in Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed April 2008).
Scope and Content Note Horace Traubel, Whitman's friend and one of his literary executors, collected this batch of printed newsletters, an engraving, and ephemera, as well as an autograph note written by Whitman to his friend John Burroughs. The brief autograph letter to Burroughs is matted with an printed engraving of Walt Whitman. The printed material includes nine issues of the Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers (1894–1904) and the February 19, 1916 issue of Revolt, which bears inscriptions by Traubel. Additionally the collection has a prospectus, subscription list, and blank order form for a facsimile of the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass, to be printed by Horace Traubel; a prospectus with order form for Richard Maurice Bucke's Notes and Fragments: left by Walt Whitman; a reprint from The Era Magazine (1903) of Traubel's article, "Walt Whitman at Fifty Dollars a Volume, and How He Came to It;" a clipping from The New York Times (February 24, 1906) which included a review of Traubel's book, With Walt Whitman in Camden. There are also three printed images of Whitman and one print of his birthplace in Long Island, all of which appear to have been cut from a book.
Arrangement The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902.Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Topical Terms
American literature--19th century--History and criticism--Sources.American poetry––History––19th
century--Sources. Poets, American––History––19th century––Sources.
Form/Genre Terms
Letters
(correspondence)
Clippings (information artifacts)Periodicals.Prospectuses.Subscription lists.Order forms.Engravings (prints) Occupation
Poets.
Editors. Personal Contributors
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Detailed Contents List
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F819 Walt Whitman letter to John Burroughs
[1874] 1 item (1 leaf)
One letter handwritten by Walt Whitman to John Burroughs regarding his recent health and possible publications. Although the letter is undated, the content suggests that it was written in later 1873 or early 1874. The letter is currently mounted in a matte with a print of an engraving of Whitman.
vault
F819 Printed engraving of Walt Whitman
undated 1 item (1 leaf)
A print of an engraving of Walt Whitman mounted in a matte with an autograph note written by Whitman to John Burroughs.
ovs
F819 Suppressed issue of Revolt
1916 February 19
The February 19, 1916 issue of
Revolt, an anarchist paper published in Philadelphia. This issue was suppressed and is inscribed by Horace Traubel. 54
F819 Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers
1894–1904 10 items
Nine issues of the Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers, plus one Treasurer's Memoranda. Horace Traubel was the secretary and treasurer for the organization.
54
F819 Printed images of Whitman and his birth home
1854–1890 4 items (4 leaves)
Includes three images of Walt Whitman, dated 1854, 1859, and 1890. Also includes a printed image of Whitman's birthplace on Long Island.
54
F819 Prospectus, blank order form, and subscription list for a facsimile of the 1860–1861
edition of Leaves of Grass1902 3 items
Prospectus, blank order form, and subscription list for a facsimile of the 1860–1861
edition of
Leaves of Grass which Horace Traubel proposed to print in 1902. The prospectus includes a sample page which reproduces a page from the manuscript. 54
F819 Reprint of Horace Traubel's article, "Walt Whitman at Fifty Dollars a Volume, and How He Came to It"
1903 June 1 item (4 leaves)
Reprint of Horace Traubel's article, "Walt Whitman at Fifty Dollars a Volume, and How He Came to It." Originally published in the June 1903 issue of
The Era Magazine (Philadelphia). 54
F819 Prospectus for
Notes and Fragments: left by Walt Whitman1888–1889 1 item (1 leaf)
Prospectus with order form for
Notes and Fragments: left by Walt Whitman, as edited by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke and published in 1899. ovs
F819 Review of With Walt Whitman in Camden
1906 February 24 1 item (1 leaf)
A clipping of the review of Horace Traubel's book,
With Walt Whitman in Camden, which appeared in the February 24, 1906 issue of The New York Times.