DHM280 2026
Alex T. & Holden D.
We are Alex and Holden and we are working on, “The Walt Whitman Archive” for DHM280 2026. This is the digital project we are working for project 2 in which it represents the best practices of Digital Humanities.
The Walt Whiteman Archive is a large digital research and teaching project designed to make Whiteman’s extensive body of work freely accessible in one place. Whiteman produced an enormous amount of material – including six very different editions of Leaves of Grass, thousands of manuscripts, notebooks, letters, essays, and journalistic writings
The Archive brings together items that were previously scattered across libraries around the world. Directed by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, and Kenneth M. Price, the project aims to create a dynamic, continually expanding digital edition that includes Whiteman’s poetry, prose, Civil War writings, correspondence, photographs, reviews, and editorial work.
Supported by major grants and partnerships with numerous institutions, the Archive provides the most comprehensive digital collection of Whiteman’s works and offers tools, editions, and resources that support both scholarly research and public engagement.
Project details
Who?
- Matt Cohen : Past Co-Director
- Ed Folsom : Co-Director
- Kenneth M.Price : Co-Director
Where?
Hosted by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
When?
The Walt Whiteman Archive began in the mid-1990s at the University of Viriginia under the institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. In 2007, the project moved to the university of Nebraska – Lincoin, where it continues to grow.
What? – The Walt Whiteman Archive is a large-scale digital scholarly edition and comprehensive digital archive that brings together Whiteman’s writings, manuscripts, letters, notebooks, journalism, photographs, reviews, and related materials. It functions as both a research tool and a teaching resource, offering searchable texts, high-resolution images, editorial notes, and scholarly commentary
Audience? – The Walt Whiteman Archive is designed for scholars, students, teachers, literary historians, and general readers interested in Walt Whiteman, nineteenth-century American literature. It supports academic research, classroom use, and public engagement by making Whiteman’s works accessible to a wide range of users
“Walt Whitman by John Plumbe Jr.?,” ca.1848-1854. Courtesy of The Walt Whitman Archive. Whitman Archive ID: zzz.00006.