Preserving the Past, Editing for the Future
Bringing historical records to life through expert transcription, annotation, and publication
Where History & Access Converge
The purpose of the Association for Documentary Editing is to support, facilitate, and promote the creation and use of edited texts and other acts of recovery through cooperation and exchange among those concerned with uncovering, contextualizing, sustaining, and preserving primary source materials, texts, and cultural artifacts.
The ADE is for professional editors, teachers, students, interdisciplinary scholars, librarians, archivists, genealogists, and others. Our community of practitioners is open to a wide range of disciplines, professions and backgrounds as the work of recovery and creation of editions is a multidisciplinary effort. Please join us!
Resource Hub
The Association for Documentary Editing’s resource hub is a starting point for anyone interested in the art and craft of editing documents and recovery projects. Whether you’re exploring the field for the first time or preparing to launch your own edition, you’ll find curated tools, guidance, and inspiration here.
Get Started
Explore foundational articles and best practices compiled by experienced editors and practitioners.
Community
Discover trusted external resources to help you learn the basics, gain insight, and begin your journey into documentary editing and recovery of primary sources.
Scholarly Editing
Read peer-reviewed digital editions and articles that reflect the latest practices, research, and innovations in the field
News & Updates
Call for Contributors: forgingUS with the Center for Digital Editing
The Center for Digital Editing would like to invite you to take part in forgingUS, a new project that brings together leading documentary editing projects, scholars, educators, and technologists to expand access to primary sources from the Founding Era and Early...
Jefferson Papers Announces New Declaration of Independence Online Exhibit
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson editorial project at Princeton University is pleased to announce the availability of a new online exhibit on the Declaration of Independence. To view the digital exhibit, visit jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/declaration-of-independence/....
Scholarly Editing Seeks Co-Managing Editor
Scholarly Editing seeks to fill the following position on our editorial team: Co-Managing Editor Editors serve for three-year terms. Because the journal is grounded in higher education’s tradition of service, the work of editors is voluntary and uncompensated. The...
February 12 ADE Members Forum on Advocacy
The Association for Documentary Editing is pleased to announce an upcoming ADE Members’ Forum on advocacy, featuring Cecily Hill, Deputy Director of the National Humanities Alliance, on Thursday, 12 February 2026, at 2pm (ET) on Zoom (details below). In this forum,...
Projects
Members of the ADE represent a diverse range of documentary editing and recovery projects. Our members come from a variety of disciplines and methodologies. To explore more of the projects ADE members contribute to, visit our projects page and browse according to your interests.
