Butterfield Award Committee

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Committees

Lyman H. Butterfield Award Nominations

The Lyman H. Butterfield Award committee solicits nominations for a recipient of the Lyman H. Butterfield Award. This award is presented annually by the Association for Documentary editing to an individual, editorial project, or institution for notable contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, or service.

Purpose

The Committee is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Lyman H. Butterfield Award, presented annually to an individual, project, or institution for recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and service. The award is granted in memoriam of Lyman Henry Butterfield, whose editing career included contributions to The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, the editing of the Adams Family Papers, and publishing The Letters of Benjamin Rush.

Membership

Tom Downey, chair

Constance Shulz

Angela Kreider

David Sewell

Meetings

The Committee consults by mail, telephone and e-mail.

Previous award recipients.