Whitman Centennial recordings
(WHITMAN, WALT.) Library of Congress. A complete set of the 1955 Library of Congress Whitman Centennial Recordings
Library of Congress, 1955
Five LPs in original sleeves. Neat library label on the record labels. Excellent condition.
This is a complete set of these recordings of talks by leading scholars at the Library of Congress during the 1955 Leaves of Grass centennial celebration.
“The Leaves of Grass Centennial Series of comprised of three lectures and a reading of selections from Whitman, presented in the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium on January 1-, 17, 24, and 30, 1955, in observance of the centennial year of the publication of Leaves of Grass” (from the LPs’ sleeves).
The talks are:
Mark Van Doren, “Whitman the Poet”
David Daiches, “Whitman the Philosopher”
Gay Wilson Allen, “Whitman the Man”
Arnold Moss, “A Reading: Walt Whitman Speaks for Himself” (2 LPs)
$450