Essayists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fansler/Whitman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS89
Abstract
Ralph L. Fansler was an alumnus of Northwestern University and a Walt Whitman enthusiast. Besides collecting Whitman material, he researched and wrote a biography of the poet. In the course of this project he became acquainted with Whitman's niece, Jessie L. Whitman. She gave him some of her signed first editions and other Whitman material.
Dates:
1939-1943