Whitman Papers Presented to Hebrew University Library in Honor of Jacques Lipchitz

A collection of Walt Whitman papers, mostly proof sheets of his poems corrected by the poet, was presented to the Jewish National and University Library of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem yesterday by Charles E, Feinberg, a Detroit businessman and noted collector of first editions and manuscripts of great American authors. The presentation was Mr. Feinberg’s personal tribute to the Jewish sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz, who was honored at a luncheon given by the American Friends of the Hebrew University.

The gift was Mr. Feinberg’s second to the Hebrew University library. Previously, he presented the library with first editions of works of Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Melville and Hawthorne and photostats of Whitman manuscripts to aid the Hebrew University’s course in American literature. A Hebrew translation of Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” resulted from Mr. Feinberg’s earlier gift. Accepting the Whitman material on behalf of the university yesterday was Prof. Hyman Kublin, associate dean of the school of graduate studies, City University of New York, who is chairman of the American Friends Academic Committee.