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Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-41

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of Irving Story's collection of notes, offprints, publication notices and ephemera related to his research on Walt Whitman, including a copy of: Catalogue of the Whitman Collection in the Duke University Library, being a part of the Trent Collection (Durham, NC: Duke University Library, 1945).

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Pacific University owns the copyright to some, but not all, of the materials housed in its archives. Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Pacific University is retained by Pacific University and requires its permission for publication. Copyright status for other collection materials varies. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical Note

Irving Story was a professor of English at Pacific University in the 1930s-1940s who wrote about the poet Walt Whitman. He was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Cornell university. He was particularly interested in Whitman's Leaves of Grass. He published The Structural Pattern of Leaves of Grass in 1942. He was born in 1892.

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Summary

Irving Story was a professor of English at Pacific University in the 1930s-1940s who wrote about the poet Walt Whitman. This collection is comprised of his collection of research notes, offprints of articles, and other materials related to Whitman.

Accruals

No accruals are expected.

Title
Guide to the Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials
Status
Completed
Author
Eva Guggemos and Ashley Stig
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Repository Details

Part of the Pacific University Archives Repository

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