Advertising circular, envelopes, offprints, posters, handbills, literary criticism, lithographs, letters, framed pictures and portraits, printed announcement, and lecture program; program and menu for Whitman's seventieth birthday party (1889); proofs of labels and autographs; admission tickets for a Robert Ingersoll lecture (1890); and a facsimile of a Whitman letter.

The material was collected by business executive and Whitman scholar, Charles E. Feinberg of Detroit, Michigan. Donated in memory of SSU Creative Arts professor Bruce Magidsohn. The bulk of the Feinberg-Whitman Collection is located at the Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.