About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0069
  • TitleFirst edition
  • SummaryCaption: "First Edition: Randolph Goodman, second from right [i.e. left], English instructor at Brooklyn College, presents the first copy of his play, 'I, Walt Whitman,' to the college president, Dr. Harry D. Gideonse. Play will be presented at dedication of the college's near [sic] Walt Whitman Auditorium tomorrow night. Chief librarian Humphrey Gambier Bousfield and Helen G. Evans, president of Brooklyn College Library Associates, who published the play in book form, look on."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 11, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Brooklyn College -- Presidents ; Authors' presentation copies
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Adult: Brooklyn College: Faculty