The census for the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass contains data from 178 known copies held in libraries and private collections scattered throughout the United States. We offer here several items dealing with the census.

-- Ed Folsom's essay, "The Census of the 1855 Leaves of Grass: A Preliminary Report" from the Fall 2006/Winter 2007 issue of WWQR, summarizes and analyzes the most recent findings. Click here for the essay.

-- Quick reference numbers from the census are found here. This file contains the tally for each of the questions asked in the original census forms, sent to librarians and collectors.

-- The census form sent to librarians and collectors can be found here.

-- The raw data from the census, found here, is organized in a Microsoft Excel file. Note that you can sort efficiently through this file using the "Autofilter" feature, found under the "Tools" menu and the "Filter" option. The data is current as of August 2008.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals and institutions for their generous contributions towards the 1855 census project:

Amherst College Library Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College
Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Ball State University Libraries, Ball State University
Beeghly Library, Ohio Wesleyan University
Berg Collection, The New York Public Library
Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University (State University of New York
Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond
Bolton Archives and Local Studies Unit, Bolton Library
British Library
Center for Archival Collections, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
Chapin Library, William College
Charles Von der Ahe Library, Loyola Marymount University
Clark Art Institute Library, Clark Art Institute
Columbia University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries and Media Services
Department of Special Collections, General Libraries, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Dr. Kendall Reed
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Harvard University
Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College Campus, The Claremont Colleges
Fintel Library, Roanoke College
Glenn Schaeffer (19th Century Shop)
Grinnell College Libraries, Grinnell College
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
James Addison Jones Library, Brevard College
Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina
Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, (The Hague, Netherlands)
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Lehigh University Libraries, Lehigh University
Library of Congress
Library of Robert O. Harris, Jr.
Lyman Beecher Brooks Library, Norfolk State University
Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University
McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library, Northwestern University
Michigan State University Libraries, Michigan State University
Middlebury College Library, Middlebury College
Mossey Library, Hillsdale College
Musselman Library, Gettysburg College
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum
National Library of Scotland
Newberry Library
Olin Library, Washington University in St. Louis
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Phillips Academy Andover
Paley Library, Temple University Libraries, Temple University
Pierpont Morgan Library
Princeton University Library, Princeton University
Providence Athenaeum
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of The Ohio State University Libraries, Ohio State University
Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University Libraries, Northern Illinois University
Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College Library, Dartmouth College
Schaffer Library, Union College
Special Collections & Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University
Special Collections & Archives, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University
Special Collections and Preservation Division, Chicago Public Library
Special Collections and Rare Books, Wilson Library, University of Minnesota
Special Collections Centre, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Public Library
Special Collections Library, University of Michigan
Special Collections Research Center, Regenstein Library, University of Chicago
Special Collections, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University
Special Collections, McHenry Library, University of California at Santa Cruz
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Rhode Island
Special Collections, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library, University of Hawaii
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University
The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library, Yale University
The Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
The John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester
The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo
The Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina
UCLA Special Collections Library, UCLA (University of California Los Angeles)
University of Delaware Library, University of Delaware
University of Iowa Libraries, University of Iowa
University of Kentucky Special Collections, University of Kentucky
Walt Whitman House, Camden, New Jersey
Wellesley College Library Special Collections, Wellesley College
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University