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Occupations:
Biographers
Critics
Poets
Administrative Information
Provenance:
The papers of Horace Traubel, poet, critic, and friend and biographer of Walt Whitman, and those of his wife, Anne
Montgomerie Traubel, were donated to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts from 1955 to 1987 by their daughter,
Gertrude Traubel, and by Charles E. Feinberg. Additional gifts were received from various sources, 1956-2003.
Processing History:
The papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel were arranged and described in 1975. Additional material was
incorporated into the collection in 1979. The papers were reprocessed in 1989 following the addition of significant acquisitions
in 1980. Further additions to the collection were included 1998-2003. Early accessions of the Horace and Anne Montgomerie
Traubel Papers are described in “Frontiers: Recent Acquisitions of the Manuscript Division,” Quarterly Journal of the Library
of Congress, 33 (October 1976): pp. 351-356.
Transfers:
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Prints, photographs, and
other visual and graphic materials have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Selected books and printed
items have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Maps have been transferred to the Geography
and Map Division. Phonograph records have been transferred to the Recorded Sound Section of the Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Horace and Anne
Montgomerie Traubel Papers. An oil-on-canvas portrait of Horace Traubel, signed by Arthur Clifton Goodwin and dated 1908,
has been transferred to the National Portrait Gallery.
Copyright Status:
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel is governed by the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Horace and Anne
Montgomerie Traubel Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Notes
Horace Traubel
Date Event
1858, Dec. 19 Born, Camden, N.J.
1873 Introduced to Walt Whitman upon the poet's arrival in Camden, N.J.
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