University of Nebraska (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries)

In this two-year demonstration project, "A Virtual Archive of Whitman's Manuscripts," the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, in partnership with the University of Virginia, will create a finding aid to an estimated 70,000 Whitman manuscripts found in over sixty institutions. It will produce digital images of poetry drafts and a search interface, establish best practices for Encoded Archival Description (EAD) implementation across collections, and develop a model for scholar-archivist collaboration.