Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials

Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials, 1900-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Story, Irving Chellis, 1892
Title: Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials
Dates: 1900-1950 (inclusive)
19001950
Quantity: 0.25 cubic feet, (1 box)
Collection Number: MS.41
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.
Repository: Pacific University, Archives
Pacific University Archives
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR
97116
Telephone: 5033521400
archives@pacificu.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Irving Story Collection of Walt Whitman Research Materials, Pacific University Archives, Forest Grove, Oregon.

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