Walt Whitman fans can peruse a number of of gems - including proofs, engraved images, and a handwritten letter to the poet from Ralph Waldo Emerson - with the University of Illinois Springfield's Walt Whitman Collection. This collection of 33 items, part of the Special Collections and Illinois Regional Archives Depository, contains a number of pieces authored by Whitman himself, including poems...

The Library of Congress's Charles E. Feinberg Collection is home to an impressive 28,000 items related to poet Walt Whitman. These items include personal correspondence, drafts of poetry and essays, and a fascinating collection of Memorabilia, including the poet's spectacles and watch. Fortunately, many of the the items in this collection, which was acquired by the Library of Congress between 1952...