Passage to India

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Title
Passage to India
Additional title: Walt Whitman autographic manuscript of Passage to India
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Author)
Collection

Oscar Lion papers

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1871 (Approximate)
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 1767
Topics
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Passage to India.
Genres
Manuscripts
Notes
Numbering: Numbered 1-21 with pages designated 51/2 and 5 3/4.
Physical Description
Extent: 23 pages ; 25.2 x 20 cm. to 31.2 x 20.5 cm.
Holograph manuscript written in black ink with revisions in ink and pencil (black, blue, and red), mounted and bound in green morocco.
Description
This heavily revised draft is accompanied by a typewritten memorandum by Emory Halloway, typewritten letters, signed by Amy Lowell, August 25, 1920, and by Clifton Joseph Furness, January 18, 1928, to Oscar Lion. There is also a typed copy of the autograph manuscript of this poem in the Amy Lowell Collection at Harvard University, and other printed ephemera bearing on the provenance of this draft
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
MSS Unit ID: 1767
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12414503
Library of Congress Control Number: ms 76001522
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 19.02.056
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 97d13dd0-125d-0138-e7dc-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1871: Created
  • 1892: Creator Died
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Passage to India" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1871. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f3d1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Passage to India" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f3d1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1871). Passage to India Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f3d1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Passage to India