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Exhibition Checklist
Case 1:
- Facsimile of first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855) by Walt Whitman, 1855.
- Third Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, 1860.
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Case 3:
- Drum Taps by Walt Whitman, 1865.
- John Burroughs, “Walt Whitman and his Drum Taps” in The Galaxy, December 1866.
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Case 5:
- Broadside announcing the sale of Walt Whitman and John Burroughs books (reproduction), 1872.
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Case 8:
- Autographed letter signed by Brown Goode to John Burroughs, 1877.
- Autographed letter signed by Rudolph Schmidt to John Burroughs, 1877.
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Case 10:
- “The Flight of the Eagle” in Birds and Poets by John Burroughs, 1877.
- Color postcards and brochure relating to Whitman birthplace, n.d.
Case 11:
- Specimen Days by Walt Whitman, 1882.
- Essays from “The Critic,” 1882.
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Case 13:
- Photograph of Walt Whitman at Ocean Grove, 1883.
- “A Salt Breeze” in Signs and Seasons by John Burroughs.
Case 14:
- Autographed letter signed by Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 1889.
- Camden’s Compliment to Walt Whitman by Horace Traubel, 1889.
Case 15:
- At the Graveside of Walt Whitman (The Conservator, April, 1892)
- Photograph of Walt Whitman gravesite.
- Booklet “Goodbye and Hail, Walt Whitman,” 1892.
Case 16:
- “Walt Whitman and His Recent Critics,” by John Burroughs in In Re Walt Whitman by Horace Traubel, 1893.
- “Whitman’s Self-Reliance,” by John Burroughs in Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers by Walt Whitman, 1894.
Case 17:
- Whitman: A Study by John Burroughs, 1896.
- Poems of Walt Whitman, with biographical introduction by John Burroughs, 1902.
Case 18:
- Whitman Centenary at Vassar program, May 1919.
- “Whitman the Incarnation of Democracy,” in Vassar Miscellany News, May 7, 1919.
- Photograph of John Burroughs at Whitman Centenary.
Case 19:
- “Poet of the Cosmos” in Accepting the Universe by John Burroughs, 1920.
- Photograph of John Burroughs, 1921.
Case 20:
- Postcard photograph of John Burroughs’ last resting place.
- Whitman and Burroughs, Comrades, by Clara Barrus, 1931.