Whitman Archive user Barbara Thumudo notified us that she had conducted additional research into Helen Maria Moore, who is mentioned in an 1886 letter from Percy Ives to Whitman. We have updated our footnote for Moore to include her birth and death dates, as well as a line noting that it is unknown if she ever met Whitman. We are grateful to Barbara Thumudo for her work and her new Wikipedia entry about Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_M._Moore.
- Kevin
Ken noticed that the headnote for this file (loc.00396) had a date of 3 January, while the title and the transcription showed 13 January, which is correct. The date is now consistent and correct throughout.
~ Brett
Ira Chernus noticed that our PDF of this volume (https://whitmanarchive.org/media/data/whitman-disciples/source/pdf/anc.02179.pdf) was missing two consecutive pages, 75 and 76. I have added those.
~ Brett
Wesley Raabe's introductory essay, "'walter dear': The Letters from Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Her Son Walt" (anc.02046) contained a small typo and many broken links, which I have now corrected.
~ Brett
I have updated the Whitman Archive "Project Staff" page to reflect the current staff across all institutions. This included creating a new section for "Past Co-Director," for former project co-director Matt Cohen. I have also updated the text at the top of the "Donate" page, including adding a "Donate Here" button.
- Kevin
Transcription errors in the 1867 Leaves of Grass poem "We Two--How Long We were Fool'd" and in "Walt Whitman in Boston" have been corrected. We thank Kelly E. Miller, Ph.D., for drawing our attention to the typo in the poem.