Feinberg, Charles E., Collection of Walt Whitman, 1860-1952, Date acquired: 10/00/1986

Summary

Creator:

Feinberg, Charles E.

Extent:

55.00 items

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman consists of published materials about Walt Whitman and papers of the Walt Whitman Fellowship, 1860-1952. Also included are several framed portraits of Whitman.

NOTE: Mr. Feinberg, a retired Detroit, Michigan, businessman is noted for forming the largest collection of Walt Whitman material in existence, which is housed at the Library of Congress. He is active in supporting Whitman research and in presenting materials to other libraries to enhance research and interest in Whitman.

Mr. Feinberg also donated a number of books about Whitman which have been cataloged into the Library's book collections.

Acquisition information:

Charles E. Feinberg, October 1986

Processing information:

Revised 09/30/1987

Cataloged 11/12/1986

Accruals:

Additions, September 1987

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Whitman, Walt.
Feinberg, Charles E.

Restrictions:

Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.

Terms of access:

Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.