We are pleased to announce that the Whitman Archive has received a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create a digital edition of Whitman's journalism from the late 1840s. This work will include a reevaluation of Whitman's contributions as editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, as well as, we anticipate, the digitization of periodical material from other papers that will be attributed to Whitman for the first time. Publication of the edition is anticipated in December 2028. We would like to thank NEH for their ongoing support of research in the humanities.
In light of the sharp decline in federal support for the humanities, there's never been a better time to support the Walt Whitman Archive. Please consider making a donation.
Two new editions of Leaves of Grass make use of materials from the Whitman Archive. McSweeney's two-volume deluxe edition features one volume of the text of Leaves of Grass and another volume of full-page images and transcriptions of related Whitman manuscripts. The new Oxford World's Classics edition, edited by Peter Riley, draws its Leaves of Grass texts from the various editions over the course of Whitman's career. We would like to thank both McSweeney's and Peter Riley for their generous donations in support of the ongoing work of the Whitman Archive.