<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<mods:mods xmlns:mods='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3' xsi:schemaLocation='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-7.xsd' version='3.7' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'>
  <mods:titleInfo displayLabel='primary_display' usage='primary'>
    <mods:title>To a locomotive in winter</mods:title>
  </mods:titleInfo>
  <mods:name authority='naf' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names' type='personal' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79081476'>
    <mods:namePart>Whitman, Walt</mods:namePart>
    <mods:namePart type='date'>1819-1892</mods:namePart>
    <mods:role>
      <mods:roleTerm authority='marcrelator' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators' type='text' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut'>Author</mods:roleTerm>
    </mods:role>
  </mods:name>
  <mods:typeOfResource manuscript='yes'>Text</mods:typeOfResource>
  <mods:genre authority='gmgpc' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials' displayLabel='general' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm012286'>Manuscripts</mods:genre>
  <mods:genre authority='lctgm' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials' displayLabel='specific' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm007948'>Poetry</mods:genre>
  <mods:originInfo>
    <mods:place>
      <mods:placeTerm type='text'>New York</mods:placeTerm>
    </mods:place>
    <mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes'>1874-02-23</mods:dateCreated>
  </mods:originInfo>
  <mods:language>
    <mods:languageTerm authority='iso639-2b' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2' type='text' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng'>English</mods:languageTerm>
  </mods:language>
  <mods:physicalDescription>
    <mods:digitalOrigin>reformatted digital</mods:digitalOrigin>
    <mods:extent>1 item (2 leaves)</mods:extent>
    <mods:internetMediaType>image/jpeg</mods:internetMediaType>
    <mods:internetMediaType>image/tiff</mods:internetMediaType>
    <mods:internetMediaType>image/jp2</mods:internetMediaType>
  </mods:physicalDescription>
  <mods:abstract>Written in Walt Whitman’s own hand, this early manuscript version of "To a Locomotive in Winter" shows Whitman’s creative process as he revised and reworked the poem, changing words and even pasting paper overlays of new passages until he was satisfied with the result. This manuscript poem is dated February 23, 1874, but Whitman continued to modify the text and it was considerably altered when published in 1876 in "Two Rivulets," a companion volume to the 1876 edition of "Leaves of Grass." This poem was republished in the 1900 edition of "Leaves of Grass," well after Whitman’s death.</mods:abstract>
  <mods:note>Title from item.</mods:note>
  <mods:note type='date'>Date from item.</mods:note>
  <mods:note type='statement of responsibility'>Walt Whitman</mods:note>
  <mods:relatedItem type='host'>
    <mods:titleInfo>
      <mods:title>Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Collection</mods:title>
    </mods:titleInfo>
  </mods:relatedItem>
  <mods:identifier type='uri'>https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xw16r</mods:identifier>
  <mods:identifier type='local-other'>09_03_000144-09_03_000147</mods:identifier>
  <mods:identifier type='local-call'>Whitman.Mss.1</mods:identifier>
  <mods:location>
    <mods:physicalLocation>Boston Public Library</mods:physicalLocation>
    <mods:holdingSimple>
      <mods:copyInformation>
        <mods:subLocation>Rare Books Department</mods:subLocation>
      </mods:copyInformation>
    </mods:holdingSimple>
  </mods:location>
  <mods:location>
    <mods:url access='object in context' usage='primary'>https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xw16r</mods:url>
    <mods:url access='preview'>https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xw16r/thumbnail</mods:url>
    <mods:url note='iiif-manifest'>https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xw16r/manifest</mods:url>
  </mods:location>
  <mods:accessCondition displayLabel='license' type='use and reproduction'>No known restrictions on use.</mods:accessCondition>
  <mods:accessCondition displayLabel='rights' type='use and reproduction'>No known copyright restrictions.</mods:accessCondition>
  <mods:recordInfo>
    <mods:recordContentSource>Boston Public Library</mods:recordContentSource>
    <mods:recordCreationDate encoding='w3cdtf'>2021-10-22T14:19:05Z</mods:recordCreationDate>
    <mods:recordChangeDate encoding='w3cdtf'>2021-10-22T14:19:05Z</mods:recordChangeDate>
    <mods:recordOrigin>human prepared</mods:recordOrigin>
    <mods:languageOfCataloging>
      <mods:languageTerm authority='iso639-2b' authorityURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2' type='code' valueURI='http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng'>eng</mods:languageTerm>
    </mods:languageOfCataloging>
    <mods:descriptionStandard authority='marcdescription'>dcrmmss</mods:descriptionStandard>
  </mods:recordInfo>
</mods:mods>